Hi there:
I was working on an ROTJ-Boba since August 2009, now here are the steps of work, (posted them already in The BHG, so sometimes, the explanations seem well known-sorry 4 that)...
Please apologize my bad English....
Here´s the list of the parts:
Softparts: cucblack
Helmet: Sgt.Fang
Visor: Rembrand
Stalk: Selfmade
JP: MOW
Blaster: Selfmade
Gaunts: MOW
Armor: FP V3
Boots: Made by a German Garrison member
Several small stuff made by myself or bought in the cargo hold
I started up with making the cape out of a used tent square from the german army:
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Next part is the helmet, a Mystery from Sgt.Fang, TDH:
It arrived like this:
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After raw Trimming (when Trimming was finished, the edges looked much better):
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The next part, i tried to make by myself was the EE3 - the base for it was an old toy-pistol, Plastic-barrel and a scope, bought on ebay for a few bugs...
Here´s the result:
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The softparts are from cucblack(i know- the jumpsuit should be a light blue, then weathered grey and not a light grey suit-but nobody´s perfect), the armor is an FP V3
Here we go:
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Still untrimmed
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One week later, all parts are trimmed and sanded, next is priming and painting....Ammo-Belt has also arrived...
Girth belt, dyed by myself, costs: 20 Bugs:
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Next step:
Gaunts are sanded...
Armor is sanded and primed....
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Hinges glued into the Gaunts.... [ATTACH=full]118095[/ATTACH]
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The next weeks I continued like this:
Armor sanded, primed and sprayed silver...
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Gaunts sanded and primed:
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Unfortunately, the jetpack was broken, so i had to strengthen the interior with plastics and synthetic glassfibre- filling compound , then drilled the holes for the thrusters....
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Right Gauntlet painted, left one is also painted, but still without rocket and buttons, and some weathering details are still missing- i´ve planned to make some layers of grime and so on, you can see later
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Armor painted, with the first layer, which is much too bright, but i´ve changed it within a second layer of paint and improved the scratch apttern to be more screenaccurate, you can see later…
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Details abdomen plate(also still much to bright:
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Left Gauntlet:
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Did some detailwork on the Gaunts, painted the buttons on the calc pad as senn on photos of the MOM...
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Working on the jetpack, first steps......
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And the results after weathering the Jetpack an Gaunts with some grime and airbrush
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Tried to make the Armor fit, but still too bright and with inaccurate scratchpattern…
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Helmet almost ready, visor fixed with Epoxyd-Putty: Just have to complete the interior and the LED´s on the RF
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Jetpack finished-with all decals:
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Jumpsuit weathered with an mixture of water, oil, and grime
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Next layer of paint fort the armor: mixed 80% Humbrol 78, deckgreen, 18% Humbrol 76, light olive und 2 % Humbrol black 33 :
Photo with flashlights:
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…and daylight:
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Weathering follows (Humbrol 79 grey/ black 33 etc)...
The codplate also got an new layer of colour(90% Humbrol 78 deckgreen, 10% Humbrol 3 brunswickgreen – as seen on some reference pics from MOM)
I hope, you can see the difference:
Daylight:
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with flashlights:
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Version 2.0 without decals…tried to make the scratchpattern as accurate as possible…
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Shoulders with weathering…
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And yellow highlights around the dents and scratches
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Details of the Abdomenplate….
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Girthbelt dyed darker:
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Codplate:
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And Version 2.0 almost completed, unfortunately photographed with flashlights, so everything seems a little bright…and the chest decals is weathered too heavy, but I changed that.
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Feedback and suggestions for improvement welcome…
