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Updated: Mar 6, 2022 · Published: Feb 1, 2022 by Elizabeth Marek · This post may contain affiliate links ·

Boba Fett Cake

Skill level: Intermediate

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a bobble-head stylized Boba Fett cake. Few characters are as popular and recognizable in the Star Wars universe as the notorious Boba Fett!

You will learn how to create this gravity-defying cake, featuring Boba Fett's iconic Mandalorian helmet shape, how to get the proportions of a Funko-Pop figure correct, adding the details including hands, boots, this helmet antenna, and his iconic blaster and jetpack.

There's a lot to cover in this tutorial, so let's get our tools together and let's get started!

1:38:07 Minutes of Instruction

What You Will Learn

  • How to create a Funko-Pop Boba Fett figure out of cake and edible materials
  • Learn how to sculpt Boba's helmet, blaster, jetpack and poncho
  • How to get the gravity-defying structure right

Tutorial Chapters

  1. Making the bases 0:29
  2. Making the structure 1:07
  3. Adding the armature wire 9:57
  4. Stacking The Cakes 12:57
  5. Shaping The Cakes 16:04
  6. Coloring The Fondant 25:09
  7. Building Up The Torso 26:46
  8. Coloring The Fondant Pt. 1 32:56
  9. Covering The Cake In Fondant 34:30
  10. Making The Boots 39:17
  11. Building Up The Legs 43:28
  12. Bulking And Detailing The Torso 46:10
  13. Making The Gun 50:52
  14. Making The Antenna Pt. 1 54:39
  15. Making The Fist 56:20
  16. Painting The Helmet Pt. 1 59:28
  17. Coloring The Modeling Chocolate Pt. 2 1:01:30
  18. Detailing The Boots 1:03:38
  19. Making The Belt And Holster 1:08:47
  20. Adding The Body Armor 1:11:16
  21. Adding The Fist And Detailing 1:14:32
  22. Making The Antenna Pt. 2 1:15:42
  23. Making The Shoulder Pads 1:17:29
  24. Adding The Helmet Details 1:18:28
  25. Adding The Antenna 1:25:32
  26. Adding The Arm Cuff 1:27:35
  27. Making the Jetpack Pt. 1 1:28:21
  28. Adding The Gun And Hand 1:29:50
  29. Making And Adding The Poncho 1:31:09
  30. Making The Jetpack Pt. 2 1:32:35
  31. Painting The Helmet And Hand 1:34:28
  32. Painting The Final Details 1:35:43

Downloads

Materials List

Helmet Template - Top

Helmet Template - Bottom

⅓ Scale Boba Fett Turnaround Reference

Boba Fett Scale Reference 01

Boba Fett Scale Reference 02

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