strummer77
New Hunter
Hello all!
My name is Tom, and I am a lifelong Star Wars geek here in southern NJ. Since I was a kid, I had dreams of walking around in a Boba Fett or Darth Vader costume, just for fun and killing it at Halloween parties. I recently had the displeasure of owning a Rubies Supreme Vader kit. The set was actually pretty nice, given the rep that Rubies has, but my 5'10", 160 lb stature just couldn't fill out the suit right. I didn't think it was worth it to make all of the modifications necessary to come close to pulling it off and being satisfied. I then figured I'd be better off with my favorite bounty hunter. I've been doing some research, and I really want to do this right. Unfortunately, I'm already getting discouraged. It seems like good lids are hard to come by easily, as well as the jetpacks, and that's where I was going to start my build.
Any suggestions for getting a legitimate helmet and jetpack to start me off? Once I get those, I figured everything else would be relatively painless. I have never built anything like this before, and in terms of painting things, well, I've painted the walls in my house and that's about it!
I look forward to hearing from you all. It looks like I'm surrounded by some really good, really cool people in here... should be fun!!!
Thanks!!!
My name is Tom, and I am a lifelong Star Wars geek here in southern NJ. Since I was a kid, I had dreams of walking around in a Boba Fett or Darth Vader costume, just for fun and killing it at Halloween parties. I recently had the displeasure of owning a Rubies Supreme Vader kit. The set was actually pretty nice, given the rep that Rubies has, but my 5'10", 160 lb stature just couldn't fill out the suit right. I didn't think it was worth it to make all of the modifications necessary to come close to pulling it off and being satisfied. I then figured I'd be better off with my favorite bounty hunter. I've been doing some research, and I really want to do this right. Unfortunately, I'm already getting discouraged. It seems like good lids are hard to come by easily, as well as the jetpacks, and that's where I was going to start my build.
Any suggestions for getting a legitimate helmet and jetpack to start me off? Once I get those, I figured everything else would be relatively painless. I have never built anything like this before, and in terms of painting things, well, I've painted the walls in my house and that's about it!
I look forward to hearing from you all. It looks like I'm surrounded by some really good, really cool people in here... should be fun!!!
Thanks!!!