They were all drilled by hand and some pretty wonky. Unless you want peak perfection, just eyeball it. Chances are it won't end up looking too far off from the originals.
I started this ESB build in 2009, but for reasons out of my control, like never getting my original fully paid armor order from some feckless character calling himself 'Fettpride', among others, the project got put on hold.
My motivation for this build is different than my ROTJ. Because the ESB costume simply does not exist anymore, my goal is to try to resurrect that costume as a museum-quality build with as many vintage found parts, original techniques and vintage paints as possible to match the on-screen original as accurately and authentically as possible. The parts list below...
