welshwarrior123
Well-Known Member
Hey guys,
first post here, I dont know if there is an intro thread but i'll do it here aswell. My names lewis, im a 17 year old currently studying Art and graphic design with the hope of one day becoming an effects artist, one day :lol Im in the uk and as the title of the thread sais, im working on a Boba fett with the hope of getting it 501st approved, not the easiest first costume but im enjoying it.
Now some of you on the dented helmet may know me and have seen what ive done already, so I thought I would post it up on here aswell. Also putting it in a more organised layout.
So here we go. Ive been working on this now for about 7-8 months and im pretty well stuck into it, im not goin to post everything all at once as it will fill about 7 pages.
So the first thing I started with was the gauntlets. Typical first noob mistake, I wanted to buy cheap. second noob mistake, I bought off of ebay :thumbsdown
So these are the gauntlets, fiberglass, with a poorly done gellcoat followed by almost unusable resin accessories.
mmmmm lovely :sick
No worries tho, I knew i could fix them. So I asked for some help from my local garrison, the UKG, and one of the members there hooked me up with some lovely usable items. I also went out and bought myself a new calc pad along with the dental connector.
So i'll skip a few tedious steps. After all the triming, body filler work, dremeling, sanding, wet sanding etc etc.... I got it to a fairly recognizable looking piece and to a paintable state. Along with adding the hinges on the inside ( Wow that can make a man curse :wacko)
So then the fun begins, painting. I had already primered it along with goin through various gritt sand papers. I first layered down the silver, I found this a very troublesome thing to do as the paint I was using kept cracking, but I got it in the end.
Then looking closely at referance imagery, I masked off the details and scratches using masking fluid, then hit it with the red/maroon colour. Once dried I then used an eraser to remover the masking fluid.
Then with the flame unit, rocket and other details pieces painted, I then assembled the piece, followed by a couple of coats of black accrylic, with was then wiped off. I then finished the piece off by airbrushing the scortch and dirt marks to finish the first part of my fett costume.
So theres my first post, I hope you like it :rolleyes and I also hope I havant done anything wrong aswell. I have alot more progress to show but Im goin to pace myself and organise it so its easier to read and follow. So I hope you like my first attempt, and comments and crit would be nice, and I will upload some more progress tommorow.
Cheers,
Welsh
first post here, I dont know if there is an intro thread but i'll do it here aswell. My names lewis, im a 17 year old currently studying Art and graphic design with the hope of one day becoming an effects artist, one day :lol Im in the uk and as the title of the thread sais, im working on a Boba fett with the hope of getting it 501st approved, not the easiest first costume but im enjoying it.
Now some of you on the dented helmet may know me and have seen what ive done already, so I thought I would post it up on here aswell. Also putting it in a more organised layout.
So here we go. Ive been working on this now for about 7-8 months and im pretty well stuck into it, im not goin to post everything all at once as it will fill about 7 pages.
So the first thing I started with was the gauntlets. Typical first noob mistake, I wanted to buy cheap. second noob mistake, I bought off of ebay :thumbsdown
So these are the gauntlets, fiberglass, with a poorly done gellcoat followed by almost unusable resin accessories.
mmmmm lovely :sick
No worries tho, I knew i could fix them. So I asked for some help from my local garrison, the UKG, and one of the members there hooked me up with some lovely usable items. I also went out and bought myself a new calc pad along with the dental connector.
So i'll skip a few tedious steps. After all the triming, body filler work, dremeling, sanding, wet sanding etc etc.... I got it to a fairly recognizable looking piece and to a paintable state. Along with adding the hinges on the inside ( Wow that can make a man curse :wacko)
So then the fun begins, painting. I had already primered it along with goin through various gritt sand papers. I first layered down the silver, I found this a very troublesome thing to do as the paint I was using kept cracking, but I got it in the end.
Then looking closely at referance imagery, I masked off the details and scratches using masking fluid, then hit it with the red/maroon colour. Once dried I then used an eraser to remover the masking fluid.
Then with the flame unit, rocket and other details pieces painted, I then assembled the piece, followed by a couple of coats of black accrylic, with was then wiped off. I then finished the piece off by airbrushing the scortch and dirt marks to finish the first part of my fett costume.
So theres my first post, I hope you like it :rolleyes and I also hope I havant done anything wrong aswell. I have alot more progress to show but Im goin to pace myself and organise it so its easier to read and follow. So I hope you like my first attempt, and comments and crit would be nice, and I will upload some more progress tommorow.
Cheers,
Welsh
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