DPFett's ESB WIP (Help heavily needed)

[DPFett]

Hello everyone! I was previously in the process of starting a Vader build, after following many friends' and people's advice because of my 6'6" height. Boba Fett, however, is my favorite Star Wars character and has my favorite costume, and I think I could definitely pull off a good one. I will need help and advice for certain sizing on pieces for this build, so I will leave some parts open for feedback/options, and any feedback is greatly encouraged, as I want a suit that will still look accurate given my height difference. ESB is my favorite version of his suit and the one I'd like to build.

I would really appreciate opinions on whether 3D printing my armor would be necessary to account for my 4-5 inch height difference for accuracy, especially regarding the spacing on the chest armor. I do plan on having mostly all the hard parts painted and done by professionals. I have no deadline for this build, and would rather have any paint stuff done by a professional. I have no issue DIYing anything that would save me a buck, though.


I'll update and add to this list based on feedback, changes, opinions, and anything. If there is a part missing, it's because I have no clue who to get it from. I will be very open-minded about this, as I want this to look good while accommodating the height difference. Aiming for 501st approval. My budget is whatever I spent when this is finished haha. I don't care to go super high-end accurate, but still as screen-accurate, while still not destroying my bank. I'll put next to the item when I purchase and acquire it.

Parts List so far:

Helmet: MinuteFett
Armor: MinuteFett
Flightsuit: CB Props
Gloves: Bobamaker/CB Props ?
Flack Vest: CB Props
Ammo Belt: HandmadeHorror shop

 

[lowberg]

Hey man! That's exciting, at that height you would definitely make an awesome Vader! And you will make an awesome Boba too!

With your height yes, I would recommend scaling up for the best look but I would reach out to Minute first, He used to offer chest armor in multiple sizes a few years ago and had a Large option. He may still have the vac form tooling for those, worth asking.

If he doesn't and you end up going 3d print, I've heard good things about the software Armorsmith, you can put your body measurements in and it makes a 3d model person which you can load armor files on and play around with scaling to see what would work best for your body type.

 

[DPFett]

Hey man! That's exciting, at that height you would definitely make an awesome Vader! And you will make an awesome Boba too!

With your height yes, I would recommend scaling up for the best look but I would reach out to Minute first, He used to offer chest armor in multiple sizes a few years ago and had a Large option. He may still have the vac form tooling for those, worth asking.

If he doesn't and you end up going 3d print, I've heard good things about the software Armorsmith, you can put your body measurements in and it makes a 3d model person which you can load armor files on and play around with scaling to see what would work best for your body type.

Thank you! Would you recommend also looking into upsizing the helmet to help give it that large helmet feel with the upscaled armor, or would that probably not be necessary?

I got in contact with Minute, things are looking good.

 

[viewoptic]

I would recommend using MachineCraft for all your metal parts and Clothears for your flight suit, vest and gloves. Also when you get time read the ESB build thread by Ord Mantell as you will learn alot.

 

[DarkMavis]

Hello everyone! I was previously in the process of starting a Vader build, after following many friends' and people's advice because of my 6'6" height. Boba Fett, however, is my favorite Star Wars character and has my favorite costume, and I think I could definitely pull off a good one. I will need help and advice for certain sizing on pieces for this build, so I will leave some parts open for feedback/options, and any feedback is greatly encouraged, as I want a suit that will still look accurate given my height difference. ESB is my favorite version of his suit and the one I'd like to build.

I would really appreciate opinions on whether 3D printing my armor would be necessary to account for my 4-5 inch height difference for accuracy, especially regarding the spacing on the chest armor. I do plan on having mostly all the hard parts painted and done by professionals. I have no deadline for this build, and would rather have any paint stuff done by a professional. I have no issue DIYing anything that would save me a buck, though.


I'll update and add to this list based on feedback, changes, opinions, and anything. If there is a part missing, it's because I have no clue who to get it from. I will be very open-minded about this, as I want this to look good while accommodating the height difference. Aiming for 501st approval. My budget is whatever I spent when this is finished haha. I don't care to go super high-end accurate, but still as screen-accurate, while still not destroying my bank. I'll put next to the item when I purchase and acquire it.

Parts List so far:

Helmet: MinuteFett
Armor: MinuteFett
Flightsuit: CB Props
Gloves: Bobamaker/CB Props ?
Flack Vest: CB Props
Ammo Belt: HandmadeHorror shop

Your parts list is perfect so far! I'd check out DrToothache ESB build thread (He makes the jetpack harness too and I highly recommend ordering from him). He has a CB flightsuit and his costume is immaculate. Clothears is the best flight suit you can get, but it's also the most expensive (ask me how I know lol). I just ordered my wookie braids from TunaFett57 and they're great quality (He also makes the cape with the screen used army tent). Coincidentally, Drtoothache also has the wookie braids from tuna. Like Viewoptic said. Check out Ord Mantells build and do whatever he does and you'll end up with a great build. That's my plan atleast. I'm in the same boat as you, I just began sourcing my parts less than a month ago but I've purchased like 95% of it. The boots are the one item that is pretty much in limbo of not having any accurate pairs being sold. I'm waiting on WF or MOW to do a run, but as others in the thread have pointed out it is unlikely MOW will ever do another one.

 

[lowberg]

Thank you! Would you recommend also looking into upsizing the helmet to help give it that large helmet feel with the upscaled armor, or would that probably not be necessary?

I got in contact with Minute, things are looking good.

I would say probably not unless you really want the huge bobblehead ESB look, but I'm going to summon Irongladiator in here. He's got more vertical experience than me lol

There are helmets available that are bigger than others. There may be an old size comparison thread floating around here somewhere