1/6 Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back - 1/6th scale Darth Vader 40th Anniversary

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Pretty sure ROTJ is set in the ESB mold since they designed it to come apart, doubt they will redesign the mask. DX28 is probably the most accurate Vader mask from hot toys we will get in a while, the next Vader is likely ROTS for the anniversary next year, I personally have zero interest in that one.
 
I re-worked a R1 mask/helmet for my Empire Vader.

I widened the chin vent and added some custom mesh. I wanted to add the same mesh to the mouth vent as well, but it would involve a complete reconstruction of the whole of the mouth area. It can't really be seen from a distance, or under lighting on my display shelf so i'm ok with it. Besides.. HT are going to re-work the ROTJ Helmet to be the greatest ever, so i've probably wasted my time on this:giggle:

I sanded down the neck length by a few mm's and then repainted the mask using Tamiya gunmetal spray. I hand painted the black areas. Sanded and rounded off the widow's peak on the helmet as well.

For those interested...the Helmet/mask, body, chest/shoulder armour and boots are from the R1 version. Everything else is Empire.
I still want to make a few tweaks to the belt and the chest box straps, but i'm happy with the results so far :vader

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I re-worked a R1 mask/helmet for my Empire Vader.

I widened the chin vent and added some custom mesh. I wanted to add the same mesh to the mouth vent as well, but it would involve a complete reconstruction of the whole of the mouth area. It can't really be seen from a distance, or under lighting on my display shelf so i'm ok with it. Besides.. HT are going to re-work the ROTJ Helmet to be the greatest ever, so i've probably wasted my time on this:giggle:

I sanded down the neck length by a few mm's and then repainted the mask using Tamiya gunmetal spray. I hand painted the black areas. Sanded and rounded off the widow's peak on the helmet as well.

For those interested...the Helmet/mask, body, chest/shoulder armour and boots are from the R1 version. Everything else is Empire.
I still want to make a few tweaks to the belt and the chest box straps, but i'm happy with the results so far :vader

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Great work!

And thanks for the tip of using Tamiya gunmetal spray. Guess I'll be doing a complete repaint of the 1:4 HT Vader helmet I'm working on...

Did you use TS-38 (gunmetal satin)?
 
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Great work!

And thanks for the tip of using Tamiya gunmetal spray. Guess I'll be doing a complete repaint of the 1:4 HT Vader helmet I'm working on...

Did you use TS-38 (gunmetal satin)?
Yes that's the one. At first i thought that it might be a little too light, but i love the contrast with the black, which is how it should be.

The HT paint apps are way too dark looking. As bad as the SS versions are, at least they got the paint schemes more accurate.
 
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