Official Sideshow 1/6 ANH Darth Vader PHOTO Thread

[shocktrooper_au]

I want a Hasbro Vader dome too. But how the hell can I remove the SS one, maybe with a hairdryer?

Dipped in in boiled water from the kettle, after a few seconds I heard the glue cracking the rest was easy

 

[jedijim3002]

Ok, I thought so. It was just the way jim worded it it sounded like he may have did something different. Thanks. Im off to look for a clone body.

Fiend. I DID do something different from pix. I removed one of the midsections completely and did not replace it at all. There is a ball jointed post that connects the midsections together, like a neck post or foot pegs, with the chest and pelvis for articulation. I took mine out and cut it to size so it would still have articulation but be a shorter torso.

It's a very intensive mod and if your willing to do it I can walk you through. I also chopped the thighs down. Cutting away another extra 1/4 inch of their length. Then I epoxied them together. Once it was all done I thought, man I should have just switched bodies and sold the damn SS Vader body!

 

[jkno]

Dipped in in boiled water from the kettle, after a few seconds I heard the glue cracking the rest was easy

No damage on the paint?

 

[pixletwin]

Fiend. I DID do something different from pix. I removed one of the midsections completely and did not replace it at all. There is a ball jointed post that connects the midsections together, like a neck post or foot pegs, with the chest and pelvis for articulation. I took mine out and cut it to size so it would still have articulation but be a shorter torso.

It's a very intensive mod and if your willing to do it I can walk you through. I also chopped the thighs down. Cutting away another extra 1/4 inch of their length. Then I epoxied them together. Once it was all done I thought, man I should have just switched bodies and sold the damn SS Vader body!

IMO if you mod the body further than the basic mod he starts to look like his legs are too long. But to each his own.

 

[jedijim3002]

IMO if you mod the body further than the basic mod he starts to look like his legs are too long. But to each his own.

Exactly. That's why I had to shorten the legs. Vader should only be at most 13 3/16.

 

[TheFiend]

Fiend. I DID do something different from pix. I removed one of the midsections completely and did not replace it at all. There is a ball jointed post that connects the midsections together, like a neck post or foot pegs, with the chest and pelvis for articulation. I took mine out and cut it to size so it would still have articulation but be a shorter torso.

It's a very intensive mod and if your willing to do it I can walk you through. I also chopped the thighs down. Cutting away another extra 1/4 inch of their length. Then I epoxied them together. Once it was all done I thought, man I should have just switched bodies and sold the damn SS Vader body!

Hmm, I think I may have to take mine apart to see what your talking about. I kinda have an idea though. SO the only thing holding the midsection together is a barbell?? And with your mod you think that leg shortening is mandatory?

 

[Wor-Gar]

Hmm, I think I may have to take mine apart to see what your talking about. I kinda have an idea though. SO the only thing holding the midsection together is a barbell?? And with your mod you think that leg shortening is mandatory?

I did the same mod -- meaning take the middle section out completely -- but I literally put the body together but taping it -- over the shoulders and under th balls! I also wrapped some folded paper towels about the midsection to fill him out a bit. He couldn't swivel -- but you'll never twist him like that with all his gear on. It held firm and the suit secured it even more. No need to make a meal out of this.

 

[TheFiend]

You took both pieces out? I saw you pic and I see the chest and crotch area with the paper towel in the middles. Is the paper towels wrapped around anything?

 

[Too Much Garlic]

I would defer to you then about the length as you have actual experience. The pic you posted kind of cheats with the crotch guard riding so high but I don't want to get into a tit for tat as I'm no expert. I'm speaking solely from my POV only. The Vader figure has all kinds of issues if you really get into it, so hands that ride a little short or not may simply be relative.

True, the cod piece is sitting higher in ANH than in ESB, but even in ESB it shows his arms being long.


And this shot is from years later, from one of the videogames.

 

[TheFiend]

You took both pieces out? I saw you pic and I see the chest and crotch area with the paper towel in the middles. Is the paper towels wrapped around anything?

Nevermind, Im stupid. Looking at the body in hand again I see that you had to have left the stomach part in.


In other news, I got the Vader dome off. Now do I just shave down the inner part of the dome? Do I shave all of it of completely so it's fairly smooth against the inside of the dome or is it a trial and error type thing?

 

[TheFiend]

Ok, I just removed one of the mid-section pieces, taped it together and did the helmet mod. I gotta say, I am very happy with the results. He's still a bit tall but I can live with it. I'd rather have slightly too tall with articulation than the right height with small arms and very little articulation. Not bashing Kings and WG's KP mod because I think they look great. It's just not for me.

 

[pixletwin]

Ok, I just removed one of the mid-section pieces, taped it together and did the helmet mod. I gotta say, I am very happy with the results. He's still a bit tall but I can live with it. I'd rather have slightly too tall with articulation than the right height with small arms and very little articulation.

If you don't mind my asking what did you do to the helmet? What tools did you use?

 

[Wor-Gar]

Ok, I just removed one of the mid-section pieces, taped it together and did the helmet mod. I gotta say, I am very happy with the results. He's still a bit tall but I can live with it. I'd rather have slightly too tall with articulation than the right height with small arms and very little articulation. Not bashing Kings and WG's KP mod because I think they look great. It's just not for me.

Happy at last.

Now let's see some pics with that super articulation, like try to have him hold his saber with both hands.

 

[Tabula Rasa]

Wait a sec. Are the arms on the Kaustic body unable to hold Vader's saber with both hands? Because that's a deal-breaker for me.

It's a bit tougher to get the pose locked in than before, but I remember it being a pain in the ass to get a decent two-handed pose with the stock body anyway. Here are multiple pics of two representations of the KP-02 holding the saber two-handed.

Hey, Wor-Gar, how about we get lforigno to make a new body suit too? The bunched up arm material is getting obnoxious.

 

[jedijim3002]

I think it may be the size of the gloves that's messing this look up. The glove hands just look too big and long for this. His gloves only went about halfway up his forearm didn't they? Not all the way to the elbow. Right?

 

[jedijim3002]

It's a bit tougher to get the pose locked in than before, but I remember it being a pain in the ass to get a decent two-handed pose with the stock body anyway. Here are multiple pics of two representations of the KP-02 holding the saber two-handed.

Hey, Wor-Gar, how about we get lforigno to make a new body suit too? The bunched up arm material is getting obnoxious.

Nice pics though. Helmet mod and all. Question. Is he are to look down more now with this new body? Or does the chest armor still get in the way?

 

[Tabula Rasa]

I think it may be the size of the gloves that's messing this look up. The glove hands just look too big and long for this. His gloves only went about halfway up his forearm didn't they? Not all the way to the elbow. Right?

I thought I read that there were two different kinds of gloves. Long ones and short. The short were used for Empire on up, but SS went with the long for the ANH figure. This is all iIrc.

Nice pics though. Helmet mod and all. Question. Is he are to look down more now with this new body? Or does the chest armor still get in the way?

This is as far down as I can get it. It does seem to be the tiniest bit better than before. That always irritated me.

 

[Tabula Rasa]

 

[kl241]

Those T-Rex arms on the KP2 just don't look right.

 

[Tabula Rasa]

So you've said.