Category: Boba Fett v2

Looking Really Good

With all of the major reconstruction done, time to do a little cleanup with glazing putty to get it really smooth.

Right ear cap, after adding glazing putty and sanding it smooth.

Back side.

Filling In The Pits

Working with the fiberglass resin is nice. Only thing is, it requires a little more cleanup with glazing putty to get it really smooth.

Bottom of the right ear, after adding glazing putty and sanding it smooth.

Even though it’s slightly out of focus, it’s looking really quite sharp!

Did a bit of heavy grinding on the upper part of the right ear to try and get it more accurately sized. Also, drilled the hole bigger to accommodate the shank of the shaft horn.

Remove Some Here, Add Some There

Kind of ironic how the upper part was a bit too big, and the bottom part is a bit too short. So, I’ll need to add some to that area. I’ll try using the fiberglass resin for this, since it’s a pretty hefty chunk that needs to be added.

I hot glued the ear cap down to a piece of card stock. Then, made some forms out of thin cardboard to contain the fiberglass resin in the section I’m trying to build up.

Mixed up some resin and filled in the area. Also added some fiberglass cloth for added durability.

After the resign set, and the ear cap was removed from the card stock form. Some bubbles, but it looks pretty good, to me.

Different angle.

Cleaned up a bit and marked where it needs to be cut off. The amount I removed from the top is basically equal to the amount I’m having to add here.

Front portion removed, now to work on the back side.

Just need to maintain that same angle from the original part.

Angle ground down to the proper size.

View of the back side.

Getting Things A Bit More Accurate

Using helmet templates obtained from thedentedhelmet.com, I’m going to now work on refining the right ear cap.

Current state of the right ear cap, and the piece of the template I need to match.

Marked the area that’s a bit too big with my exacto knife. This will need to be removed.

Finally, Some Results

I’m really liking the sturdiness of the fiberglass resin…

Bottom of the right ear, after smoothing out the resin with my dremel. I then marked the area that needs to be removed.

Excess fiberglass resin completely removed using my dremel.

The fiberglass resin definitely enables me to create sharper lines and it seems like it will hold up a lot better without falling off.

Changing Gears

Switching processes on the major repair work on the keyhole area, as well:

Applied fiberglass resin to the more damaged areas of the keyhole section.

Rough cut out the keyholes once the resin was cured.

A Possible Success?

The fiberglass resin seems to be holding up much better than the glazing putty, so I’m going to go ahead and use it on the right ear, too.

Bottom of the right ear, prepped for the fiberglass resin.

Fiberglass resin added to the bottom of the right ear.

Excess fiberglass resin trimmed away.

Cleaning Them Up

A lot of bubbles, pits, and scratches around the keyholes. I applied glazing putty to try to repair them: