Introduction: How-to Make Starwars Boba Fett Arm Gauntlets Halloween Costume

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This is how i made the arm gauntlets for my Boba Fett Starwars halloween costume. The professional ones run about $300 and since i had more time than i did money...i made my own. I did not document the building process, which took about a week but I will show you the different parts of construction of the gauntlets that may help someone else with their project.

Step 1: Right Arm Gauntlet

Since there was not a a lot of information about making Boba Fett gauntlets, I was left to figure it out for myself... To start both gauntlets i needed something round to go over my forearms, so i went shopping at wal-mart and found tombstone flower vases...yes, the vases that sit on tombstones in the cemetery. I cut out the bottoms and pulled out all the styrofoam in them. Next i used a small bow saw and cut down the middle so they would expand over my hand when putting them on.

Step 2: Side View Right Arm Gauntlet

I used screws drilled through the inside/out to mount the foamboard. I cut out the shapes I needed based on pics of the arm gauntlets used in the movies, hot glued them into place and covered them with papermache. After everything dried, i gave them a coat of silver paint. let dry, used liquid latex to make battle worn scares, let dry, then the color paint.

Step 3: Sideview of Left Arm Gauntlet

This is the left arm gauntlet. Built the same as the right.

Step 4: Nite Effects

The LED stick lites really set the costume off.

I want to thank all those do-it-yourself Fett websites for helping me put mine together:

http://www.tk409.com/fett.html#

http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/cantinacostumes/BF_armor_inst_page.htm

http://www.darthblade.com/costumes/boba_fett/bobafett.htm

http://mercs.firespray.net/

http://www.bobamaker.co.uk/

http://www.stormtrooperguy.com/bobafett/

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