Documenting My Journey to Becoming Boba Fett
Added velcro to one end of the Lower Belt…
And then to the other end, completing the Lower Belt…
The leather belt needed to be whittled down at the end in order to fit into the Upper Belt Buckle…
Testing the fit, and it looks good…
The leather belt was then glued in place…
Then, velcro was added…
And, we now have a completed Upper Belt…
The Upper Belt Buckle after I did some wet sanding with very fine sandpaper to try and simulate wear on the green paint…
The Buckles for the Respirator after a quick dry brushing of copper paint. This gives the appearance of the base metal showing through…
Starting to assemble the Shin Straps…
Continuing the assembly of the Shin Straps…
This is what the final Shin Strap should look like…
I had to switch up the process for assembling the Shin Straps because the E6000 glue didn’t seem like it was going to hold the small pieces in place. I switched over to super glue gel, which creates an almost instant bond and is nearly impossible to remove…
The pieces laid out ready to attach to the Shin Strap…
The completed Shin Strap…
The Upper Belt Buckle after a final wet sanding…
The Upper Belt & Lower Belt Boxes after a final wet sanding…
The Left Bicep after some wet sanding to remove the messed up paint…
The Upper Belt Buckle with a base coat of silver…
The Left Bicep with a final coat of the green base paint…
The Upper Belt & Lower Belt Boxes after the final process of greens & grey paints…
The Shin Buckles after the final process of greens & grey paints…
The Left Bicep after the final process of greens & grey paints…
The Shin Guards after the final process of greens & grey paints…
To simulate wear on the Upper Belt Buckle, I applied some liquid latex along edges and other strategic places…
Then, the Upper Belt Buckle got the final process of greens & grey paints…
All of the boxes got some spot putty in the low spots…
Time to assemble the Upper Belt Buckle & Code Disk. I found a small screw that fit the hole in the back of the Code Disk. Then, I drilled a small hole through the Buckle…
The Code Disk was then secured with a dab of glue and the small screw to the Buckle…
The Buckle with the attached Code Disk…
