Topic: Costume: working parts?

does your armor have working parts if so post some pictures!

or ideas on what kindof stuff you think you could make work

im trying to make my fett costume have as many working gadgets as possible heres a list of what i think i may be able to put on it
flamethrower(works great at birthday partys and bonfires
put lcd screen in rangefinder(shows where ur guns aiming)
camera on paintball operated carbine(camera works wit range finder)
missle launcher(using a model rocket and a co2 canister)
jetpack(ill think of something)
some kindof of cable launcher(i can probably at least make it dispense a cable.
and last but not least a lite up display on armor wont do much just flash.
so ya i got a lot of cool stuff planned but i probably wont be able to do the flame trower or missle launcher(unless i can sneek it under my parents radar)
so ill post some pictures and a link to a movie when im done :)

You can buy a Flamethrower plans off Ebay that telles you how to make one.

I soooo need the flame thrower if I have to make creme brulee. It would also be handy for soldering.
And you could use the cable launcher as a tape measure if you marked it off in increments. :D

lol i think what ill do is use flammable(not explosive)
gas and ill have to light it manualy or maybe i can get a bbq lighter and rig it to shoot out a lot more fuel but i think ill do the other stuff first

also do any of u know how to change my title right now it says "new member"

Your title will be New Member till you post a certain amount of times. Like I've posted over 1,000 posts, that's how I got my title. We don't choose our own, but getting higher post counts gets you a new rank.

You Could Make The Knee Darts Fire. Making The It With Co2 Air Tool Fittings And Tubing

i could also latch a voice changer on there
and thx miba

Try this guy tk409.com, he has some good stuff there like

This one.:D

Oh and here's the flamethrower:D

:lol:I bought those plans!! If you make it right (which is kinda hard) it's great fun! However, it might be slightly impractical for mounting on a Boba Fett costume; it can be pretty bulky.... Anyway, I had the same idea, make a working costume and maybe try and sell it or something. Might be kinda dangerous... ;)

i would have bought those plans but the pictures showed that it was pretty bulky and make sure you get fire retardent gloves :)

Actually, being that it just shoots a stream of flaming liquid, it isn’t that hot. I was rather surprised. (Well, I mean, it is a stream of fire, but its nowhere near as hot as a torch) The downside is that the liquid that you have to use, after landing on the ground, continues to burn and is quite difficult to put out....kinda like a grease fire. The more you mess with it, the worse it gets…

well i dont want to use liquid because if it soaks someone they intantly become super flammable but what i was thinking of(gas)
can easily be blown back at you or someone else. so im still going with gas since theres almost no windy days where i live.

Hmmm, isn’t that the point? ;) Just kidding.

The problem with gas (i.e. propane) is that it is generally quite difficult to get your flames to go more than about 3 or 4 feet. Now I’m not saying it can’t be done it’s just a lot harder. But a liquid under pressure can shoot a lot farther.
The military type flamethrowers use both a flammable liquid and a compressed gas such as propane or butane. When mixed together properly it works....quite well.

Now, I’m not saying you should do that, nor am I trying to tell you what you can or can’t do (I’m sorry if it sounds that way) Just thought I would give you a little advice from a guy who has made (and failed at making) many flamethrowers to save you time and money......

This will be helpful to me at least, Jacsveus. I want to make a flamethrower, that'd be so cool! *pyro*

However it's on my costume waiting list, and somehow keeps getting pushed farther and farther down it, so I'm not sure when I'll start on that one.

U could put a cell phone lcd screen in the range finder, but how how u could hook up a mini camera to the scope without using wires, I have no idea.

wow it sounds great,next we can have reall mandalorians .

what does?

well for the rangefinder i found this one special lcd screen used for reading stuff and its meant to go rifht infront of your eye and so that will work out great because its simple and it only has a screen a battery and a video input
and so ive found various spy cams that are wireless and ill probably take the nozzle from a bbq lighter and pump lots of fuel through it if im at least able to get 1 to 2 fett ill be satisfied(for now lol)
oh and heres some pictures of my costume from haloween and yes im going to repaint the armor but sweet helmet huh?



and yes i have alot of other things missing but ill have em long before next year but its hard to get in much time to work on my suit with my constant supply in homework

lol this is great. if we work together, we can invent all of fett's equipment in real life. maybe even the jetpack. now, i'm already trying to make the dart-shooter and the whipcord. i have some ideas for the dart-shooter, but i need help with the whipcord. im sure i can make a rope shoot out but how do i make it wrap itself around something?

how do you plan on making the whipcord work. i would really like to know. i was thinking of using my compressed air tank for my paintball gun and rigging up a hose where the whip cord will shoot out. i just need to find out how to make it shoot and be able to have a long cord on it. any ideas. let me know if thats what u were thinking. i was also thinking about making the gun actually working as well maybe get a cheap paintball gun or airsoft rifle and make it look like the actual blaster. let me know if my ideas are at all possible.

It's not just about making a rope shoot, the problem is making it twist around by itself. Besides I gave this project up a long time ago. At the most I'd make a dart shooter.

Making it wrap around things is actually one of the stupid things I noticed in the movie. There is no reason that it would happen. If he shot it out on an angle it would logically bend around something, but when he wraps up Luke or when Jango grabs Obi-Wan's leg... I laughed to myself.

Well it would be possible to make it wrap around things but it would take some pretty sophisticated technology.

i bought the working flame thrower instructions off ebay but i got ripped because the gauntlets shape is really dumb!!!

does anyone know how to make gauntlets if so do reply???!!

im making a esb fett helmet right now and do u think half basketball will work for the top of the helmet :)

Devin, you can also use a bicycle helmet and some sintra or plastic sign material.  Here is a link to the step by step we keep in our template library:

Ohl'd Vart's Scratch Built Helmet Tutorial

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My helmet alone contains the following:
custom voice amp
remote control RF servo
Working RF LEDs
internal temperature monitor and display
2 cooling fans.

As far asother working parts:
Power LED on left gaunt
Chest display readout
Working lasers in duel pistols
Custom built electronic thermal detonator

The stuff I would advice against is anything that shoots or flames.  Those plans for the flame thrower may work, but they don't include plans on putting yourself or someone else out when you catch on fire.  I'm also working on creating a real working viewplate that runs off of night vision cameras and a small pocket PC.

thanx for the tutorial

does anyone think that a boba fett helmet from 2002 would be a good helmet for my costume.Please reply soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

Try not to double post. It spaming. This is the only time I will warn you. I will leave future warning to Draco Fett

Go to our tutorial page here:

Mandalorian Mercs Public Tutorials/Templates

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Open the Boba Fett right and left gauntlet templates (You'll need adobe reader as they are PDF's.).  Print those out and get you some 3 mm Sintra (PVC Foam Board) from [url]www.foamboardsource.com[/url] and some plastic epoxy and get to work =D

You will also need a can of bondo to fill in some places, but it shouldn't be to extremely hard.

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Yeah.  As a Marine I have first person experience with NVGs and similar technology, and though it will look cool to you, inside the helmet, I'm fairly certain the tech is too expensive for these purposes.  IF is cheaper, and thermal Nv can run at decent prices.  But unless you're loaded, can make the tech smaller (Standard issue NVGs weigh about 5 punds and are the sive of a small brick.), or own a factory that makes them, this technology is impractical and probably unusable for that purpose.

But it would be about the coolest thing ever.

I'm working on using an EZview and integrating it to the inside of my helmet.  It's basically a pair of LCD glasses with the resolution of a 50" LCD tv.  You can plug in a small night vision camera via RCA jack and you have a nice little system that works in day or night.  You can also plug the EZview into a pocket PC with SVideo, which has more potential.

wow.

that sounds...interesting.

i don't know...i'm happy just buying a Boba helmet for (a lot) less than $60...

Keep checking Ebay.  Thats the best advice I can give =D

The Plans for the flamethrower aren't on ebay anymore does anybody have them? I want to build one.;)

I don't, as i really don't have much time to make costumes unfortunately. I was wondering if anyone knew how to mold plasic to make the armor? Maybe Orthar does... if she sees this. Is it a casting method? (As i am in a sculpture class i am feeling ambitious). I'm sure theres other sites that talk about it... but I'm not ambitious enough to seek them on the slow connection laptop.

http://www.kotemandos.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=32

That thread contains links for downloading various sizes of templates for making accurate Boba armour plates using either Sintra (foamed PVC plastic used in sign-writing) or metal. You could probably use them as a guide for sculpting but if you do sculpt them you'll need to either make the finished armour from casting fibreglass or vac-formed plastic (which requires the use of a vac-form table - I have links for making a vac-form table if you decide to go that way).
The KOTE Mando's site also includes templates for making Jango's full armour if anyone wants them and you can get a lot of great advice on the best way to put the costumes together from our members.

See I knew you'd know Orthar! THANKS! That definately makes it easier for me :D

I've never been a fan of "real working parts" on a costume.  Especially when you're talking flamethrowers and rocket launchers.  Then you get into an area of danger with the people around you.  I mean, have you ever looked through a mando helmet and seen the range of view?  Kind of limited.  Last thing you need is little Tommy's hair being toasted off at his birthday party when you tried to light the candles on his cake.

sombody needs to make a real working wrip cord...thats for sure!

I still would like to get the plans for the flamethrower that would kick ass. I know somebody out there has got them. Help the new guy out.:(

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But ON subject... I've made a (semi) working jetpack missile. Mostly just spring,PVC pipe, and a cut up nurf missile.

All I know is that for a working part, the most important thing to me is a way to see!   Some of the ideas above sound great, but also sound expensive.  Anybody got other suggestions?

Well night vision is a really exspenive thing isn't it?Either way that would be awesome Novall Talon!! :) .

TDMOPARGUY I had bought the plans off ebay......sadly it isn't what you really think...Its only blueprints.i don't them anymore though sorry but i will ask my freind if i can photo copy them for you alright....

Thanks Brother that would be awesome.:)

there was an episode about whipcords and similar working gadgets on the superhero episode of Mythbusters...

they got a working grappling line going, but it was soooooooooooo impractical...lol