After watching the "Dad Video" of converting the Jakks Pacific giant figure into a costume I knew I had to give this a go. So first I found a coupon and ran to Target and bought a figure and lined it up with my son. It seems like it would work!
The following week we had a 501st armor party and while I was working on my ESB Fett blaster I tasked a few people on removing the 1,000,000 or so screws that hold the figure together. Warning! Have a good, long shafted, fine tip phillips screwdriver and a lot of patience.
Once taken apart you can see that there is a large amount of structure to remove to make this wearable.
I set about cutting, and cutting, and cutting, and cutting, Oh God....the cutting!!!
I finally was able to get to the point where there was a nice clean space inside all of the pieces. I cut the chest and abs apart for better mobility.
I also worked on the blaster just a tiny bit. All I really had to do was add a layer of craft foam to each side of the grip to cover the exposed plastic.
The good news is that the helmet fit my son! I gutted the innards and cut out the eyes. I replaced the eyes with a double layer of mesh to keep them from fogging up and allow better breathing. I kept the four screws and the mounts to be able to open and close the helmet.
I strapped the suit with black velcro to make it more adjustable and easy to remove. His mobility is limited but he has a couple more inches to grow into it over the next year. My hope is that he can still wear it for Halloween!
Here is the finished suit! Ready to troop with Dad on Thursday at the theater!
Thanks and May the Force be with You!!!!!
The following week we had a 501st armor party and while I was working on my ESB Fett blaster I tasked a few people on removing the 1,000,000 or so screws that hold the figure together. Warning! Have a good, long shafted, fine tip phillips screwdriver and a lot of patience.
Once taken apart you can see that there is a large amount of structure to remove to make this wearable.
I set about cutting, and cutting, and cutting, and cutting, Oh God....the cutting!!!
I finally was able to get to the point where there was a nice clean space inside all of the pieces. I cut the chest and abs apart for better mobility.
I also worked on the blaster just a tiny bit. All I really had to do was add a layer of craft foam to each side of the grip to cover the exposed plastic.
The good news is that the helmet fit my son! I gutted the innards and cut out the eyes. I replaced the eyes with a double layer of mesh to keep them from fogging up and allow better breathing. I kept the four screws and the mounts to be able to open and close the helmet.
I strapped the suit with black velcro to make it more adjustable and easy to remove. His mobility is limited but he has a couple more inches to grow into it over the next year. My hope is that he can still wear it for Halloween!
Here is the finished suit! Ready to troop with Dad on Thursday at the theater!
Thanks and May the Force be with You!!!!!
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