Progress!! And some time to talk about it. I ended up changing jobs and put a halt on the build. Once I stabelized, I got a lot done.
Eventually cut into the knees and popped in the dart launchers after the tips got painted up. Put on the white elastic attached with snaps mounted to a piece of komatex.

Boot spikes from Machine Craft Replicas were put on the boots. Weathering to come later.

In the interest of time, I ended up fashioning an old backpack strap, metal ring, and 1.5 inch white nylon strapping to make my jet pack harness. The gaff tape is temporary until I could judge how long the straps needed to be relative to the jetpack, hooks, and backplate.

Turns out my estimation was spot on, just needed to cinch the backpack strap a bit to level the pack. I also got the vest marked for button holes for the straps to feed through. Setting the hooks on the jetpack, measuring the height to the backplate and accounting for the weight it held, was a chore. I can see how the dive harness would steady the jetpack vs. the makeshift, but it will do for now


Talking with other Fetts, this is the part of the build where you must absolutely have a handler. I imagine there is someone out there who made a Jetpack, back plate rig, but I suppose being a squire for Boba Fett has it's benefits right?

Also! Jetpack beacon by Machine Craft Replicas. I put in two white LEDs running on a 9v battery attached to the inside of the jetpack. It doesn't flash, but hey, the beacon is lit! Mandalore calls for aide.

I'm missing the white dot, a decal on the back, and I just acquired a Silver dental file that I'll paint blue, donated by Syper. Cause, I don't have that stuff laying around like he does, haha.
Big news! Here's my before and after paint job, Rattle Can vs Airbrush Humbrol colors.

I suppose I could have kept the darker green and airbrush the counter shade (I learned a lot about airbrushing, really fast) but decided, if I'm going to airbrush some of it, might as well do all of it. So here's the masked and painted kit, all free handed using RafalFett's stencils.

I temporarily installed the chest LEDs so I can at least admire it. Final placement for another time. Any suggestions on how to mount this to the back of the plate? I'm unsure how to approach it.

By the way, all of the armor was acquired from Wasted Fett. June will be a year marker since I first ordered his Hero set of armor. I haven't worked with many abs or costumes in general, but the workmanship and quality of his product is spectacular.
I still have to apply the Fett sigil and Mythosaur skull. I am uncertain about how to approach the stencils and again, don't have the patience to sit down and do it. But maybe... I might paint them on. I still have some time to think about it. It the interest of time, I picked up these decals from DeLucksDesigns.net. Got extra skulls because vinyl stickers.

Wasted Fett also makes an FPH2 (Fett Pride Helmet v2?) helmet and it's amazing stuff. I want more. I will likely pick up another.
My most recent work has been on the helmet. I got it sanded, primed, laid down the base coats.



The back panel will get masked, then airbrushed the blue-green it needs, but that will be all the masking on the helmet, except the killstripes.
I finally broke down and decided to topically paint the helmet, despite my initial desires to mask. I feel the helmet has too much detail and capturing that in a mask would require a tremendous amount of work that I'm really not patient enough to do, haha. I was staring at the silver base coat ready for masking for a few days and knew I couldn't move forward until I masked the whole thing, and I found myself scrapping the mask and starting over. Ain't got time for that. So I just base coated the primary colors and will move forward with a topical application and it'll be great.

Anyway - weather has been nice and I've had a bunch of Boba days. Silicon Valley Comic Con (SVCC) is April 6-8th and I'm looking forward to taking the kit for a test run! I am missing the weapons and holster, but am getting a spot in Sidewinder's next production run. So the goal right now is take the kit for a test run in two weeks, take pre-application photos, send them for review, and work on the fix list while the weapons move along production.
Almost there. The end is in sight.