General DrToothache's ESB Boba Fett

[AlphaCloneFett]

Those leg pouches are comically huge, it covers your entire thigh area, need to fix that

 

[DrToothache]

Those leg pouches are comically huge, it covers your entire thigh area, need to fix that

Yes they are big - I did mention that earlier in the thread. Thanks for pointing it out anyways though. Wasn’t about to skip a con over it and had to focus on my Jango for this one.

 

[DrToothache]

Got the suit placed back on the mannequin finally after the con. Took some of the foam out of my overstuffed thigh pouches lol.

Before:

After:

Also finishing up a more accurate girth belt to replace the one that is way too red. Going to add a little more red before attaching the black elastic straps. Here they are side-by-side:

After the girth belt, next up is repainting the gauntlets as the current paint job is several years old, is chipping, and isn't accurate.

 

[Coanc]

The weathering on the suit looks so good.
What dirty down colors did you use?
I have mid brown and nicotine on the way
Would the soot black be good or should I use the regular black? Any recommendations for powders brands?

 

[DrToothache]

The weathering on the suit looks so good.
What dirty down colors did you use?
I have mid brown and nicotine on the way
Would the soot black be good or should I use the regular black? Any recommendations for powders brands?

Thank you very much man, I appreciate the feedback.

For the flight suit, I used a little soot black, and mostly regular black around the ankles. I followed this up with khaki and mid-brown (unfortunately nicotine is not available in my area so I used khaki instead but nicotine is more accurate).

Then a little mid brown on the thigh pouches, and khaki for the upper legs as well as the arms. Just a little though, the flightsuit is not as weathered as you go up from the thigh pouches.

A little goes a long way but if you overdo it you can always go rinse your flight suit in the bathtub to get rid of excess.

Do it in small bits and then let the suit dry, look at it in both outdoor and indoor lighting.

For me, I only used dirty down as a base. I added more intricate weathering with watered down acrylic paint and then finally powders. Powders are great, and look the most natural in my opinion - but they do not last forever (need to be reapplied).

 

[Coanc]

Thank you very much man, I appreciate the feedback.

For the flight suit, I used a little soot black, and mostly regular black around the ankles. I followed this up with khaki and mid-brown (unfortunately nicotine is not available in my area so I used khaki instead but nicotine is more accurate).

Then a little mid brown on the thigh pouches, and khaki for the upper legs as well as the arms. Just a little though, the flightsuit is not as weathered as you go up from the thigh pouches.

A little goes a long way but if you overdo it you can always go rinse your flight suit in the bathtub to get rid of excess.

Do it in small bits and then let the suit dry, look at it in both outdoor and indoor lighting.

For me, I only used dirty down as a base. I added more intricate weathering with watered down acrylic paint and then finally powders. Powders are great, and look the most natural in my opinion - but they do not last forever (need to be reapplied).

 

[Coanc]

Thank you so much for your quick response! I am getting a suit made from arkady and I am getting all the weathering supplies this week. I love your use of the powders. Did you do a slight base all over the suit or just choose specific areas? Also what did you weather the flak vest with ? Looks so good

 

[DrToothache]

Thank you so much for your quick response! I am getting a suit made from arkady and I am getting all the weathering supplies this week. I love your use of the powders. Did you do a slight base all over the suit or just choose specific areas? Also what did you weather the flak vest with ? Looks so good

Not exactly all over the suit, but in general areas. More specific with the soot black and black though - those tend to lay on dark so hit the ankles and rub it upwards into the shins. If you look back in the thread with my first flight suit I overdid it a bit, had to wash the shins in the bath tub to tone it down.

When you apply the dirty down, keep some wet rags nearby. When you spray the ankles with soot black for instance, start scrubbing it with the wet rag to "rub it in". It will make it look more natural and give you less "hot spots" where the dirty down laid heavy.

The khaki I tried to focus on edges of the upper sleeves, back of the arms on the main sleeves, and around the legs/thighs/knees/back. The khaki is great because it doesn't lay on heavy and will cover larger areas without standing out too much (I would imagine the nicotine performs similarly). I also rubbed this in with a separate wet rag.

For the flak vest I used just a little bit of khaki and gray. I went really light on the flak vest.

Remember, you can always touch spots up with powders/acrylics. I didn't try to achieve the final result with dirty down, just really light coats for a base.

With my new flight suit I actually need to go over it once more. I went a little too light in certain areas such as the thigh pouches. I think that my old flightsuit was more accurate in those areas. I will be updating this thread soon, I took a break to finish my Jango build but it just got approved so I'll be giving Boba some attention again.