That Fett is awesome! You really inspire me to go on with my Vader after seeing yours. Really great costumes.
6 Star Wars Costumes in 3 Weeks w/ No Budget!
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That Fett is awesome! You really inspire me to go on with my Vader after seeing yours. Really great costumes.
I originally thought of doing the Fett without a jetpack since time and budget were so limited. But then I was talking to a friend of mine (not specifically an SW fan) who, when I told him I was doing a Boba Fett costume said, "I loved Boba Fett... he had that great jet pack...". So, obviously that was one of his key trademarks.
So, what could I use? I had an old plastic kids table in my garage (left over ten years ago by the previous home owners) some PVC tubing, an old sword box (cardboard tube) and a broken coffee thermos from one of the builders working at our house. Using a wooden down for support, some screws, glue and putty I started with this:
I felt like the next step should be to build up the rocket top so... using a plastic champagne glass, plastic funnel, toy lightsaber "blade" and a plastic toy stolen from my kids toy box, the next step was complete:
For the rocket itself, another plastic champagne glass, another plastic funnel, a spray paint lid to join the two and another lightsaber blade:
Now, the side "booster" jets had me stumped. I looked all over for balls I could use and all the funnels seems too wide. I broke down and went shopping. Found these wierd noise making toys at the $2 shop and a couple of measuring cups seemed the right shape:
Put them together and you have:
I used the legs from the plastic table and some smaller legs from one of my kids little plastic chairs that they broke a few days before I started this project to build up the front the pack. A couple of greeblies (the handle from that wierd toy, some metal thing I found in the garage and some parts from a toy Darth Maul saber). Put it all together and you get:
It was sad to see the smiley faces go, but after some priming, painting and weathering, the end result was this:
I didn't have time to add certain details (like the recesses in the side boosters) so I just did some extra surface painting.
Kind regards,
Magnoli
So, what could I use? I had an old plastic kids table in my garage (left over ten years ago by the previous home owners) some PVC tubing, an old sword box (cardboard tube) and a broken coffee thermos from one of the builders working at our house. Using a wooden down for support, some screws, glue and putty I started with this:
I felt like the next step should be to build up the rocket top so... using a plastic champagne glass, plastic funnel, toy lightsaber "blade" and a plastic toy stolen from my kids toy box, the next step was complete:
For the rocket itself, another plastic champagne glass, another plastic funnel, a spray paint lid to join the two and another lightsaber blade:
Now, the side "booster" jets had me stumped. I looked all over for balls I could use and all the funnels seems too wide. I broke down and went shopping. Found these wierd noise making toys at the $2 shop and a couple of measuring cups seemed the right shape:
Put them together and you have:
I used the legs from the plastic table and some smaller legs from one of my kids little plastic chairs that they broke a few days before I started this project to build up the front the pack. A couple of greeblies (the handle from that wierd toy, some metal thing I found in the garage and some parts from a toy Darth Maul saber). Put it all together and you get:
It was sad to see the smiley faces go, but after some priming, painting and weathering, the end result was this:
I didn't have time to add certain details (like the recesses in the side boosters) so I just did some extra surface painting.
Kind regards,
Magnoli
I didn't realize until near the end that Boba Fett had armor on his back. Luckily, Blaxmyth came to my rescue and after a few hours of heat gunning, we managed to get a piece of ABS to form quite nicely into the piece I needed. I connected the back plate with the shoulder piece using some nuts-and-bolts covered by silver-spray-painted keyboard keys.
Here is the finished Boba Fett. Unfortunately, the writing on the gloves was not hidden, and I ran out of time and resources to make some proper boots (I did manage to make a set of spats half an hour before he arrived to get dressed for that evening):
Here is the entire team... three weeks and virtually no budget:
Here I am relaxing on the evening, assuming the Han Solo "I'm not going anywhere" pose:
Boba Fett started sniping one of the other teams with his laser and they retaliated with some shots of their own:
All in all a successful evening, but a crazy three weeks!
I want to extend my thanks to all the RPFers who managed to get me various pieces over those few weeks, especially CMF and TazVader for their advice, marsattack for the great Boba helmet & armor, Blaxmyth for all his help, my wife for putting up with the huge mess in our dining room and to God for the miracle of helping me pull all this together in time. Deo Gratias!
Kind regards,
Magnoli
Here is the finished Boba Fett. Unfortunately, the writing on the gloves was not hidden, and I ran out of time and resources to make some proper boots (I did manage to make a set of spats half an hour before he arrived to get dressed for that evening):
Here is the entire team... three weeks and virtually no budget:
Here I am relaxing on the evening, assuming the Han Solo "I'm not going anywhere" pose:
Boba Fett started sniping one of the other teams with his laser and they retaliated with some shots of their own:
All in all a successful evening, but a crazy three weeks!
I want to extend my thanks to all the RPFers who managed to get me various pieces over those few weeks, especially CMF and TazVader for their advice, marsattack for the great Boba helmet & armor, Blaxmyth for all his help, my wife for putting up with the huge mess in our dining room and to God for the miracle of helping me pull all this together in time. Deo Gratias!
Kind regards,
Magnoli
TazVader
Sr Member
LOL This has to be one of the most inspiring threads I have seen for a while mate lol I really enjoyed it and those smiley faces on the jetpack lol I can't stop laughing. Truly inspired scratch building mate. What's next year? A wookie made from kelp? lol I am sure you could pull it off lol
Regards
TAZ
Regards
TAZ
Mr. No Stripes
Sr Member
Love how you made the jetpack! That's awesome!
Bountys Hunted
Well-Known Member
Daaamn! When I first saw the thread, I thought "No WAY!" Awesome job, just friggin' awesome. Can't believe how well you pulled off Fett :eek
Great, great job on all of them!
Great, great job on all of them!
Honus
Sr Member
That is VERY impressive! I'm all about the low budget Halloween costumes but that just blew away my super low budget Fett and Solo! My Fett was missing several items due to monetary and time constraints....
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-scratchbuild-a-Boba-Fett-costume--using-car/
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-a-low-budget-Han-Solo-Halloween-costum/
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-scratchbuild-a-Boba-Fett-costume--using-car/
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-a-low-budget-Han-Solo-Halloween-costum/
Sixxgunn13
Sr Member
LOL.... Awesome Fett, 10 yrs ago it would have kicked some of the fetts I saw built at the time, mind you there is a lot more info known about the costume now.
Great job. :thumbsup
Great job. :thumbsup
Thanks for all the kind words. From this group, they mean a lot!
Yeah, it was sad having to paint over those... :cry
Kind regards,
Magnoli
Yeah, it was sad having to paint over those... :cry
Kind regards,
Magnoli
Mr. No Stripes
Sr Member
easy fix... just draw um back on with a magic marker!
(this is my 777th post :lol)
TK-2126_MD
Well-Known Member
Wow And i thought that i had some record with 3 costumes in one yr....
Great job!!! luv what u did, very simple solutions to some possibley hard mods and items...
very good
Great job!!! luv what u did, very simple solutions to some possibley hard mods and items...
very good
jessemoody
New Member
Wow that is impressive. Still look great despite having to cut corners and cost. Great to see that such nice looking costumes can still be made for less than a few months pay.
The Sith OverLord
New Member
WOW! I'm really impressed with the Boba Fett rocket pack you've put up in record time and on a non-existent budget. *Salute*
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