Skaught's 5 y/o Boba Fett Build - FINISHED PICS!!

[Skaught]

My son Ben is going to be Boba Fett this year, so I've been working on some parts for the last couple weeks on an off. I'll post what I have now and update as I go. I made the undersuit using a short sleeve and long sleeve t-shirt and some karate pants. No pics of that yet but once I dye it blue I'll take some.

First, here is the helmet that I finished about an hour ago. The helmet is the one One End is selling. It fits just right. I painted it using the same method I used for painting my own helmet. I didn't do quite as many levels of color, but I think it came out looking pretty good anyway. After each coat, I would use masking fluid to protect the spots I wanted to show through.

Here is the chest and back armor that has been cut out and shaped.

Next is the cape. I dyed some white canvas the khaki color, then used spray paint to make the orange stripe. I rough it up with my hands to soften it and "fade" the orange a bit. Then I cut up the bottom edge and weathered it with black spray paint.

That's it so far! I have parts for the backpack rocket, but I'm still not 100% on the body. I'm thinking of using a dense foam rubber pool kickboard as the base, but I'm not sure how well it will take paint. We'll see.

Scott

 

[tictoc]

Re: Skaught's 5 y/o Boba Fett Build

Cool. Looking forward to the progress. I like the idea of the kick board, nice and light.

 

[Skaught]

Re: Skaught's 5 y/o Boba Fett Build

ACK. I put the helmet on him this morning and he freaked out. Apparently it's really tight in the cheek areas, and the back "keyslot" section is bumping the back of his head. Before I glued in the visor, it must have expanded to give him room.

I'll try to sand down some of the back keyslot bump to see if that'll help. If not, then some of the checks. I may try to heat gun it a bit so I can stretch it out some, too. After all this work!

My daughter is 2.5 years older than him and it bobbles around on her head. Just shows how big my son's noggin' is.

Scott

 

[ItsThatGuy]

Re: Skaught's 5 y/o Boba Fett Build

Great Scott!... I mean That looks great, Scott!

 

[MooCriket]

Re: Skaught's 5 y/o Boba Fett Build

Very cool. Can't wait to see how this turns out for your son. Way to go Dad!

 

[Madmartigan]

Re: Skaught's 5 y/o Boba Fett Build

Looking great so far! good luck!

 

[Onigiri]

Re: Skaught's 5 y/o Boba Fett Build

You could always thread the helmet and screw it on

 

[tictoc]

Re: Skaught's 5 y/o Boba Fett Build

The helmet I got for my son was also too small. I had to cut it in half. Hope you can find another solution.

 

[RoCKo]

Re: Skaught's 5 y/o Boba Fett Build

Way to go Dad!

´nuff said!
Great work, Scott! :thumbsup

 

[Skaught]

Re: Skaught's 5 y/o Boba Fett Build

I filed down the back bump and a bit from the cheeks, and it looks like he'll be okay now.

Now, on the the gauntlets!

Scott

 

[ONE END]

Re: Skaught's 5 y/o Boba Fett Build

WOW! Thats Sweet! Great job! I can't wait to see his kit completed!

 

[Skaught]

Re: Skaught's 5 y/o Boba Fett Build

Just finished the jetpack last night. This came out a lot better than I thought it would. With this piece, I wanted to make it as light as possible. So the main body and the octogon-tubes are cut from a dense foam pool kickboard I stole from the backyard pool box. The stuff cuts like hot butter, so a perfectly straight line was almost impossible. But it's very light, soft, and paint sticks to it. In the end, it just looks dented up rather than rough cut I think. Luckily, that works for Boba Fett.

The top cone I made with a small funnel and liquid urethane plastic. After it cured, I popped it out and sanded the tip down to a point and hollowed most of it out with a drill. I glued in a PVC pipe that runs the length of the rocket. The next section down is a short piece of PVC. Then the next cone shape piece is the top portion of a crayon bank I bought at the dollar store. Next, the top from a small paint jar, followed buy two High School Musical cones you put on the ground to ride your bike around, mark a goal line, etc. Those also came from the dollar store. The same crayon bank tops were used for the two side nozzels, stuck onto a Christmas ornaments. The center tube on the main body is a poster/blueprint tube, which is much lighter than PVC. PVC endcaps were used on the top and bottoms of each octogon piece. It's all glued onto a piece of 1/8" Sintra.

I made the beacon in about 2 minutes holding a wood dowel against a belt sander and then cutting slots at the end with a dremel. I surprised myself with how nice that came out.

I'm really happy with how it came out. It's only about 24" tall.

Scott

 

[MooCriket]

Re: Skaught's 5 y/o Boba Fett Build - Jetpack Added pg. 2

Very impressive skillsthumbsup

 

[Cutest_Sandgirl]

Re: Skaught's 5 y/o Boba Fett Build - Jetpack Added pg. 2

Awesome!! thumbsup Can't wait to see it all together.

 

[tictoc]

Re: Skaught's 5 y/o Boba Fett Build - Jetpack Added pg. 2

That is cool. The parts list is also great. Thanks for sharing your ideas

 

[AT-AT Luvah]

Re: Skaught's 5 y/o Boba Fett Build - Jetpack Added pg. 2

WOW, Scott! Amazing work. Can't wait to see it all come together.

Makes my work on my kids' Luke ESB and ROTJ, with which I've been struggling, seem tame by comparison.

Awesome work!

Hector

 

[Skaught]

Re: Skaught's 5 y/o Boba Fett Build - Jetpack Added pg. 2

Here are the finished pics! I was working on this up until 2pm on Halloween. Finished in the nick of time. His helmet was STILL squishing his face, so I heat gunned the inside for a bit and then squeezed the sides as it cooled. That did the trick. I fixed the jetpack's "hang", so it wasn't tilting so far back like in these pics. After halloween, the only things broke were the boot spikes. I'll use metal instead of plastic next time. Too man curb kicks I think.

Scott

 

[Jayn]

That's AWSOME Skaught!! Coolest 5yr old's costume ever! Love the matching vader trick or treat bucket too..
You've got some cute kids there..:thumbsup

 

[Guri]

He looks fantastic! Great job on the details and fit. Love the grimace he mdae when taking the helmet off. *hehehehe*

 

[tictoc]

Awesome