So, as stated in the post right above this one, I've been getting some items these past few weeks! I engaged a vendor known as
alvomedia and found that she has a bunch of stuff for the Boushh costume! After reviewing the pictures of those items, I fully intend to get everything she has to offer - which again is listed above! For those interested Avlomedia - who also goes by
Boushh Build, has a
Facebook Page dedicated for the sales of her products and services. As of right now, I know that she is very busy and gets tons of requests for helmet commissions. Her work, from what I've seen is nothing short of amazing! Alvomedia has consistently knocked out helmet commissions within 10-14 days. However, I've elected to do my daughters helmet build myself. I fear that my build will not be that quick.
Here is the Leather Kit from Alvomedia, which is pre-cut and pre-fitted specifically for a Sandman helmet and for the snout area of the helmet (
Pictured with Sandman's resin pieces)...
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I don't think Fettronics needs any introduction as he's a well respected vendor of Fett Chest LED's here on TDH. I'm a proud owner of a Fettronics LED Kit in my ROTJ Fett Chest Armor! After a great experience with Fettronics, I decided to become a repeat customer as he also offers up a Boushh Helmet LED Kit. And here is that kit...
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Fettronics offers a few different sizes to this kit and the one that I got that I feel that fits the Sandman helmet perfectly is his 124mm size. The other cool thing about this kit is that it comes with a dial so you can speed up or slow down the cadence of the blinking between the two rows of LED's.
Also received were the Spats/Boot Covers from Alvomedia (
Pictured here with the Sandman Resin Boot Greeblies)...
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I also got the Cloak from Alvomedia (
I had to spread it out on my foosball table)...
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I also picked up a set of children's gloves (
Size: Kids Large) from
Amazon...
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I'm not concerned about that company logo
Handlandy on there as it'll get covered up by the sleeves and fist spikes!
I also started to prep the helmet by getting my rough cuts in place on the Visor, LED Window and on the back side of the helmet.
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Another concern is that I was told that the Sandman helmet is notoriously small and a tight fit on larger noggins. I'm 6'2" and my head measured around just above my eyebrow measured at 23.25 inches. My daughter who is presently growing like crazy, her head size is 22 inches (
And she's 10 YEARS OLD!!) I imagine her head is probably close to fully grown (
I hope). But after my rough cuts I tested it on myself.....turns out, I was able to get it on.....just barely - Hahaha!
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When my daughter got home from school that day she had
NO issues in getting it on/off! <
Whew>
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In short, I feel like I'm making some decent progress....but there is much left to do!
Cheers,
-Iron