Boba Fett girth belt dyeing

I have been struggelig with my Boba Fett girth belt for a long time now, but it seems like my struggle is finally over! I've been trying different ways of dyeing, but nothing has been successful. First I tried wool dye, but it turned out light red and totally transparent. Then I tried wood stain, and it turned out too dark and still transparent, and way too sticky. It also rubbed off on clothes.

Now I tried acrylic wall paint, and it looks good! I just hope it dries ok and will not rubb off in clothes.

I have some work to do on the buckles though, they will need a date with the acetone bottle. ;)

Done up to the knees!

I just had to try on the boots, flightsuit, spats and shin tools to see how it looked.

Harness belt and jetpack thrusters

I have assembled the harness belt with the US Divers belt buckle, and the thrusters are painted. They need weathering, but I thought I'd post them anyway. ;)

Harness belt with buckle


Close-up of the buckle with US Divers engraved


The black pattern is painted on the thrusters, now is the time for weathering.

Progress on Boba

I have done some more painting, and here's the result!

My chest and abdomen armour, ready for blackwash.


My jetpack painted yellow, with masking fluid still on.


Jetpack painted red, still with all the masking on.

Some parts finally done!

Here's some pics of the parts I have that is totally finished.

First up is my gauntlets, which I bought from BobbyFettUK. They were too small for him, and that makes them perfect for me.








My boots, with boot spikes and lots of black weathering.


My shin tools, all painted and ready.


Wookiee braids, also known as scalps.


My ammo belt with eight pouches.


The rear of my ammo belt.

Boba progress

I have done some more progress on my Boba Fett costume. It's still a lot to do, but I have at least learned the tecniques now. All there is to do now is to paint as often as I can and hope there is enough time. :)




First coat of grey on top of the red battle damage on the ear. I might try a coat of primer actually, just because it's thicker.




First coat of yellow on the jetpack. Looks a bit light yet, but will be darker when more coats are applied. The paint is a bit runny, so the next coat will be misted on turns.



One of the chest pieces, painted green with yellow and silver battle damage under the masking fluid. Can't wait to peel it off!



My EE-3, first coat of dark grey applied. Need to figure out what the next coat should be. The blaster is grey in the movie, but it looks a bit weird.




One of the shin tools almost done, just need a bit of weathering and hairspray.




Boots with spikes glued on, needs a bit of weathering and some white silicone behind the spikes.

Progress on the Webley

During the armour party we had at our place this weekend, I got to work a bit on my blaster.




The scope mounts, before and after replacing the resin screws with real ones.



The stock




The other side of the stock




The barrel



The Webley stamp, I just couldn't glue the greeble on top of it.



The scope parts





The trigger, made moveable




The trigger




The rest of the parts




The blaster roughly put together

Soft parts and wookiee scalps arrived!

I finally got my soft parts and wookiee scalps (aka braids)! The braids are superb, and have got all the details right. The flightsuit is perfect, though a little tight over the hips. I'll try to move the seams a bit, but I only have half a centimetre to work with on each side. The flakvest, neckseal and spats fit perfectly, and the pouches look good too! :)

I hope that making the suit more loose over the hips and tighten up my chest with some sports underwear will make me look a bit more like a man too. ;)

Boba boot spikes modded to my size

I bought some boot spikes from Russrep and they are beautiful, but sadly they were
a bit too big for my size 7.5 boots. I straightened one side, removed the spike, shortened the hoop, drilled a new hole and bent the hoop again in a different place.

They look good now, and they fit my boots! The only thing I need to do now, is to fix the spike to the hoop again. When I removed it, I had to dremel off the screw it was attached with, because it was impossible to unscrew it. I think I may just drill out the whole thing and attach it with another screw. Any ideas?



One boot spike modded, the other not.




Both spikes modded.




Still need to attach the spike to the hoop.

Boba Fettt pieces so far

I have got a lot of costume parts now, and I thought it would be nice to gather them all up for a picture. I've also got a few parts I haven't blogged yet, so it's time they get their picture taken too. :)



All my parts so far, I think I have everything except soft parts and helmet decals. The soft parts are ordered from LadySewforus, and will arrive in a few weeks time. I'm still searching for the helmet decals.




My paint. The ones in the box is for the helmet, the others are for the jetpack.




US Divers belt buckle, just need the seat belt material to finish it. Anyone have some black nylon seat belt material to spare? ;)




My beautiful aluminium studs.




Lightboard, made by Fettronics. This is version 2.1.2.




Screen accurate jetpack hooks, with cotton webbing.




My gauntlets, bought from BobbyFett. Not sure what maker, but they are fiberglass and fit me perfectly.

A little update on Boba

I have tried to get a better colour on my girth belt by using wood stain, but I'm not sure how it will turn out. It's still very sticky, but I hope it will dry up soon!



I have done a little armour painting, and forgot to show pictures of the armour pieces last time I blogged. So here they are, silver painted. :)

Airbrushing Boba Fett

I have started painting my Boba Fett armour, using an Evolution airbrush and Vallejo airbrush paints. I started with silver, and will layer the other colours on top of that using masking fluid to mask the battle damage.

The airbrush is working smoothly, and I'm very happy about the results so far. I'm glad I chose an airbrush with an open cup for the paint, because it is so easy to refill. :)

More pics

Also included in the big box from Bobamaker were these beauties:



Gloves



Backside of gloves



Shin tools