Chakaman's customs, mods and repaints

[TaliBane]

^^ Very nice. Nailed the chest armor.

 

[Sturtrup]

I've a lot of things to learn in this forum!

 

[Chakaman]

^^ Very nice. Nailed the chest armor.

I've a lot of things to learn in this forum!

Thanks. I appreciate the comments. I value your guys opinions.

 

[Chakaman]

Did some more work on my ANH Darth Vader..

 

[OutLander]

Chest armor looks a lot better. Looks about done to me?

 

[Chakaman]

Chest armor looks a lot better. Looks about done to me?

Thanks. I had to do it a couple of times to get the color I wanted.

Yes, I think he is done. For now.

 

[IzzyMel]

Love it. Looks awesome. wish I had Him in my collection.

 

[Natedog]

I'm no Vader expert either Chris, but it looks great to me. Too bad about the stitching on the cape, but there's not a lot you can do about that.

 

[Sturtrup]

Great work on the chest armour Man!!! A little futzing on the cape and the inner robe and you have an outstanding anh vader in my opinion!

 

[Chakaman]

Thanks guys. I appreciate it.

Yeah, I need to work on the robes. The inner robe isn't the best.

 

[Chakaman]

I am working on removing the "grime" from the Luke X-wing helmet.

I am using a mix of acetone in small applications. The results are great so far. The one on the left is the one I am working on, the helmet on the right is stock.




Be careful, if applied to heavy it will remove the helmet markings. I plan on repainting mine, so im not too concerned if I lose some paint.

 

[Solo_bones]

Nice! Where are you headed with this one, Chris?

 

[Chakaman]

Nice! Where are you headed with this one, Chris?

Thanks Will.

Going to repaint this one for Luke. My other two helmets are going to be for a custom Red Leader and Biggs.

 

[Spudtrooper]

Nice dude. I hadn't thought about touching up Luke's. May have to look into it. I'm still dreading the thought of that Biggs helmet. Haha

 

[Chakaman]

Me too Tyler.

I began repainted Luke's helmet today. It's a start. Going to work on it some more over the weekend. I may dull it down a bit, not sure. His helmet was pretty battered in ANH.

Here it is so far...





Side by side with original....

 

[Spudtrooper]

Dude that looks freaking legit. A huge improvement. Add another thing to my list.

 

[enaud]

Looks good Chris. Brave move with the acetone. I am really surprised it didn't take of more than it did. Great job.

 

[enaud]

And your Vader turned out pretty f-ing sweet, BTW.

 

[Chakaman]

Thanks Duane, Tyler.

 

[Solo_bones]

That is some movie prop style weathering on that helmet, Chris. Nice job.