Purchased a Disney 18" Boba Fett and cut it into pieces ! Figure Mod
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TheZeroEffect
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So I found a Disney Fett here, I might hold off for a bit on it, it's going for $80+nz that's about $60us!
That's a dramatic price hike..... the joy of living in NZ:cry when it comes to buying.....
That's a dramatic price hike..... the joy of living in NZ:cry when it comes to buying.....
pcoz
New Hunter
back to Boba...
Set out to work on the visor, to get the smooth black effect....
noticed this roll of tape and decided to give it a shot....
I put the tape on some thick paper and cut out with exacto
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just trying to fit it in to see how it looks...
not too bad
I'll keep it
painted the grey back in around the armor....
checking the direction and look of the head
started to shade a bit here with airbrush and watered down acrylics / drybrush
working on getting him a little gritty
thought I'd switch gears a little and get the base designed....with, you guessed it, foam board !
determined how high to create the step up
nice fit...
started to carve, sand, saw the foam into shape
good ole, drywall mud / spackle
I looked through my closet and unfortunately I had nothing resembling the cape color. The cape that comes with the figure is horrible. So I went down to the local fabric store and picked this up for a few bucks.....looks pretty close and is thick
Cut up the ammo pack, moved them closer to match the film.....
.....and painted them with acrylic
I think that'll work.... so with the cape, I need to decide if I want it just hanging there draped....or better yet, have it blowing back by a gust of wind.
What do you think ?
Pcoz
Set out to work on the visor, to get the smooth black effect....
noticed this roll of tape and decided to give it a shot....
I put the tape on some thick paper and cut out with exacto
\just trying to fit it in to see how it looks...
not too bad
I'll keep it
painted the grey back in around the armor....
checking the direction and look of the head
started to shade a bit here with airbrush and watered down acrylics / drybrush
working on getting him a little gritty
thought I'd switch gears a little and get the base designed....with, you guessed it, foam board !
determined how high to create the step up
nice fit...
started to carve, sand, saw the foam into shape
good ole, drywall mud / spackle
I looked through my closet and unfortunately I had nothing resembling the cape color. The cape that comes with the figure is horrible. So I went down to the local fabric store and picked this up for a few bucks.....looks pretty close and is thick
Cut up the ammo pack, moved them closer to match the film.....
.....and painted them with acrylic
I think that'll work.... so with the cape, I need to decide if I want it just hanging there draped....or better yet, have it blowing back by a gust of wind.
What do you think ?
Pcoz
TheZeroEffect
Active Hunter
It's looking awesome! You would never know he started life as a stiff Disney toy.
TheZeroEffect
Active Hunter
That's how it always starts, you look at something and think I'll just touch that up and it will be great..... Then it snowballs
I've had many a project start the same way.....
TheZeroEffect
Active Hunter
Cheers for the thought also
i looked at UPS from my end and wow do they want to charge an over inflated price, guess they're not really that big on international (though they say they are) I think the computer generated cost was around 200!!!
When I brought my TK in that was only $60, it was economy post, which UPS didn't seem to have on their website.
TheZeroEffect
Active Hunter
There are lots more postal services that are a lot cheaper than UPS ....
yes lord of the rings....
I'm big on tramping ( you call it hiking in the U.S.) so have seen a lot of the NZ back country and have been through a lot of the places that they used to film in or near.. Yes NZ is a very beautiful country, I very much love it.
Pity about the postal issues 
pcoz
New Hunter
Thanks ! more to come tonight....
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hmmm, another project maybe ?
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TheZeroEffect
Active Hunter
Wow they're tall...Those Stormies look funny from that angle, a bit disproportionate... or is it just me?
BobaKen
Hunter
I got see about getting me some of those now
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pcoz
New Hunter
Are you sure you're not looking a the Rebels Stormtrooper version ? Those are completely out of wack, to match the cartoon. The standard Star Wars film versions in 18" and 31" look fairly decent to me.... except for the Luke and Han Solo no helmet versions....those are just plain horrible likenesses.
