Sideshow ESB/ROTJ Darth Vader

[shocktrooper_au]

Looks forward to posing in a good esb pose, any thoughts? There's the obvious duel, but tea party Vader anybody

 

[Snake Plissken]

Looks forward to posing in a good esb pose, any thoughts? There's the obvious duel, but tea party Vader anybody

Maybe this

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

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I could be wrong.. but those last three observations of Wor-Gor's were tongue in cheek.

Actually, I'm quite enjoying reading the opinions in here - it's a lot more civil than I was expecting, but still some scratching & hissing happening.

I've said what I think about the pics, but I'm still interested in seeing the final product in hand. Some comps with the older figure will be interesting as well.

 

[Walker]

Apart from the undersized chestpiece, I'm digging it.

 

[VASith]

Wow...the trolls were out in full force last night.

 

[shocktrooper_au]

For the most part I'm stoked with this.q? Is the cape wired....I want an action pose for this guy

 

[DarthNeil]

I think my ANH Vader (version one) will be posed with either the Emperor or Captain Antilles while this one will definitely go with the HT ESB Luke.

 

[shockwave]

Does this really look right to everyone?

The chest box looks small, rides too high.

The shoulder/chest armor looks too small.

Neck looks elongated.

Torso looks elongated.

Belt looks small.

Cod piece looks too textured.

Photo is too sharp.

Too much blue in the background.

Vader looks very black.

OMG looks like V is going to do a hoedown or something in this pose....

 

[shadowfla]

Does it look correct to you?

Only nitpick I have is the chest box looks small.

the suit is horrible in my opinion...the gloves are horrible...and I am really scared about the rubber deterioration issues..
but I want to see in hands pics before judge the entire figure..

 

[shockwave]

That really doesn't look very good. Usually SS has great proto's and crappy final's. This doesn't fare well for the January release. But i want one pending it's not a complete cluster**** so see ya in the winter.


(Thank god i grabbed the medi 2.0 for 200$ shipped seems like a deal now)

Can someone post a side by side shot of ANH Vader from the SSC website next to the one above please for comparison?

I tried sorry but I am not that computer savy folks...

Thanks.

Oh yeah the chest piece and belt are small.

 

[Rorywan]

Does this really look right to everyone?

The chest box looks small, rides too high.

The shoulder/chest armor looks too small.

Neck looks elongated.

Torso looks elongated.

Belt looks small.

Cod piece looks too textured.

Photo is too sharp.

Too much blue in the background.

Vader looks very black.

Agreed. Although I think the amount of blue in the background is ok.

You can see why the pants look like pants in that high res pic. Molded rubber/vinyl/plastic of some kind not seamed fabric as usual.
Don't care what the SS fanboys say, this looks bad.

 

[shadowfla]

Can someone post a side by side shot of ANH Vader from the SSC website next to the one above please for comparison?

I tried sorry but I am not that computer savy folks...

Thanks.

Oh yeah the chest piece and belt are small.

the medicom vader is nice but you have to pay lot of attention to the rubber suit (there is a curse about it) so is better do not keep bended arms and legs for a lot time..
how looks the height of med compared to the sideshow luke and ht luke..?

 

[shadowfla]

Agreed. Although I think the amount of blue in the background is ok.

You can see why the pants look like pants in that high res pic. Molded rubber/vinyl/plastic of some kind not seamed fabric as usual.
Don't care what the SS fanboys say, this looks bad.

but it has a lot of nice adds...
removable helmet and head painted, very nice display for figure and head..

 

[jedijim3002]

Selling my ANH.
https://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/showthread.php?t=105881

 

[EVILFACE]

Agreed. Although I think the amount of blue in the background is ok.

You can see why the pants look like pants in that high res pic. Molded rubber/vinyl/plastic of some kind not seamed fabric as usual.
Don't care what the SS fanboys say, this looks bad.

And you will still be buying it.

 

[Rorywan]

And you will still be buying it.

Of course!

 

[momaw]

OMG looks like V is going to do a hoedown or something in this pose....

I prefer the "I would have gotten away with it if it weren't for you pesky kids" pose.

 

[Khev]

The chest armor looks a lot bigger and accurate in this pic compared to the one Wor-Gar posted. It almost looks like SSC took proto pics of two different figures.

 

[momaw]

I prefer it like this:

 

[galactiboy]

**** the sculpt. They killed it on the life size bust. I thought thy would duplicate the craftmenship on this one... No biggey i guess, even though 4 of these equel out to the life size bust! Still gunna PO, maybe they will retool the sculpt before he ships.

5 actually... the 1:1 bust was $1250

Would like to hear a photographer pipe in about that. Seems like maybe they overcompensated for the all black outfit by blasting it with light. Can't imagine that much texture would be apparent in a normal display environment.

I have a feeling the texture may soften in production... I haven't really seen it with Sideshow, but with HT in the past the proto's have had too much texture but in production it is not as pronounced.

Nah...that would be any of Medicoms three versions. Yeah they're small but the actual sculpt and proportions on their offerings are light years ahead even now...

They really aren't... reveal heads are always very small (since it's an actual reveal) and the bodies are too slim.

That would be Hurricane's custom.

I think you meant "Unfortunately this is the best licensed 1/6 Vader to date".

He did do great work and for a time was the best option for Vader. But every one of his I've seen have had a billowy cape, and mishapen heads and odd looking gloves. He crams a lot of detail and nice touches (like metal bits) into his Vaders, but the end product always looks a bit sloppy to me.

The chest armor looks a lot bigger and accurate in this pic compared to the one Wor-Gar posted. It almost looks like SSC took proto pics of two different figures.

The suit material is different between the two and I think that the pics may have been taken at different times. The series with the background is at least from time of the first teaser.