1/6 SSC ESB/ROTJ Darth Vader Modification Thread

[eczamurai]

Tutorial for the gloves would be apreciated matrix! they look terrific so far!

 

[McHaleyArt]

Tutorial for the gloves would be apreciated matrix! they look terrific so far!

LOL....let the dust settle, man! It looks like he cut the tops off of the SSC gloves and attached them to bendy. gloved hands.
I was thinking of doing something similar, but using clothe material from the DX suit.

 

[eczamurai]

LOL....let the dust settle, man! It looks like he cut the tops off of the SSC gloves and attached them to bendy. gloved hands.
I was thinking of doing something similar, but using clothe material from the DX suit.

Never!

Sounds far too tedious. Nevermind.

 

[eczamurai]

The Prop Den :: Vader Color Templates by Too much Garlic/Cantina Dude

For those of you going to paint their Vaders, here's some good templates.

 

[matrix69]

LOL....let the dust settle, man! It looks like he cut the tops off of the SSC gloves and attached them to bendy. gloved hands.
I was thinking of doing something similar, but using clothe material from the DX suit.

Exactly what i done! Those bendy hands are still a little over sized so i cut them back and slimmed them up a little. I used clothe material from the wrist back and then the cut down SSC gloves on top. Hard to get it to look like all one piece. That's a great idea to use the DX suit

 

[davejames]

The Prop Den :: Vader Color Templates by Too much Garlic/Cantina Dude

For those of you going to paint their Vaders, here's some good templates.

Isn't that missing the black strip on the left side of the helmet? Or is it supposed to be solid silver like that?

 

[Too Much Garlic]

This is how i shortened the helmet down.I put some maskin tape around,about 1-2mm up from the base. Get a sheet of fine sandpaper and make sure it's on a flat surface then going in circular movement sand down to the bottom of the maskin tape. Take your time when doing it. Use a sheet of superfine sandpaper after for smoother finish if you like.

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Actually, the bottom of the dome flange isn't straight from front to rear, so that it sits flat on a plane surface. About half-way back, it actually changes angle and goes up a bit towards the rear. Please don't go as extreme as it appears in the below picture - it was simply photographed with a wide lens that creates rather extreme distortion, but you get the idea of how the angle changes about halfway back and goes up a little towards the rear, basically meaning that the sides are flat, but the rear is slightly angled and raised from a plane surface and this was the first picture I could find that showed this. Also, a quick note, the raised rear is also curved and not a straight angle change.

The Prop Den :: Vader Color Templates by Too much Garlic/Cantina Dude

For those of you going to paint their Vaders, here's some good templates.

Actually those are pretty old and some minor things are wrong.

These are the updated ones and are probably easier to follow too:

 

[Pixelpiper]

I'm going to make a game out of these paint templates for my kid.

 

[matrix69]

I tried getting that shape at the back with my first attempt but messed it up,so just went with the easiest way of getting it to look a little shorter than stock.

 

[matrix69]

Glossed up the cloth on the gloves a little. Happy enough with them scale wise
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[eczamurai]

God I love that paint-up! Do post some good close-ups!

 

[matrix69]

Some close ups
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[Chakaman]

Some close ups

Wow. That's fantastic work. Super stuff man.

 

[shocktrooper_au]

So which Vader helmet is that?

 

[davejames]

That is just all kinds of awesome.

 

[eastern]

Any tips on how to remove Vader's helmet and placing it back after alignment?

 

[generalgrevious]

They are the sideshow tusks i used

hey matrix what other wrist pegs would fit the dlx vader body I have some bendy hands some where and might try it. so you used the vader dlx gloves and shaved them off and used them on the new hands

 

[anwe]

Any tips on how to remove Vader's helmet and placing it back after alignment?

Removing it should be easy, just pry it off. A lot of domes are loose in the box already so the glue isn't that strong.

Lowering the dome requires a bit of cutting on the top of the mask/head. There are pictures in this thread.

 

[matrix69]

Redone the gloves using the lower legs of the DX suit(great idea by MaHaley)works really well,more accurate looking
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[matrix69]

So which Vader helmet is that?

That's the sideshow helmet with about 1-2mm shaved off the bottom