Have him on my desk and he is really amazing.
Depends on the helmet sculpt. I tried it myself but I seem to remember the R1 body with ESB head was an awkward fit. I think the attached peg from the ESB head was a bit too short for the MMS338 neck. For my ESB kit bash I ended up using the body, helmet, and shoulder armor from MMS338 with the ESB costume parts. Works for me.I remember reading in this thread somewhere that the DX27 or the MMS338 Vader bodies can be used as a swap on the too short ESB body. Is that true?
Yeah, I noticed the taller stand, so I improvised my detolf. Go to the hardware store and get some of these. Works great!Oh wow there goes my plans… will have to figure something else out.
I've been wondering what you did with your kaiyodo Vader!My 1/6 Vader madness
From L to R...Custom DX28, HT ANH (customized), MEDICOM V1, HT TESB (customized), HT ROTJ, KAIYODO/SS custom and SIDESHOW DELUXE
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Agreed that no Vader has come to 100% yet.Still don't think a single Vader release in 1/6 has nailed onscreen Vader yet. In Matrix's line up his Kaiyodo custom to me still seems closest to "nailed," even though the new HT ROTJ version is a nice bump in accuracy over the HT ESB.
Like Indiana Jones, it just may be that Vader will forever be on the list of characters that can only really get 98% to fully nailed with a ton of fan customizing love. If the stunning (but decade long) TooMuchGarlic custom Vader 3D sculpt project ever crosses the finish line then that may finally be the day that Vader is conquered in 1/6.
Those are exactly some of the elements I'm fixing on the 1:4.Besides a little to big mouth triangle and a little to small noseplug this updated RoTJ sculpt is pretty much perfect, as good as if not better then the 1/4 scale figure. I was surprised today when taking a little time to recreating the lighting from scenes in episode 5 and 6 in a room how spot on this figure is, notably since they got the paint tone right this time it is like having Vader walk off the screen with the right lighting, it gets that uncanny realism effect their best headsculpts get when you look at them.
Vader did have a larger chin vent in ROTJ compared to ESB, and the vent on the stunt helmet during the throne room battle was even slightly bigger than during the rest of the movie IIRC.Actually on the shot here, the size of the mouth grills are spot on with what we got from HT, at least to my eyes.
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