1/6 SSC ESB/ROTJ Darth Vader Modification Thread

[PJB-1138]

Thanks for starting this thread, Lopie, although I kinda dread having to follow a third Vader thread to keep up with everyone's possible tweak here.

I'm anxious to see if anyone can find a simple way of cutting down the extra 1/2 inch off this figure. The official Star Wars Wiki page clearly states Vader in his armor to stand 6-foot 8-inches tall, so seeing Sideshow miss the mark twice now is driving me crazy. I plan on trimming the top of Vader's head the way King Darkness and Tony Meis have as soon as Sideshow replaces the Vader head I received with the broken tusk, but I wonder what else could be done.

 

[RavenEye]

Lopie, I thought you were getting out of the hobby?

Once you start down the custom path, forever will it consume you...

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[pixletwin]

Thread subscribed!

 

[LOPIE]

Lopie, I thought you were getting out of the hobby?

Once you start down the custom path, forever will it consume you...

<(=_=)>

I did, I sold most of my collection to my neighbor. And when my wife found out she was upset. Since then she got me Malgus and Vader.

 

[LOPIE]

Thanks for starting this thread, Lopie, although I kinda dread having to follow a third Vader thread to keep up with everyone's possible tweak here.

I'm anxious to see if anyone can find a simple way of cutting down the extra 1/2 inch off this figure. The official Star Wars Wiki page clearly states Vader in his armor to stand 6-foot 8-inches tall, so seeing Sideshow miss the mark twice now is driving me crazy. I plan on trimming the top of Vader's head the way King Darkness and Tony Meis have as soon as Sideshow replaces the Vader head I received with the broken tusk, but I wonder what else could be done.

I used the ANH body because I shorted the abdomen part then I cut the legs where the pegs go. And with the helmet mod I should have the right height. But we will see.

 

[shocktrooper_au]

I really only have 2 issues with this version at the moment
1. Dome size and angle
so what I've tried was I heated the dome in water then placed pressure on the back, this raises the dome over the eye brows as on the movie and tilts the angle back and the pressure also increases the flare of the dome. I placed under cold water to reset it
this might be the path for people who don't want to drem at this stage.

2. My other little nitpick is the shoulders are a tad to wide. To fix this I will adjust the position of the shoulder armour, should be a simple fix

 

[Decay_is_awesome]

I used the ANH as a base body which has been MOD for height, I wrapped it to give it some bulk.

Is that using the new bodysuit or the ANH one? I've been desperate to find out if the sleeves are loose enough to bulk up the arms but nobody has definitively answered it yet. Mine arrived the other day but since I work out of town I was only able to look at the box for about 2 mins before leaving.

 

[LOPIE]

Is that using the new bodysuit or the ANH one? I've been desperate to find out if the sleeves are loose enough to bulk up the arms but nobody has definitively answered it yet. Mine arrived the other day but since I work out of town I was only able to look at the box for about 2 mins before leaving.

Sorry I forgot to mention that the body suit is from ANH. The newer body suit is to slim at the sleeves to bulk them up, I tried.

 

[DarthAlias]

On a TT 21 body and hasbro dome. Took better pics with actual camera but don't have time to upload, please enjoy ipad pics lol.

 

[pixletwin]

Good effort. Not sure that the TT 21 is really right... He looks disproportional to my eyes.

 

[Punisher75]

sorry to say that Hasbro dome just looks way funky! The helmet mod using the dome that comes with the figure looks a lot better IMHO.

 

[Hydeous]

Yeah, the ttm 21 looks too skinny.

 

[PJB-1138]

That helmet just needs to sit a bit further back and tilted lower so that the back of Vader's neck is completely covered by the helmet, DA. And while the build is on the slight side, I'm surprised at how tall you got the TTM21 to look. Was that done with just longer ankle pegs? You definitely nailed that part.

 

[Dr. Odd]

I really like the height of that ttm21, I think maybe padding up the body might help it look the part better.

 

[King Darkness]

I think lowering and titling the dome back would go a long way. I think there's probably some lens distortion going on too, probably looks better in hand. Post some pics of the arms.

 

[CaptnRex]

On a TT 21 body and hasbro dome. Took better pics with actual camera but don't have time to upload, please enjoy ipad pics lol.

Neither the body or the helmet work. The body doesn't fill out the suit anywhere near enough.

 

[AusGeorge5]

hehe sorry, but that dome! The first thing that came to my mind was:

The schwartz is strong with this one!

 

[LOPIE]

Done here are a few pics.

 

[LOPIE]

Join the Empire "Today"




This is how I'm going to display the head sculpt.

 

[DarthAlias]

hehe sorry, but that dome! The first thing that came to my mind was:

The schwartz is strong with this one!

Haha, there's some lens distortion. I will upload pics and we can take it from there. Still working with the hasbro dome placement. Oh and FYI, I didn't cut down the top of his head like others. In fact you can leave it on there and even use the reveal dome since it's completely round and not indented to fit the top of his face mask.