Figure Era: TSC
Year: 2006
Primary Appearance: Jango Fett: Open Season comics
Difficulty: Intermediate
Recipe
Fodder
1
TSC Boba Fett - cape
1
TSC Jango Fett - torso, helmet, backpack, neckpost
1
Elite Forces desert soldier (cheaper line from Target exclusive two-packs) - arms
1
Elite Forces soldier - hips, legs, head
custom made decals for helmet and chest armor
Paint
Games Workshop Shadow Grey (61-48)
shirt, cape, pants, highlights on helmet, gloves
Polly Scale Br. Ex. Dk. Sea Gray (F505264)
hair, boots, highlights on helmet, wrist strap, range finder on helmet, highlights on backpack
Polly Scale Night Black (505214) (RLM 22)dry brushed on armor, jetpack, boots, cape
Krylon Fusion Blue Hyacinth Spray Paint (2333)
inside of knee joints and shoulder joints
1:1
Model Master Acrylic Skin Tone Warm Tint (4603)Model Master Acrylic Skin Tone Tint Base (4601)
skin
2:1
Model Master Acrylic Silver (4678)
Polly Scale Br. Ex. Dk. Sea Gray (F505264)
armor, helmet, highlights on backpack, missile in backpack
Directions
Parts Used
Cut the Elite Forces head off at the base of the neck, and cut Jango's head off the neck post. Make sure you figure out the proper slant to cut at so it will look right when placed in the torso. Connect Jango's neck post and the Elite Forces head using a small piece of paper clip and superglue.
Shave off the extra straps and pouches from the Elite Forces legs, and sculpt in the gaps with epoxy clay. The "cap" at the top of the waist peg may need to be filled in some with epoxy clay, so it doesn't wiggle as much when placed into Jango's torso. The base of the peg also needs to be carved away a bit to thin it out. Otherwise, Jango's torso won't close fully.
In Jango's torso, just behind one shoulder, drill a hole using a 3/32" drill bit. This will be where Boba's cape fits in. The peg on the cape isn't an exact size for a drill bit, but 3/32" is the smallest size hole that the cape fill fit in, although a little loosely. To tighten it up, put a little superglue on the peg and let it dry. Repeat if necessary to achieve the desired thickness.
On the arm with the watch, shave off the watch part leaving only the strap.
The parts are now ready to paint and assemble.
The face will need to be repainted, so the skin tone matches the one used for the arms. Draw over the eyebrows and irises with a .005 Micron black pen, and draw light outlines under the eyes to give him a "darker" look. Also when painting the face, wait for the paint to partially dry and get tacky, then lightly "tap" with a flat brush. This will give it some texture and make the face look more haggard, and not so smooth.
The two black lines running around the top of the helmet should be drawn in with a .005 micron black pen.
To make the decals, download the templates for the
chest logo,
arm logos, and the
helmet logo.