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Welcome
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Back around the holidays of 2021 I was chatting with some friends when the topic came up of “what did you want to be when you were 10 years old and, if not, why aren’t you doing that now? A few folks said they wanted to be an astronaut, firefighter, policeman (back then it didn’t…
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Snapped in the wild at GalaxyCon
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I love it when I find photos of me “in the wild”. This was taken at GalaxyCon Raleigh. Plus I was on the Tee-Vee on WRAL (in the beginning). If the video breaks:https://www.wral.com/video/galaxycon-brings-millions-of-dollars-in-revenue-to-the-area/20976844/ Here is the photo: I received some of the best compliments on the outfit. And also met this absolutely wonderful Leia who…
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Mission Report: GalaxyCon Richmond
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GalaxyCon Richmond was my first foray into trooping since joining the 501st. I guess it is a bit unorthodox trooping with an out-of-state garrison but after living in Northern Virginia longer than I have lived in NC it felt right. In this post: Quick observations, photos and a funny/interesting story Some quick observations: 7. Everyone…
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Knee Guards: Fallback – Part 2
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This is a continuation of the first post about the knee guards. When we last left our heroes the knee guards were painted silver. And after that happened I masked the areas I wanted to show through with Maskol and added the light yellow coat (also known as “Lemongrass”). Lemongrass: After curing overnight I added…
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Knee Guards: Fallback – Part 1
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The knee guards approved with the suit are great but they are heavy. And with anything heavy and therefore thick they are prone to breaking. Even though the ones I have/use are very sturdy and made from high-grade plastic that isn’t supposed to break (like resin) there is always the change. Plus they take more…
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APPROVED!
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All of the hard work paid off! My submission was received and came back with one thing: the elastic on the back of the knee guards need weathering. That was a bit of an adventure. I laid own the massive trunk I use to store the costume inside and tried to open it. No luck.…
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(Re)Submission – with green screen!
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I noticed in my original submission that my neck seal was wrong and my left chest armor was askew among a few other things. So I actually got dressed in front of a mirror this time and put together the following images for submission, including one of me walking with the “spurs” sound effects! Enjoy!…
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Cod Piece and Kidney Armor
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Rather than have two separate posts for these items I decided to lump them together since they are related. The early codpiece armor I received was absolutely nothing like the movie version. It arched like the McDonald’s logo and looked bad. Plus there was no kidney armor in the back (hindsight and whatnot). Here is…
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Build Details: Chest Armor
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Yet another installment of “How I Built This: ROTJ Boba” (please don’t sue me, NPR). Let’s go over the checklist that meets 501st approval. My first set of armor was made in Romania and was heavy fiberglass resin. Seriously, the armor itself weighed 10 pounds which was nice in that it gave a good depth…
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Build Details: The Helmet
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The original helmet I purchased was nothing like the one I am now using. It was heavy, wasn’t accurate and was kind of sad really. I purchased another helmet from MinuteFett which looks amazing and came with film-era damage. Here is the raw cast received and some progress as I worked on it: And here…
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This is it. This is my submission. Boba Fett ROTJ Hero.
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A new post has been made that is up-to-date and in front of a green screen. This post is staying up for historical purposes. Please use these photos for my submission, mostly because I geared up in front of a mirror for the green screen ones. After building this thing for the last 14 months…
