Way to go Matt - carrying the torch for Lejuan's Chewie prototype.
Its almost.......beautiful. If I changed it now, I would feel like I was losing a friend.
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Its almost.......beautiful. If I changed it now, I would feel like I was losing a friend.
jkno
Stormtrooper
I'm not a Vader expert nor he is my main focus in my collection, though I own too many Vader items already. I don't think HT Vader needs to have an asymmetrical helmet to be good. The whole figure is missing something.
Anyway for people who didn't know that Vader helmet was asymmetrical a very nice comparison shot:
BTW the OT Vader helmet was also not entirely black either
Anyway for people who didn't know that Vader helmet was asymmetrical a very nice comparison shot:
BTW the OT Vader helmet was also not entirely black either
Lejuan
Super Freak
Way to go Matt - carrying the torch for Lejuan's Chewie prototype.
The final product will not just live up to the expectations created by the prototype - it will be even better
Pixelpiper
Super Freak
Those two points contradict each other (making him super tall and while also heightening other actors). The film makers took extensive steps in each of the three original movies to make sure Vader did not tower above everyone else to a significant degree. Yes, boxes to make other characters taller, angles to give the apearance that Vader was the same height, even helmeted, as other characters, etc.
His menace was almost entirely conveyed in his performance - actions, silence, speech, breathing.
I recall in ROTJ when Luke turns himself in on Endor and steps off the elevator to meet Vader......thinking dayum Vader looks huge (almost matching toy scale)
Pixelpiper
Super Freak
Yea but the scene I remeber is Luke walking off the elevator to meet Vader and it's a full body shot of the two side by side......no gimmicks in that scene to hide the size difference.......truly looked like a father and child
YankeesFanboy
Super Freak
Hamill is listed at 5-9, Prowse is 6-5, so...oh forget it, it won't make any difference. Wait until the Vader figures are 15, 16 inches tall.
Pixelpiper
Super Freak
Yea but the scene I remeber is Luke walking off the elevator to meet Vader and it's a full body shot of the two side by side......no gimmicks in that scene to hide the size difference.......truly looked like a father and child
Which is why I said the filmmakers' intentions weren't to show Vader as a giant, even if Prowse was in fact much taller than the other actors. Many steps and pains were taken to bring heights closer in line in almost every scene.
I have a lot of great Vader scenes from all three movies captured here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelpiper/with/11911836734/
loki2371
Super Freak
OMG!! Ian Mckellan is a monster!!! He's huge!!!. He should've played Vader!! I never realized how much taller he was than the dwarves!!
LMAO!!! (I Joke of course)
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I always thought Luke was as tall as Vader's silver/or gunmetal nose, Fett was at his eyes and Han and Lando were at Vader's forehead.
I'm pretty sure in Empire strikes back there's a shot of General Veers talking to Vader right before he goes to Hoth and he looks just as tall and imposing as Vader, if not more so.
I'm pretty sure in Empire strikes back there's a shot of General Veers talking to Vader right before he goes to Hoth and he looks just as tall and imposing as Vader, if not more so.
YankeesFanboy
Super Freak
OMG!! Ian Mckellan is a monster!!! He's huge!!!. He should've played Vader!! I never realized how much taller he was than the dwarves!!
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Cue a full hour of pantry-raiding. Laughing. And singing. Seriously.
Sounds...................fun?????
YankeesFanboy
Super Freak
Don't forget the plate stacking!
Pixelpiper
Super Freak
Did someone say panty raid?
VintijDroidGutzz
Super Freak
It's beautiful.. like merde.The final product will not just live up to the expectations created by the prototype - it will be even better
Anything sounds glamourous in French.
jkno
Stormtrooper
Haven't seen many complaints about it, but is anyone else bothered (and/or creeped out) by the skinny, deformed looking fingers on this thing? I'm fine with the idea of separate pieces, but it would have been nice if they actually sculpted the hands to look like they were wearing the same gloves!
Looks here like he's wearing Dexter's serial killer gloves instead or something.
Looks here like he's wearing Dexter's serial killer gloves instead or something.
VintijDroidGutzz
Super Freak
..the bodysuit is starting to kind of look like a woolen one piece..
The final product will not just live up to the expectations created by the prototype - it will be even better
Sniffs! So much awesome in the proto..........
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