1/6 Hot Toys - MMS 279 - Star Wars Episode IV: 1/6th scale Darth Vader

[mikesgtrs]

Cool shot Matrix.

Here is a closeup of mine....

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i like your chest piece man looks great , if you want to make look a little better , the three gray buttons ( breather piece ) need to be dark gray and one white

 

[mikesgtrs]

Yeah the Chest Panel piece grey buttons are too light on the hot toys one , they are definitely dark grey

 

[fbang]

Anybody knows where I could find a spare Hot Toys belt? (Hell even a spare sideshow would do). I have the chance to get a Hot Toys Vader for cheap but missing a belt. I tried ebay, toyanxiety and Kghobby but can't find any.

 

[matrix69]

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[mikesgtrs]

Here is my second Darth Vader , ( sold my first one ) and I did the repaint of the shoulder upper chest armour , and chest panel buttons and belt weathering .

 

[matrix69]

This is my Vader with the dome lowered ( on the right )
you can't hardly tell to be honest
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Looks excellent! For me dropping the dome a tad really improves the look and tones down the slightly over scaled eyes.

 

[WhoaItsJBot]

The way the helmet looks in those pics makes me think of the ESB VHS cover.

 

[Cocoboloboy]

Anybody knows where I could find a spare Hot Toys belt? (Hell even a spare sideshow would do). I have the chance to get a Hot Toys Vader for cheap but missing a belt. I tried ebay, toyanxiety and Kghobby but can't find any.

Unless I'm remembering wrong I think I have a belt and some other SS Vader parts I bought and have been hanging onto for customizing but never got around to it. I'll check when I get home from work tonight.

 

[Too Much Garlic]

think it needs another millimeter or so... but the difference IS there! better!!

Very rarely at any point in the movie was it lower than it is in the right example. For the majority of the movie it was as it is shown on the left or actually sitting higher.

The difference is that the front facing edge of the eyebrows were black on the ANH, not silver.

 

[demorathis]

At no point in the movie was it lower than it is in the right example. For the majority of the movie it was as it is shown on the left or actually sitting higher.

The difference is that the front facing edge of the eyebrows were black on the ANH, not silver.

That is correct!

 

[Wor-Gar]

The difference is that the front facing edge of the eyebrows were black on the ANH, not silver.

That is correct!

So no modding necessary. Just paint the inner eyebrows black?

 

[Too Much Garlic]

So no modding necessary. Just paint the inner eyebrows black?

Pretty much. Yes. For the majority of the movie the widows peak touched the upper edge of the square upper nose groove and only sparingly did it dip down in scenes to actually touch the bottom edge of said nose groove. Almost never below, but for a fair bit of the movie actually sitting higher.

The stock HT position is accurate to the majority of the movie.

 

[TonTon]

I'm gonna mod my dome so it looks more like this:

 

[Chakaman]

i like your chest piece man looks great , if you want to make look a little better , the three gray buttons ( breather piece ) need to be dark gray and one white

Thanks man.

I hadn't really noticed that, the Hot Toy ones are gray, but not that dark. I may darken them up after seeing that pic.

 

[YankeesFanboy]

I'm gonna mod my dome so it looks more like this:

Cripes, that's the equivalent of...

 

[McHaleyArt]

Yeah the Chest Panel piece grey buttons are too light on the hot toys one , they are definitely dark grey

Episode 5 & 6 do have different boxes from each other:

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[WhoaItsJBot]

I wonder if all these changes were deliberate or just careless inconsistencies

 

[Vader AL]

probably didn't think they'd have people picking it apart as much as we do. i just think of it like vader had repairs and new parts, etc.

 

[kl241]

I'm gonna mod my dome so it looks more like this:

Cripes, that's the equivalent of...

 

[Matt S]

I'm gonna mod my dome so it looks more like this:

lol...