Hot Toys Darth Vader : tips , tricks and any other mods

[Matt S]

Its amazing how much better that looks with the HT dome.....

Is that their ANH vader face helmet or the ROTJ one? Guessing ANH based on the tusk?

 

[drjedisith]

thanks brother! yeah i always wanted to do it but dreaded snapping the dome like a tortilla chip. it is the ANH face

 

[Sturtrup]

love the vader mods in here fellas! pulling the dome off HT vader was a sweater lol i put the HT dome on the SS ANH face. i liked that the SS one was wider.

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I'll receive a lot of bad words, but I think that anh ss facemask is better than ht. Great vader dr!!

 

[McHaleyArt]

Brought in the shoulder bells a bit so they sit slightly under the chest armor. Think I may lower the dome just a tiny bit more.

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[drjedisith]

I'll receive a lot of bad words, but I think that anh ss facemask is better than ht. Great vader dr!!

lol i agree. thanks man. i still have mine posed in homage to your vader

 

[drjedisith]

Brought in the shoulder bells a bit so they sit slightly under the chest armor. Think I may lower the dome just a tiny bit more.

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love it my friend! to give him the "A" frame i took out the bells. then ended up with a hasbro chest piece

 

[zackg__]

mchaley, that Vader is STUNNING

 

[McHaleyArt]

love it my friend! to give him the "A" frame i took out the bells. then ended up with a hasbro chest piece

Thanks. I wanted to re-attach the cape chain and put it over the neck, but there's not enough girth on the HT cape collar to achieve this without some major re-tailoring.

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[drjedisith]

yeah theres a lot of scenes with it under. forget that whole extensive tailoring lol personally i like it either under or even just at the base as is .

 

[McHaleyArt]

yeah theres a lot of scenes with it under. forget that whole extensive tailoring lol personally i like it either under or even just at the base as is .

Yeah. I hear you. I think it's only over during his first appearance...which I was in complete awe of when I saw him for the 1st time back in '77. I just wanted to capture that as best I could.


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[drjedisith]

amazing how much that image still gets us. Great time to be a collector and finally have these in our hands

 

[McHaleyArt]

Took some pics from farther away to get rid of that lens distortion.

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[Sturtrup]

 

[D.R.37]

That looks really good! Is that the SSC with the HT dome?

 

[McHaleyArt]

That looks really good! Is that the SSC with the HT dome?

Nope. HT mask with the dome repositioned. All HT except for the hands and suit (SSC anh).


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[rhboyd]

damn. i really want the cape over the neck too. there MUST be a way!!

 

[Solo_bones]

nice photos.

 

[matrix69]

For those interested here's the Hasbro titanium helmet on the HT mask...View attachment 371009View attachment 371008

 

[rhboyd]

no widow’s peak?! no thank you!!

 

[zackg__]

Looks good matrix. I have mine also but seems to sit further down in the back. Did you trim the top of the hot toys helmet down?