Jodo Kast Build

[toolguy301]

Been working on a number of the small things.



Finished up the Gauntlet rocket, flame thrower nozzles, key pad, knee/gauntlet darts, jetpack stabilizer & beacon.



Tried my hand at some sewing. Finished up the ammo pouches & made up the belt the accessories are attached.



Finished up the holster adding some strapping to attach to the belt, strap to hold on the pistol grenades, & strap to hold the pistol in the holster. Went with a brown & did some washes to try & give it a leather look.

 

[Psicorp7]

Great work so far! The details you have printed are just fantastic. Way beyond most Jodo Cast builds. Well Done!

 

[toolguy301]

Great work so far! The details you have printed are just fantastic. Way beyond most Jodo Cast builds. Well Done!

Thank you for the kind words. There are a few really good Jodo's out there but I wanted to get as close to the comic as possible to bring him to life.

Got busy this weekend & got the armor painted. All was done with layering method. I had gone through the comic cells & made up templates for each piece & came up with a damage scheme that made sense. The symbol on the right chest plate was taken from the from cover of the comic with some liberties on the section that is covered. I made a stencil on frisket paper & spray painted this. Still need to do some misting & washes.

 

[toolguy301]

The knee armor & the shoulder bells are now painted. This was done layered method like the rest of the armor. The skull for the left shoulder was painted on as well. Need to do some final weathering but the plan is to get all the armor pieces & gauntlets to that point so that I can work on that process at the same time. Right now I am in a painting mode, it is a little hot with some humidity but it has been dry so not perfect for painting but I will take it. Jetpack is next.

 

[Halliwax]

this is coming together perfect! you nailed the colors!!

 

[toolguy301]

Thanks getting close

It has been all about the jetpack this week getting it painted. Went with the monochromatic blue highlighted with the orange & red that is shown throughout the comic. The piano keys are going will be painted orange. Needs to be dirtied up yet. Also got a box in the mail with a new set of boots. For those wondering if my toe spikes will fit the 2015 version of MOW boots, yes they will, but I am debating to go with toe spikes or not to go with toe spikes. I keep thinking that the toe just looks naked without them even though the cover of TEOD is the only place you see the spikes on Jodo.

 

[RichardJones]

That pack turned out awesome! And definitely use toe spikes! Those boots wouldn't look right without them!

 

[Halliwax]

pack looks awesome! that is definitely something i want to do in the future.

 

[toolguy301]

Thanks for the kind words, glad to get the jetpack painted takes so long to mask but short time to paint.

Decided to finish up painting the helmet ears, install the visor, fans, & hard hat suspension. Need to finish some final weathering yet.

 

[toolguy301]

Helmet isn't done painted, kill stripes slipped my mind.

Gauntlets are finally painted.

I tried this product from Smooth On: http://www.smooth-on.com/index.php?cPath=1429

To coat the outside of the gauntlets to smooth out the outer surface & give it a hard shell. I have to say this is a great product & gives a smooth hard epoxy surface. Very small details would be lost using this product from what I could tell. It is thick & self leveling. After it dried I smoothed the surface using steel wool & then put a coat of primer. After the first coat of primer I did wet sand & did some spot filling, but over all very little work. The inside I used a coat of Smooth On 320 to seal the nylon & help with some rigidity.

Now the final weather will be done on all the painted pieces, washes & mists.

Dirtied up the flight suit, flak vest, neck seal, & cape.

 

[Halliwax]

You don't understand how excited I am for this build. It brings me back to when I was a kid, love the progress!

 

[MCM]

I'm with haliwax. I've always thought that Jodo Kast was rad; all of the benefits of a Boba suit but with more freedom regarding battle damage, paint colors, etc. The 3d printed parts look great! I can't wait to see the finished product.

 

[toolguy301]

Thanks for the kind words.

Finished up the boots & have decided at this time to go without toe spikes. This is more representative of what is portrayed throughout the comic.

Finished up assembling the belts. Added the hoses & attached everything. Have a little bit of weathering to do yet.

The back of the girth belt I added 2 panels of faux suede to the front for support of the pouches & the section the grey belt goes over. These are sewed onto the girth belt.

For the holster I am going with a belt that will be hidden under the girth & grey belt. I don't have my Jodo armor quite ready to put on but was able to use my Boba cod piece & back plate to try everything on. The belt for the holster will sit just above the cod/back plate. The grey belt will pass through the strap on the holster & the girth belt will run behind it. This worked well with no sagging & felt very comfortable, which has been a concern of mine but with this set up I feel like it will work well.

The hoses are 1/4" O.D. with a piece of black insulated solid copper wire going through the center to give it a darker look & also allows for the hose to be bent & hold position. The connectors are a Watts push to connect plumbing connector.

The lone hose with the coupler will go to the rear of the left gauntlet with another coupler up near the short sleeve of the flight suit.

 

[toolguy301]

Finally completed Jodo Kast & suited up for photos.

I am using my ROTJ EE-3 right now but will be making a custom EE-3 that is more representative of the comic, just got some of the pieces this week.

 

[Halliwax]

hey buddy! it came out awesome!! i love the cape, it came out perfect! some feel great now being completed, next big question? what are you going to tackle next??

 

[Chicagovader]

Turned out Fantastic!!

 

[Broilermaker]

Your not Boba? Lol great job wow!

 

[toolguy301]

Thank you for the kind words. I have gotten this 501st & Merc approved. After last weekend on 2 different troops I was called Boba Fett, & one of the troops there was an ESB Boba Fett trooping with me. It was so fun.

Well in order to complete this to my liking I have been waiting to get all the pieces to create a custom EE-3 close to what is in the comics with some creative interpretations. I got a kit from MLS as the base which is the Webley with a rifle stock instead of the "D" bracket. I decided to go about & design up the scope mounts to resemble what is in the comic & have the scope off center of the barrel. Made up a stock greeblie that is a mash up of pieces from the ESB Boba EE-3, which uses a portion of the center stock greeblie, 2/3 of a earth plug, & a portion of the connecting rod. Also designed up my interpretation of the breach greeblie disk with the connecting rod attached. These pieces were all 3D printed & the photos of how I received them from Shapeways. The bomb pieces from the ROTJ are cast from MLS that came with the Webley. The scope is a Simmons. The flash tube is a 1.5" diameter drain tube which will have slots put into it to make it more like the ESB EE-3. Photo with my ROTJ EE-3 to show comparison in size.

Paint up will be a wood grain look on the stock with the look of "Bluing" on the rest of the Webley breach & barrel. With a more metallic look on the scope rings.

 

[cayman shen]

That is sick. The whole thing is sick. Nice job!

 

[toolguy301]

Thank you for the kind words.

Assembled & painted my custom Jodo Kast specific EE-3. This was a great kit from MLS. Very minimal clean up & filling. For assembly of the barrel to the stock I used onlty 2 screws, one through the pivot area on the breach & the other goes through the release into the breach near the hammer, which is pretty well hidden in a recess. This turned out to be very solid & secure. Was initially going to just epoxy everything together & make it solid but came up with this approach so if for some reason, which you never know, it could be taken apart fairly easy.

The paint scheme is pretty much how the ESB EE-3 was done with a few slight differences. I wanted to mimic the movie used EE-3's which is evident with the use of the various greeblies that are present on both ESB & ROTJ versions, with some modified custom pieces. This to me gives it a more real world look. The big differences are the custom scope mounts that are designed to look like the comic reference, the rifle stock, & the custom stock greeblies.

The main portion of the EE-3 was painted flat black misted with some midnight blue, brown, & metallic aluminum. Then it was dry brushed with metallic aluminum to accent the high points.

The stock was painted with a few different tones of brown to break it up then did a couple of washes of grey/yellow & black. The stock greeblies are painted flat black with a mist of red & metallic aluminum then dry brushed with metallic aluminum. The tail portion of the stock is painted a copper/aluminum mix with misting of flat black.

The flash tube is just a 1.5" chrome/brass drain tube, but opted not to add any holes to it. The inside was painted flat black & the tip was misted with flat black, flat brown, & midngith blue to give the carbon residue.

Still need to make the strap to finish this up.