Hot Toys ESB FETT tips tricks and other cool mods

To save having to trawl for tips and recommended upgrades / poses etc .

If you have anything that you'd like to contribute - share away !

I have plans to bring my spare HT Bespin Luke stand out of retirement for this figure. I also have a set of Sideshow ESB Fett hands to swap out . There is a particular hand with pointed index finger that will be useful as well as the clenched fist for resting the blaster barrel on.

Those who have the figure in hand fire away - we'd love to see detailed breakdowns !

Some reference pictures to get us started...

Very cool photos! Those green and white gloves are my favourites.

Hey interested to see what gets done to this guy. Subbed.

Yep. This is going to be a busy thread.


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So far the only thing I’ve done is to heat shrink he cable from the gauntlet.

And so it begins- Awesome ! I had a similar idea in mind , I was going to check the dimension of the stock tubing before buying some. I was going to paint cross hatching on the stock tubing and put the heatshrink tubing over it. This will hopefully give it a braided hose type look.

Thank you for sharing !

Do you think that it is possible to put thin piece of wire into the Wookiee braids to enable them to be shaped ? I fear they may be too light to hang the way I'd like.

One thing I've seen in various stills is that the lowest edge of the helmet nearly always touches the back of the neck. This slight movement will help to sell realism in the poses we set the figure in.

Great idea for a thread! Looking forward to all contributions.

Yes you can see it on the one picture where the Cloud city guards are pushing carbonite Han.
Boba sort of hangs his head above his torso, with a "mob" touch to him, as if he was always watching, and alert. I guess it is intentional, contributed by the actor and/or the people in charge of Boba's design and look.
That's how you give charisma to a character beyond its bare look, until it becomes iconic.

Same applies to Bib Fortuna: man, that actor guy, buried under so much stuff, managed to deliver a performance (supported by the script/dialogs/voice effects, of course) that was expressive as hell and made the character memorable in what... 60 seconds of relevant screen time?.

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paulcarson said:

One thing I've seen in various stills is that the lowest edge of the helmet nearly always touches the back of the neck. This slight movement will help to sell realism in the poses we set the figure in.

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I would be interested to see ideas for the braids. They need something

ive been planning a body swap for years now.

How easy would it be to make the base light up? I'm thinking of having 3 side by side for Fett Vader and a Stormtrooper.

TESB Kotobukiya Boba Fett's helmet looks pretty good. Might work on this figure with some modding.

jaberwaki said:

ive been planning a body swap for years now.

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i bought an extra flight suit to dye the deeper blue "pp2" color and plan on tailoring it as tight as i can, probably permanently on the body, so i need a good one - have a specific body in mind for your swap?

Just messing around with my extra parts for fit and height, etc. I want to improve on the proportions of the ESB Fett and make a nice prepro fett. I’m not sure what the underlying body is on Fett (I won’t have him for awhile yet), but this body (HT TrueType) is modified with an old enterbay chest, and sideshow/hot toys clone trooper arms. Switching out the shins, back and forth to gauge what height I’m going with. You could use a hot slim chest as well...just something to bring in the shoulder width a bit.



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...how do i "like" this?

Yeah, how do I prepare for witnessing the sickest Fett on SSF?