General Budget Jango Costume Build

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Fiddled with the holes in the brackets a bit more, still a teeny bit crooked but a bit better. Glued them in, as well as the other support brackets and the flamethrower tips on the dowels.

 

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Made a flak vest template by cutting up a T-shirt

 

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Got some pleather for the vest. It’s a nice color.

I traced the cut-up shirt onto the back of it, as well as shoulder templates based on templates from TheMandoWay.

And cut them out. Next up is sewing.

Also trimmed down the shoulders to better match Jango’s shoulder shape

 

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Sewed one of the shoulder flaps.

And here’s a pic of my not so great sewing skills

Accidentally trimmed the shoulder on the right a little more than the one on the left. Oh well, it’s not too noticeable.

 

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My new gloves came in. Then fit really well, and the cuff is longer so there’s no chance of my wrist showing.

I ordered navy blue too but they looked a little too light in the pics so I thought I’d get black too just in case they do end up too light.

 

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Second shoulder sewn

 

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Got a replacement 3d printed rangefinder on Etsy that’s longer from Makerbak3d. Much better

Here’s the old one

Vs new one

However it still feels ever so slightly too short, so I’ll still pull the rangefinder cap out farther, like so:

Shouldn’t be much sanding at all to get it smooth. Gotta take the magnets from the old one and put them in this one.

 

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The weather was finally nice today, so I took a fine sanding sponge to the helmet and bondoed the divots along the T frame.

Then I filed the 3d printed rangefinder flat and covered it with spot putty.

 

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Sewed the collar and bottom of the back part of the flak vest.

Did some more filling on the blasters’ seams and filled screw holes.

 

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Helmet, blasters and rangefinder sanded. Added the magnets to the rangefinder. Might just slap some primer on everything just to see where they are right now.

 

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Got the new navy blue gloves in. They’re a really nice color, will be using these.

 

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Vest progress

Didn’t quite line it up so well on the collar here, but oh well.

 

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Used masking tape and pins for a quick test fit with one shoulder piece

I had drawn sharpie on the inside of the shoulder pieces to help line it up with the vest so it lays as flat as possible. I think it’s pretty good so far

 

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So I decided to get myself a Disney parks boba Jetpack to repaint as Jango’s.

While it is a little small, the major selling point for me was definitely the lights, sounds and ACTUALLY FIRING ROCKET!!!

This thing is so cool honestly. Love it. The only thing I’m worried about is the squishy, hollow rubber rocket not taking paint well, but we’ll see about it.

Some pics for fun.

Also finished up sewing the vest. Really happy with it, but the left shoulder does splay out a little more. I’ll figure it out once all the armor gets fitted.

With shoulder armor

Side and shoulder zippers

I also removed the unnecessary pockets on the coveralls.
Before

After

Much better.
Still gotta sew these closed just so the white doesn’t show.

 

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Sewed those pockets closed

And sewed in the fake double sleeves. Tried to make both of them as equal as possible. I had to color the thread I used with sharpie to get it to match the suit better since the original color was a bit too light.

Here’s the nearly finished flight suit.

The right sleeve’s double sleeve turned out a little scrunched and not as nice as the left one. Will be re-doing it.

With the flak vest

 

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Hey all, I’m back. Haven’t been able to work on the costume much cause we moved, but finally getting back at it. Decided that constant updates are a bit repetitive so I waited till I made some significant progress to post. I finished fitting the greeblies into the gauntlets. They are ready for primer and paint.

The darts and whipcord hook are 3d printed by me. Models by josiff and lukekjedi on thingiverse.
I got a new wrist rocket, 3d printed by SwiftcloudDesign on Etsy. It’s already printed in metallic plastic so no need to paint. Right gauntlet switches and flamer buttons from FairpriceProps on Etsy. Left gauntlet embedded switch I fabricated with some scraps. LED indicator light from Amazon by Alpinetech.

After a few more rounds of filler, sanding, and primer I think the helmet, earcaps, and rangefinder are nearly ready for paint too. Also 3d printed the holster belt loop/tube/bracket by stormtrooperguy on thingiverse that’s also nearly finished.

I added an upside-down V shaped cut in the back of the flak vest to tighten the fit around my waist so it doesn’t crinkle up under the belt. E-6000’d velcro down to hold it together, which allows it to be taken off easier.

I decided the Disney parks Boba fett Jetpack was a bit too small for my liking, so I ordered a 3d printed large sized Z-6 from 3dcauldron/thepartsgirl.

The print quality is really nice. I plan on using UV resin to fill the lines.

I’m not too sure how to attach a harness to the Jetpack. There is no method of attachment on the kit, I don’t think I can really drill into a fdm print, and I’m not sure if or what glue would be strong enough to hold a bracket or straps. Any advice?

 

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Helmet and gauntlets sanded and wet sanded. The helmet is ready for paint and the gauntlets are ready for primer.

I’ll be priming the gauntlet darts, homemade switch, flamethrower dowels, and cod loop in black since I’ll be spraying them silver. I might use rub n buff on the cod loop after silver paint.

Ordered a pair of 3d printed westar’s from galacticarmory to replace the Rubie’s. So much nicer.

I tried to twirl them like Jango… didn’t work

Yeah I broke one…easy fix

 

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Roughly masked off the exterior and holes in the helmet and blacked out the inside.

Peeled the tape off, looks great. Not clean and perfect but it doesn’t need to be for me.

 

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Primed gauntlets and little stuff.

Glued the rangefinder together with epoxy. The new stalk still felt a bit too short so I didn’t insert it fully into the cap when gluing to lengthen it.

I’ll sand down the epoxy then prune it black to paint it silver.

Masked off painted areas, and helmet rub n buffed. Planning to use MAAS metal polish to shiny it up even more.

 

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Finished rub n buff on the helmet and gauntlets. This stuff is a little bit tricky but I’m pretty happy with it, still rubs off slightly but not too much. The metal polish I ordered earlier ended up being a bit too strong and took the rub n buff off, so I’ll leave it as it is.

Painted ear caps. I laid it on a little too thick the first time and it dripped a little, so I had to sand it and repaint once. Cleaned up rangefinder epoxy and painted it silver too. Also painted the wrist rocket.

Had to do some extreme masking for the rocket lol. Turned out great though.

Forgot to mention I cut holes in the sides of the helmet and a slit in the left earcap for better hearing since I am deaf in my left ear.

Sprayed the little bits silver.

And started on the girth belt, a strip of thin eva foam with velcro e-6000’d on. I’ll e-6000 the ropes on too.