*Updated 09/21/08*
ROTJ Cape:
NO LONGER AVAILABLE

This is made just like the original: cut from a vintage US Army half-shelter 30" wide by 36" high. Already weathered and ready to wear. It includes a button hole in the upper corner, see attachment diagram for details.
Star Wars photos:
Our photos:



*Updated 09/21/08*
Canvas ESB Cape: $30

*Updated 08/25/08*
TK409 Chest Display:
$70

(356k)
My brother designed and built this and I think they turned out very nice. They're no bigger than a credit card and are EXTREMELY bright - even in daylight. I used dark green faceshield plastic for the window in my chest armor and it shines a bright red even through the dark window (as seen in the photos and movie clip). Powered by one 9-volt battery with a cord that measures 22" long for easy storage wherever you want. Note: battery cord is now mounted from the bottom of the board, rather then the top as shown in photos.

Your armor slots should be cut to this size: (Thanks Brak's Buddy)
• Length of slots: 43mm
• Height of top slot: 4mm
• Distance between slots: 8mm
• Height of bottom slot: 8mm


*Updated 10/21/07*
Utility pouches:
$35

 

Select color

KhakiCreamWhiteGray

Select color

KhakiCreamWhiteGray

Our photos:
Star Wars photos:

These heavy cotton canvas hip pouches use the velcro closure and the accurate seamless front stitching (current photos show the front seam - updated photos coming soon). The top loop slides over your ammo belt and will fit up to a 3.75" wide belt. Also used on these other costumes: Dengar, Snowtrooper, Biker Scout, Arc trooper, Barc trooper


*Updated 08/25/08*
Gloves
$80

 

Select style

Dark Gray S/MDark Gray L/XLLight Gray S/MROTJ L/XL

Select style

Dark Gray S/MDark Gray L/XLLight Gray S/MROTJ L/XL

To make your own. Use white parade gloves, dye them gray, and sew on white patches of cloth.


*Updated 11/12/08*
Vest:
$75

 
Questions? Ask Di.
Please take these measurements
and include them with your order.

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Star Wars Reference photos:

Our Photos:

Yes, the vests are back! This Boba Fett Vest is a very close replica of the vest used in the Star Wars movies. My sister made this one for me. The color is an accurate light cream color with a slight sheen. I've since weathered it with a misting of gray spray paint - this is necessary to make the vest look authentic. Otherwise, the vest looks too clean in relation to the rest of the weathered costume. Slots in the back are for the jetpack harness straps. I've done a tutorial on adding snaps for attaching your armor - check it out below.

Snap Tutorial:
I traced around my armor on paper and cut it out (marking which side of the paper armor faces out).

Then, I cut some rectangular tabs of plastic (sintra), drilled a hole in one end and stuck the male snap through. For me, the rectangle tab is important, because I superglue the end without the snap (the tab) to the armor.

Using a blade, I scored (made several marks) both on the armor and the plastic piece in a crosshatch pattern. Then added superglue to the tab, and pressed it onto the armor.

Then I pressed the paper onto the armor (now with snaps) to make a mark on the paper (to know where the snaps are located.)

I laid the paper out on my vest exactly where I wanted the armor. Then I used a pencil to poke through the paper where the snaps should be located (twist it a couple times to mark the vest).

At the mark, use a nail to poke a hole through the vest. Then assemble the female snap through the vest at the hole.

*Updated 01/23/08*
TK409 Neckseal:
$45

 

Inches

14 15 16 17 18

Inches

14 15 16 17 18

Designed by Mrs. TK-409, sewn by my sister Di (who does the vests). It's a replica of the Neckseal worn by Boba Fett in "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi". The neckseal fits nice and snug and it stays up too! No more sloppy, baggy neck like you see on some Fett costumes. The flush-velcro closure in front makes it easy to put on and has a nice, accurately finished look.
*Updated 11/12/08*
Mini Zam Wesell:

I built a Zam Wesell costume for my daughter using craft foam. The body suit is actually a matching longsleeve tee and leggings, found at WalMart. The hood is just a draped piece of purple fabric, safety-pinned at the front to the foam symbol. The stringed beads are craft store Christmas Tree string ornaments. She looks all serious because Bounty Hunters aren't the smiling type, but she was positively thrilled to be Zam for Halloween. More details on the parts at the Flickr set.

ARMS:
I used standard WalMart girls' gloves, with foam armor attached with hot glue. I spray-painted the foam silver and weathered it with black craft paint. Total cost, about $3. Shin armor made of foam, from the craft store. I think the foam is about 30 cents a sheet. For weathering, I misted these with a brown/gray spray paint. The gauntlets is made by layering foam pieces (Sheets of foam available at the craft store) and attaching with hotglue. The black ribbed piping is exactly that, piping: like you see on the edge of couch pillows - available at any fabric store.

HELMET:
The helmet is a foam fireman's helmet trimmed slightly and worn backwards. Helmet available at fabric stores or WalMart around Halloween. Also try toy stores. The little symbol is made from Sculpey. If you know how to use Playdoh, you can use Sculpey. Ear cups are layered foam. I added an elastic band under her chin to keep the ears close to her head. The binoculars are sprinkler pipe fittings and are screwed to the top of the helmet to keep brackets in place. Binoc brackets are just styrene strips (like 'For Sale'; sign plastic) The veil is simple purple fabric sewn to red velvet. Velcro was added to the ear cup and the veil for easy detachment.

VEST:
The Chest armor is all foam. I spraypainted the vest lavender and attached industrial velcro (the adhesive kind) to the vest to hold the foam armor. Don't use hotglue to attach the foam to the vinyl, it'll fall off when it cools. The hoses are from Radio Shack and are attached to the vest with zip ties. The round hose fittings are plastic electrical bushings. The triangular fittings are made using Sculpey. It's as easy to use as PlayDoh. The Sculpey is attached to the hoses. Everything can be found at hardware stores, Radio Shack, craft stores and fabric stores. Total cost, about $8.

SKIRT:
Rather than stitch every square together, I cut strips of fabric, then hotglued each foam square to the strips. I varied the colors of the squares like the movie costume. Misted with brown/gray spraypaint for weathering. Ties around the waist.

OVARIES:
Theese lumpy silver things are made of Sculpey. I wadded up tin foil until I got the general shape I wanted, the wrapped it with Sculpey. The hose is from Radio Shack and is zip-tied to a belt. SHIN ARMOR:
Shin armor made of foam, from the craft store. I think the foam is about 30 cents a sheet. For weathering, I misted these with a brown/gray spray paint. Fastened with a safety pin.

SHOES:
Shoes are aqua socks from Walmart, about $2 and painted purple. Toe caps are a baby cereal bowl, cut into quarters and hotglued to shoes. Foam armor on top, hotglued to shoes. HOLSER & BLASTER
The holster is made of foam and loops over the belt. The blaster was a generic dart $1 gun from WalMart . I cut off some parts, added the Zam tip to the end and painted it blue and silver.
*Updated 10/15/06*
The Mini Fett Project:

Photos by Bill Kraus and Rick Hill
Bill Krause is working on a cool mini-fett outfit for his 4-year old. The pack and chest plates are constructed from black foam-core and hot-glue, painted and weathered with craft paint. Check back for updates.

Bill writes:
This really just started out as an afternoon project to make something fast and dirty and kinda expanded as I got into it. I basically used the reference photos found elsewhere on this site as well as the four-inch action figure (Power of the Force) for the rough shape, details and colors.

Born 1970. I'm a video game artist. Married, father of four. I've been making appearances with the 501st since Aug. 2001.

Photos!
See the pics of my finished Boba Fett costume outfit here:

Dragon Con '04 Photos

Star Wars Celebration III Photos
I took my Boba Fett and Sandtrooper

*Updated 06/21/07*
Braks Buddy's Fett Reference CD:
This is the most comprehensive photo reference library on the Boba Fett costume available. These photos are not available online and contain extremely detailed images from the actual screen-used costumes. You'll find high-resolution photos from publicity and merchandising shoots as well as examples of some of today's best fan-made costumes.
CD produced and shipped by the Web's best known Fett archivist, Brak's Buddy.

*Updated 08/29/05*
Reference Photos
ESB

The "Mystery" Helmet:
*Updated 11/28/07*
Mine is an original SgtFang helmet, which is available. In my opinion, it's the most accurate helmet around. Once called the original "Mystery Helmet", it's origins have been confirmed as cast from one of the production helmets on ESB. Here are the measurements and photos so you can compare to other helmets. The Marrow Sun, helmet is also an excellent and accurate Fett helmet.

Visor
*Updated 07/02/07*
I got the dark green visor at RJSafety.com scroll down for "Polycarbonate Faceshield -Clear" Get the Dark Green one. You can cut it with scissors. Use the same for Sandtrooper lenses too. You can use a regular high-temp hot glue gun to install it or two-part epoxy putty to hold the visor inside the helmet. Make little blobs of it and press it in. Hold the visor in place until the epoxy hardens to a metal (3-5 minutes). Here's how I installed the visor using two-part epoxy putty (no drilling required)

Ear decals
I made this template for stickers. Contact Ely, he prints these out as nice vinyl stickers.

Painting the helmet: Here's what I did for the ESB version.
Primer, then paint the black areas
Then mask off everything but the red areas. Trim excess tape with an Xacto knife. Paint red.
Now mask off everything but the green areas. Paint green.

*Updated 08/25/07*
Kill Stripes
Contact Scott for easy-to-apply vinyl kill stripes. He has them for both ESB & ROTJ as well as weathered and non-weathered. I recommend cutting the sheet in two or three sections and applying one section at a time at a time to curve around the helmet correctly.
ROTJ ESB

*Updated 12/29/04*
Don Post Deluxe Recast (Found on eBay).
The Deluxe helmet is cast from the Don Post Deluxe helmet used on the Don Post Deluxe Statues seen at Alan Sinclair's site. These are smaller and less accurate in proportion to the movie version. See my comparison here.

Don Post '95 is smaller still. See the comparison here. The Don Post '97 is the most commonly sold helmet today. It's the same size as the '95, but has become extremely inaccurate and small.


Fett Chest Armor:
Lucasfilm Reference photo:
MLC Fiberglass, Contact Doug

*Updated 10/9/05*
For the silver shoulder studs, they used computer keyboard keys.

1. Painting the green armor pieces:
   
2. Primer gray
3. Spray Rustoleum "Spruce Green"
4. add cream-yellow craft paint weathering spots
5. add silver inside the yellow weathering spots
6. Add the decal (available here), then mist the armor with black spray paint.
7. Apply charcoal-gray craft paint with a damp sponge over parts of armor, then dab it with the sponge until it looks more subtle.

The yellow armor (knees and shoulders) was done in Rustoleum "Sun Yellow", then dusted with rust-colored primer. I applied the decal, and sponged it the same way as the green armor.
Get armor decals from Krider's Models.


*Updated 11/19/07*
Jumpsuit:
Contact Daz for jumpsuits. I will be posting a review as soon as mine arrives.

The following photos are of a jumpsuit I received from another maker several years ago. Use these photos for reference.

Here's a great diagram for attaching your hoses to your jumpsuit with a notch. For mine, I basically, sewed a simple loop of elastic to the longsleeve, underneath the outer sleeve, drilled a hole in the end of my hose, and zip-tied through the hole and through the loop.


Wookiee Scalps:
Find them at craft stores (in the dolls section for about $2 each)

Fett Boots by CABoots:

"Star Wars: Magic of Myth" Reference photos:

CABoots:

Champion Attitude Boots recently developed a Boba Fett boot that is the best available. They're extremely comfy,the construction is superb and they are very close to the look of the screen-used boot. Joey at CABoots.com was very helpful and open to suggestions on making the most accurate boot possible. All you add is weathering and toe spikes (tips below).
Scratchbuilt Fett Boots:
"Star Wars: Magic of Myth" Reference photos:
Nothing can compare to CABoots Fett boots, but if you're on a tighter budget and $100 is too expensive, try making your own. I've made four pairs of boots from leather ankle boots found on ebay. I know they aren't exactly screen accurate (they're leather) But they ran me only about $25 total each to make. I Started with a pair of black leather boots:
Painted them with gray latex house paint:
Then I weathered them with tempera paints (olive, black, and gray from a craft store). I used some very small black piping (fabric store) and trimmed off the extra fabric. I drew lines on my boots where I wanted the piping to go and added it to the boots using regular superglue:
I primered the soles with KILZ Latex sealer/primer house paint. Then I added two coats of white latex (not gloss) ceiling paint. For the spike mount, I used 1/2" wide X 1/8" thick aluminum flat bar (hardware store). I bent it in a vise (it's aluminum so it bends easily) Drilled holes for the screws, (first in the aluminum, then the sole) then I screwed the mount directly into the rubber sole of the boot:
For spikes, I used a wood dowel and sharpened it with a pencil sharpener. I attached them to the mount using superglue gel. Here's a tip, add superglue to the ends of the piping to keep it from fraying:
Then I weathered the soles with the tempera paints:

*Updated 11/29/05*
ROTJ Blaster Rifle
(EE-3 Carbine)

There are a couple of different ROTJ rifle kits out there. Click here for measurements. This kit is the more accurate version - assembled/painted by me from parts by a maker who is no longer making them. However, Patrick currently has resin kits cast from the same type Webley Flare gun used in the films. You convert them to the movie blaster by adding the wiper blades, scope and PVC barrel.

Both the original ESB and ROTJ prop guns used a WWI Webley and Scott No. 1 Mark "1" flare pistol as a base. See photos at these links:
joesalter.com
Fettcicle's Webley
Sci-Fire.com

Ammo Belt:
I made this from leather for about $50 Here's my tutorial

Here's a great reference page on the Boba Fett ammo belt.

Star Wars reference photos (thanks to Brak's Buddy)

Here's my parts list:

• 40 feet of 1/4" cotton rope from the hardware store.
• burgundy Rit dye
• two 3/4" buckles
• one yard of black 3/4" strap material

Once I got 2 belts of 7 rows each, I lined them up and stitched the two belts into one big one of 14 rows. I got two 3/4" buckles and the black ,3/4" strap material at the fabric store. I left some extra on the straps so I can adjust it to the perfect length once I try it with my armor on.

Cheap LED Chest Display:

Star Wars Reference photos:
So, this took about 30 minutes and 8 bucks. And no complex wiring - cool!

Here's what you'll need:
1) printed transparencies. Do this on any laser printer.
2) Bell Bicycle safety light from the bicycle department of any WalMart, Target or hardware store for about $8.
3) white or red paper & scissors