dunfiusFett
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So I made a thing last summer for November's Hal-Con! It has just been sitting around since then until I finally decided to put the whole thing on my mannequin. I've always intended to post the armour but kept putting it off... but I thought maybe now you guys would be interested in seeing it!
With my interest in all things Star Wars and my love of Game of Thrones and LoTR, it wasn't hard to brainstorm an original costume I haven't seen before. The trick was to try and translate each part of Boba Fett's arsenal into its medieval-esque counterpart all the while having the armour components remain legit armour. For example, wrist rocket to wrist crossbow, knee darts to knee throwing knives, etc. (being off work for 6 weeks for surgery recovery gave me the opportunity to get into an expensive hobby like leather working)
I made everything from scratch (excluding the sword and belt buckles, however the wrist crossbow has since broke and been replaced with a Phantom Blade from AC:UNITY.) and used armour-grade leather and crafted chainmaille semi-sleeves from rings purchased from theringlord.com
I will post a few progress pics shortly but honestly I usually got so caught up on the next piece and figuring out how the hell I make it work that I'd forget to stop and snap some pictures
(they are mostly the helmet creation stage)
It was one hell of a venture but it got a pretty darn good reception at the Con as well as bagged me 3rd place in the Masters division (Hey competition was epic!)
Any questions I'm more than happy to answer for those interested in venturing down this path
With my interest in all things Star Wars and my love of Game of Thrones and LoTR, it wasn't hard to brainstorm an original costume I haven't seen before. The trick was to try and translate each part of Boba Fett's arsenal into its medieval-esque counterpart all the while having the armour components remain legit armour. For example, wrist rocket to wrist crossbow, knee darts to knee throwing knives, etc. (being off work for 6 weeks for surgery recovery gave me the opportunity to get into an expensive hobby like leather working)
I made everything from scratch (excluding the sword and belt buckles, however the wrist crossbow has since broke and been replaced with a Phantom Blade from AC:UNITY.) and used armour-grade leather and crafted chainmaille semi-sleeves from rings purchased from theringlord.com
I will post a few progress pics shortly but honestly I usually got so caught up on the next piece and figuring out how the hell I make it work that I'd forget to stop and snap some pictures
(they are mostly the helmet creation stage)
It was one hell of a venture but it got a pretty darn good reception at the Con as well as bagged me 3rd place in the Masters division (Hey competition was epic!)
Any questions I'm more than happy to answer for those interested in venturing down this path
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