Historian Fett
Hunter
Coming along nicely! Love where this is headed. 
Lazerjock's ROTJ Hero Fett Build
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RamSkirata
Active Hunter
Agreed!Coming along nicely! Love where this is headed.
Lazerjock you are moving forward at quite some pace! Wow. Youre fast.
I also fully support securing the spikes a little bit better. Good call.
Troopability has been very important to me.
With a custom Mando, that is a lot easier of course. It was fun jumping chest to chest quite brutally with some other full metal armored guys at a con.
Imagine the noise pollution that was caused
Fettronics
Active Hunter
www.fettronics.com. Order any time! Best price around!
Lazerjock
Active Hunter
Thank you!
Here is the link to the guy on Etsy, but from what I hear Fettronics is the best around.
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Now I have both and will do a side by side comparison when I get time.
Lazerjock
Active Hunter
Well....the only reason I can move so fast it that I've been stuck at home due to Covid-19. I don't have anything else to do (except what the wife tells me to) Lol. She is very understanding and is supporting me during this build 100%.
Yea I though they may not hold up with just JB weld.
With a custom Mando, that is a lot easier of course. It was fun jumping chest to chest quite brutally with some other full metal armored guys at a con.
Imagine the noise pollution that was caused
Would love to see and hear that.
Lazerjock
Active Hunter
Thank you!Coming along nicely! Love where this is headed.
I appreciate the feedback.
Lazerjock
Active Hunter
I was going to buy your LED's, but I am a do it yourself type of person.
Funny...now I have a set of your lights that came with the armor I just bought.
From what I hear your stuff is the way to go for sure!
FettHam
Hunter
Thanks, yes Fettronics are the best by all accounts and they do look amazing. The problem for us UK folk is postage, sometimes it's nearly the same price as the item!
Lazerjock
Active Hunter
Note the Etsy link is just for the programmed Atmel chip and he is in the US. You will need to buy the remaining components and have the boards made too. The remaining electronic components were from Mouser Electronics which is also in the US as well as the board manufacturer. You do the math, but you may be better off ordering a finished unit from Fettronincs and paying shipping for 1 item vs 3 separate shipments.
Lazerjock
Active Hunter
I was asked to do a side by side comparison of Fettronics and the Wastaby Electronics DIY Chest LED's on Etsy.
Here is a picture from of Fettronics installed the the armor I just received.
This is Wastaby Electronics DIY.
I took a short video of both running at the same time.
Here is a picture from of Fettronics installed the the armor I just received.
This is Wastaby Electronics DIY.
I took a short video of both running at the same time.
RafalFett
Well-Known Hunter
The 7 segment display on the Wastaby Electronics is too small and is less accurate (I know this is a DIY kit and you can replace the 7 segment display with better ones). While the Fettronics chest display is better, it is not 100% accurate. He had a small run of chest lights made from accurate parts, but being expensive and harder to find, the run was limited to 5 chest displays ==> ESB Chest Display Sequence.
RamSkirata
Active Hunter
Well.... now we know... There are certain season-specific parts in a Boba build...
Your Girthbelt came out looking good though! I like the color although I cannot judge how accurate it is. Seems less flashy then what I have seen before.
Lazerjock
Active Hunter
The last few days I've been working on my sound system.
It consists of a voice amplifier with a wireless mic, a sound board that I can upload audio clips to and buttons that are mounted on small plastic disks and slid into the finger tips of the gloves.
While prototyping I discovered that the plastic disks move around a lot. I decided to sew the disks to thin tight fitting gloves that would easily fit under the Fett gloves. Now I just need to memorize what is said when I press each button.
The nice thing is I can just unplug the gloves and not wear them if I choose but still have the wireless mic.
Here are the results.
Video of it in action............on my work bench.
It consists of a voice amplifier with a wireless mic, a sound board that I can upload audio clips to and buttons that are mounted on small plastic disks and slid into the finger tips of the gloves.
While prototyping I discovered that the plastic disks move around a lot. I decided to sew the disks to thin tight fitting gloves that would easily fit under the Fett gloves. Now I just need to memorize what is said when I press each button.
The nice thing is I can just unplug the gloves and not wear them if I choose but still have the wireless mic.
Here are the results.
Video of it in action............on my work bench.
RamSkirata
Active Hunter
This is really the next level... I like the effort you are putting into this and sure this is going to be a hit when you will eventually troop. Really cool stuff!
Lazerjock
Active Hunter
Thank you!
Lazerjock
Active Hunter
I received my gauntlets today, which means I was able to get the correct size of braided vinyl hose from Home Depot and begin soaking them in coffee.
It will be interesting to see how long it takes for them to take the stain.
Something else I learned while test fitting the hoses to the gauntlets. The hose is slightly too small to fit over the tube coming out of the gauntlet. So, I used a heat gun to soften up about 3" of the vinyl to make it easier to install.
What I didn't expect was once the vinyl cooled, it remained very flexible. There must be some sort of breakdown that occurs by heating it.
I plan to do to this the entire hose once the coffee staining is done.
It will be interesting to see how long it takes for them to take the stain.
Something else I learned while test fitting the hoses to the gauntlets. The hose is slightly too small to fit over the tube coming out of the gauntlet. So, I used a heat gun to soften up about 3" of the vinyl to make it easier to install.
What I didn't expect was once the vinyl cooled, it remained very flexible. There must be some sort of breakdown that occurs by heating it.
I plan to do to this the entire hose once the coffee staining is done.
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