1/6 Hot Toys MMS699 & MMS700 ROTJ Darth Vader

[HyperDrive]

Not sure if this will be helpful or not, by the below image has the 3 next to each other.

RO>Tarkin Vader ANH 2.0>ANH 1.0

Thank you. It’s hard to make it out, but it seems like the Tarkin Vader and ANH 1.0 capes are identical. I’ll definitely be using the Tarkin Vader cape for the new Vader. If I come across an outright better one, I’ll upgrade. For now I think it’ll do the job much better than the stock ROTJ cape.

 

[HyperDrive]

Just bought a loose ESB belt. I really want to have the boxes close to the belt buckle. I’ll upgrade the boots and possibly other things at some point, but for now I think the Tarkin cape, ESB chest box and belt paired with the ROTJ figure will largely achieve what I’m trying to go for. Stoked!

 

[rayeknor]

The OWK boots are a lot more accurate then the RoTJ boots once gotten a look at the actual ones used for the ESB and RoTJ on screen costumes, they are basically custom xl riding boots, not the flat toed army ones the figure comes with at all.

If swapping boots remember to swap ankle guards too, they are not the same between figures.

 

[Wor-Gar]

round toe or square toe, the HT boots, and the legs that go into them, are huge -- look at the above picture.

Man, what I wouldn't give for an InArt style Vader.

 

[Felinx]

Thinking about casting the helmet bracer so I can pop the exposed Shaw head onto my ESB Vader. For the price this figure should have come with a second non-split helmet.

And the ESB cape is the best swap-out for this figure or does the ROTJ cape not have that satin strip sewn on the inside like ESB does? I have some super-drapey black fabric that I may take a shot at creating a new cape with. It's a type of fabric that has a clean edge when you cut it, so no fraying or hem necessary and I'll just trace a HT cape but make it 1/2" shorter.

 

[Felinx]

Great comparison shots, Wor-Gar.

Amazing how bad the ESB sculpt looks in comparison. His whole face is drooping to the front, creating a weird devastated expression.
The ROTJ definitely looks like HT's best Vader sculpt to date. The biggest point of improvement IMO is the inside of the mouth, the teeth and grill. There's a complete lack of depth, making it catch much more light than it should.

For the cape, since it's so integral for his silhouette, I definitely recommend the custom route. But the penny trick looks like a good quick fix.

Looking forward to your final setup/images.

To me it's the angle of the plane of mouth triangle itself, and the angle of the eye lenses. The mouth triangle on the ESB helmet is sloping too much (ie tilted back toward the helmet,) giving that melty face or McQuarrie Concept Vader look, whereas the ROTJ sculpt they've lessened that angle quite a bit. And the ESB eyes have a sunglasses look because they slope too much.

Such a pity they left the teardrops off the ROTJ sculpt though - what a weird thing to forget. It's a decent improvement over the previous HT Vader facesculpts and will be a good placeholder until TooMuchGarlic finishes his ANH/ESB/ROTJ Vader project.

 

[Wor-Gar]

When you really start looking, there is so much that can be improved... but one can say that about every figure.

Of the 6 Vaders HT has given us -- ANH, Tarkin/Vader 2.0, RO, ESB, OWK, ROTJ (not counting 40th ESB as its identical) -- this one is right up there.


I will be curious to see their Artisan Vader...



My final 3x Vaders... for now... I have no idea how to pose ROTJ with helmet off...