Knee Darts and Other Aluminium Parts

[Malkavian]

For the knee darts, does the 501 only approve machined pieces or is there a way to make them with off the shelf components?

I guess this question also applies to other aluminium pieces such as the gauntlet pieces (darts, missile, flame thrower ect), jet pack, and the toe spikes.

 

[toolguy301]

For 501st approval you don't have to have machined parts. That is not a requirement. The requirement is that it has to match visual references. You can scratch build pretty much any part of the costume & pieces, this may not be the most accurate method but may be a more economical route to take if you don't mind taking the time to make things. If you do some looking here there are many threads showing with a little creativity & time what you can accomplish.

Here is what I did on my ROTJ Boba Fett build for the knee darts.

http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/f20/rotj-boba-fett-wip-501st-approved-48239-post612273/#post612273

 

[crumdum]

People do metal knee darts and gauntlet darts honestly for durability reasons. You could make it out of other materials, but I know they get more dinged walking around than just about any other part because of how they stick out.

 

[machineAfett]

Good question. Good to know for future reference