 Hey everybody, welcome back to my Star Wars channel. My name is David and today We're gonna continue our study with building Boba Fett by looking at the shin tools Hey everybody, welcome back to the channel, thanks for being here. This channel if you don't know is Dedicated to my love of Star Wars. I love the franchise obviously as seen by many a thing behind me Lately I've been excited about building a Boba Fett costume because I want to be Boba Fett Maybe in 2024 maybe that'd be very fantastic The jet pack is last on the list We'll see we'll see if I get that done in time, but I don't know maybe 2025 But I said shin tools at the beginning of this What is that if you go back to your Star Wars visual dictionary? And turn to the Boba Fett section You can see that down here. There's some tools that are listed. They were all given names I remember a long while back. We didn't we didn't know what any of the props were So there is the survival knife the sonic beam weapon The anti-security blades and the jet pack adjustment tool. So those are the Devices that sit in his pockets down here on his shins, which is why we call them the shin tools I'm gonna be the Return of the Jedi Boba Fett. He doesn't have all the shin tools on him I got these from Manowar. That's where I got my props from Manowar was kind enough to send me all the props including two different sets of security blades depending on if your Empire strikes back or return of the Jedi and I went out and got a bunch of rattle cans that I thought I would need for not just these but also the gun and Maybe some weathering on the costume. I'll show you those but I kind of stopped I did not finish all right and It has nothing to do with Manowar at all. It has to do with Me and my ability to paint so I'll show you how far I got We'll put it that way I'll show you how far I got and what I did to get where I did But once I got to this point in the project, I reached out to Boba maker who's making my costume or who's making the armor at least and Asked if they could throw in a couple of The shin tools for me So I'm only getting two tools from Boba maker and I'm gonna keep the other two tools that I have here But I just wasn't happy with my ability to paint. I don't know you'll you'll see you be the judge But first let me show you the paint. All right So those are the spray cans that I got and I'm sure I'll get more as I move forward I've kind of always used spray paint to to do my weathering and for fabrics or or guns I just kind of like the way they feel and I like the like the quickness of it and I like the way they dry to when they look it looks more like a Warren universe than it does just like you know, I don't like paint with a brush It just feels too drippy and and I don't like dyes. I feel like dyes If you're not careful it bleeds too fast and it gets everywhere So I feel like I have more control over a rattle can so that's what I've always used Let me show you my step-by-step process to take the props from where I got them from Manowar to Where you'll see them right now All right, so if you saw my unboxing you saw my tools from Manowar studios. They look like this I would suggest you wash them down with soap and scratch them with some sandpaper Light fine sandpaper first before you do this. So first black primer Got them all a nice flat black shade To prepare them to do silver So I went over the entire thing again in silver for all the pieces and then started to do each piece One at a time. So first the blade did that in the yellow. I bought and then started to Spray on some flecks of black to get in some weathering in there not a lot of color on these parts so this was just taped off and then Hit with black again You can see some of the black flecking that I kind of sprayed at a distance to get that to look the way it does Again masking off certain colors So I'm gonna hit this with red and then you get in there with the red and Make sure that it looks What it was what I wanted and then take the tape back off and then it looked like this So the only thing I haven't done at this point is The black stripe that needs to go on the last tool there You can see I got the tape wrapped around the other tool And so I'm almost finished and just to show them one at a time up close. This is the jet pack adjustment tool I had to glue this piece on Hit everything with silver. They went back over again with black kind of inflex and then scratch it all up with some sandpaper the survival knife has changed a little bit since the last picture I Got some more weathering in there some more black just to kind of distress it up I did like the way this turned out and I kind of went over the whole thing again With some clear coat just to kind of lock the colors in this is my finished anti-security blade This is as far as I got And I'll tell you one of the reasons why I stopped One of the reasons I stopped is there's a gnarled edge that it's supposed to be on the top of this that's supposed to have some texture and It wasn't included in this mold and I really felt I needed that I also feel like they sit too low in my pocket And I don't know if that's a fault with the mold itself or if I just need to raise it up, which I probably will I'll probably just end up raising it up. I Was super appreciative to iron gladiator who supplied me with some gaff tape I think it looks great and so big props to everybody down at the dentist helmet for helping me out If you're not a member of the dentist helmet You should become a member of that especially if you are building a bow effect costume overall. I like it It's fine. It'll work in a pinch And I'm gonna hold on to it for sure until I get my other props just to do a side-by-side comparison Did that with some, you know tape I just masked that off hit it with the red and then scratched all up to make it look weathered But I wasn't happy with the top of the mold of this I really wanted that kind of tech. It's amazing that you don't care about any of these details You know when you start you're like, I don't care I don't care and then you get it and then you spend the money on it and then you go through the process of painting it And then you compare it against the original pictures and then you're like all right now I care and this is the sonic beam weapon this was originally a squeegee of sorts for printing and You can see that I you know I Painted this off so that it would have nice clean edges of tape Even wrapped it around to the backside so that the continued the The the coloring scratched it all up hit this with clear coat too so that The paint wouldn't scratch off the reason why I stopped on this one is there's supposed to be a little black decal That goes across the top of this. I'm sure I could do it if I just sat down and took some time But I got this far and I just became instantly lazy. I Got this far and I was like, I don't know if I can keep going It just paint-wise it wasn't turning out the way I wanted to I don't know. Maybe I'll end up Yeah, I'm gonna hold on to these until I get the other props in from Boba maker And then I'll do a side-by-side comparison to see if I which ones I like better Definitely, I'll keep the one that I like better and it's not that I don't like this. It's fine It is it's fine, but I really I don't know You start caring about all the little details and then suddenly as I painted this it just didn't feel the way I wanted to so I wanted somebody professional To make mine, but at least I had the experience. I had the experience of making it. I Think that and I wanted that I did I wanted the experience of making it I was looking forward to actually having something on my costume that I Painted and and did and so perhaps Those will be the ones I use. I don't know they make they might be they might be so we'll see But for right now taking a little pause in that project and I'll pick it it back up again later I don't know you tell me you tell me what you think you tell me how you think they look What else can I tell you still waiting for my gun from Imperial Gunnery has not arrived yet and I have I think two or three more payments left on my armor to Boba maker and then Come January slash February. I'll be expecting that. I hope he takes pictures of it During the build process like I'm sure those pictures with you if he does if he sends me pictures of the build process as he's building I will share those with you so that you can see the whole process and then we'll do a giant unboxing of all the armor Looking forward to it. Hey, thanks for watching guys. May the force be with you. I'll see you next time. Bye