EEvansHilton
Hunter
Greetings folks!
New to the forum here and new to the Boba hobby but not costuming or prop building. Thanks for having me.
I’m in Denver, Colorado, USA. I came here looking to put together two kits. The first is a bit unique and different though I know that it has been done before. I’ll talk to in more in a moment. The second is just a straight up detailed ESB Boba kit from head to toe.
My goal with the first kit is to put together a Scottish Boba Fett kit that will be used by a persona which will go by MacFett. The basic idea is an ESB Boba kit from the waist up, kilted from the waist down, with a few specific changes such as:
- The cape with be a Wallace tartan with a contrasting solid dark green stripe
- A custom British tan, aged Kilt belt under the ammo belt
- A custom made Wookie faced sporran which roars when opened. (fortunately I’m 80% done with this already)
- Kilt boots w/ olive green spats, kilt hose.
I have found several sources to purchase everything for the waist up portions of the outfit. However I have two fears:
- The painting process
- The electronics
I have found a source to purchase all of the various components over time. I have some experience building props and painting. I run a custom hand painted banner and flag business (Dirk and Arrow Creations) however I realize how different painting canvas is to painting a hard surfaced material.
How difficult is the painting process? Are there instructions, steps, or advice out there?
Are there specific shades of olive green, red, yellow, orange, etc? Where can I find these and where can I purchase them?
With the newbie posting rules what they are and being a rank armature newbie at all of this I really don’t have enough knowledge to contribute anything worthwhile here that will add up to 50 posts. So I’m stuck waiting the 90 days before I can post in the Cargo forum so please forgive me if this is the wrong place to post this.
At any rate, thanks for the help and time.
Ethan
New to the forum here and new to the Boba hobby but not costuming or prop building. Thanks for having me.
I’m in Denver, Colorado, USA. I came here looking to put together two kits. The first is a bit unique and different though I know that it has been done before. I’ll talk to in more in a moment. The second is just a straight up detailed ESB Boba kit from head to toe.
My goal with the first kit is to put together a Scottish Boba Fett kit that will be used by a persona which will go by MacFett. The basic idea is an ESB Boba kit from the waist up, kilted from the waist down, with a few specific changes such as:
- The cape with be a Wallace tartan with a contrasting solid dark green stripe
- A custom British tan, aged Kilt belt under the ammo belt
- A custom made Wookie faced sporran which roars when opened. (fortunately I’m 80% done with this already)
- Kilt boots w/ olive green spats, kilt hose.
I have found several sources to purchase everything for the waist up portions of the outfit. However I have two fears:
- The painting process
- The electronics
I have found a source to purchase all of the various components over time. I have some experience building props and painting. I run a custom hand painted banner and flag business (Dirk and Arrow Creations) however I realize how different painting canvas is to painting a hard surfaced material.
How difficult is the painting process? Are there instructions, steps, or advice out there?
Are there specific shades of olive green, red, yellow, orange, etc? Where can I find these and where can I purchase them?
With the newbie posting rules what they are and being a rank armature newbie at all of this I really don’t have enough knowledge to contribute anything worthwhile here that will add up to 50 posts. So I’m stuck waiting the 90 days before I can post in the Cargo forum so please forgive me if this is the wrong place to post this.
At any rate, thanks for the help and time.
Ethan
