1/6 SSC ESB/ROTJ Darth Vader Modification Thread

[eczamurai]

here goes nothing..

 

[eczamurai]

used metallic black to make it appear more metal. Looks great colourwise!

 

[eczamurai]

****ed it up lol. Sprayed the black too thickly. Best way to remove it?

 

[Too Much Garlic]

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Also, what's with the masking? It should be painted all black and then gunmetal weathering afterwards and the vents should be brass, the small metal bits between the vents steel.

 

[eczamurai]

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Also, what's with the masking? It should be painted all black and then gunmetal weathering afterwards and the vents should be brass, the small metal bits between the vents steel.

I felt doing it the other way around would make it easier.

All in all the paint isn't too bad actually. I think with a nice good gloss coat it can works out still. Just need to clean up the edges a bit with gunmetal.

Here's the hasbro dome on the SS mask. Looks alot better. My contingency plan.

 

[eczamurai]

 

[TaliBane]

****ed it up lol. Sprayed the black too thickly. Best way to remove it?

Tell me you fixed this (or are you going with the SSC mask, Hasbro dome)! This is looking awesome... up to here..

 

[eczamurai]

Tell me you fixed this (or are you going with the SSC mask, Hasbro dome)! This is looking awesome... up to here..

Working on it.

 

[shocktrooper_au]

I have a love hate relationship with this figure

 

[shocktrooper_au]

Today I swapped the ANH body suit on to the ESB vader and swapped the rest of the ANH gear and EsB suit on to an extra ESB body id bought. End result two better vaders I hope. I'm happier with the ANH proportions more overall now as the skinnier suit makes the helm seem larger for that ANH look.

 

[DarthAlias]

Great looking WIP. I agree that SS mask with Hasbro dome is top notch so far. Here's mine.

 

[StarTrekFan]

I think I came late to this party, can anyone tell me which figure this Hasbro dome is from and if there is any thread on any modification to be done?

 

[DiFabio]

 

[StarTrekFan]

Thank you DiFabio

 

[eczamurai]

Love it. Needs gloss.

 

[eczamurai]

Will also Resculpt the sideshow dome to see iif that works better as suggested earlier.

 

[davejames]

Well it's nothing compared to the recent efforts made on here, but I went ahead and did that simple helmet modification mentioned at the beginning of this thread, of lowering and tilting back the existing SSC helmet, and wow, gotta say it seems to make a HUGE difference. At least to me.

Suddenly I'm a whole lot happier with this figure.





I admit I was tempted to lower the helmet over the eyes even more, to give him that extra-sinister ANH look, but decided I better just stay with the ESB/ROTJ look instead.

 

[Yodasodabo]

He looks great man, the dome mod is a must. Got one a couple weeks back, been modding off and on. Not happy with him yet


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[eczamurai]

Yea that small mod is the first thing I did. Makes a huge difference!

 

[eczamurai]

So it begins.. Again.

Tested another color of silver before clearing it of paint to see what I prefer. I'm going with something in the middle. This is just a bit too light.

Going to paint the silver by hand, is easier that way. Just have to do it VERY cleanlike for that ESB feel.