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the lenses DO come out, but you have to take the whole helmet apart, and get them from the inside.
Hot Toys Darth Vader : tips , tricks and any other mods
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the lenses DO come out, but you have to take the whole helmet apart, and get them from the inside.
Did you place the blade on the bottom of the plug, or the sides? Mines in there pretty snug
Thanks for the info. May try. The nose mod is the only one I've yet to do successfully. Prior attempts I drilled from the inside and it was met with disaster. LOL (in a sad way)
Update: just got it - easy. Did the same. Stuck the xacto in the sides and worked my way up so slightly. Popped out intact and with no damage to sides of mask or grill Much easier than the inside drill method.
Thanks, you guys rock!!! My mod hell is OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can now die happy.
I was looking for a filler glue/poxy that came recommended by Jazz due to its filler qualities. For the life of me, it's escaping me, but perfect for when you trim the nose plug and stick it back in the helmet, albeit recessed.
My final mod: taking apart my extra body and sticking the electronics in a modified stand. Hope it'll fit
For those that want to paint the lenses: don't - they are the correct color. Just crack the helmet open and stick shiny (chrome) origami paper inside. Works brilliantly
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I ruined two heads doing that. LOL, vader has been an expensive mod. I can't believe popping it out from the front was super easy
Here is the bond glue I was trying to recall for the nose plug mod
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009EU5ZNO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009EU5ZNO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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I couldn't get mine out from the front so I went ahead and carefully dremeled the inside. After sweating for an hour it finally came out. Popped the lenses out also. Woohoo
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Very true, but in the end, modding is kinda fun too
Only in the end.
LOL, good point.............
So, decided to run the risk and try the "3 & 9" nose plug mod on a Rogue One vader. A tad tighter but came out without too much extra cut using a sharp xacto. Definitely the way to go for the nose plug mod.
Thanks, again, all! And to think I did not want to try this for a year. Not too hard doing it from the front. (ok, that came out sounding weird)
Thanks, again, all! And to think I did not want to try this for a year. Not too hard doing it from the front. (ok, that came out sounding weird)
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Here's some progress on mine. Matte sealed, then gunmetal, glossed the lenses and tamiya clear orange. Need to repaint the black matte black and see about adding some small imperfections. Hoping to use the hasbro Titanium dome as my hot toys dome was damaged slightly.
These some small pieces of press mold in the grill I need to remove. Hoping a tooth brush will help lol
Here's some progress on mine. Matte sealed, then gunmetal, glossed the lenses and tamiya clear orange. Need to repaint the black matte black and see about adding some small imperfections. Hoping to use the hasbro Titanium dome as my hot toys dome was damaged slightly.
These some small pieces of press mold in the grill I need to remove. Hoping a tooth brush will help lol
Looking good - thanks for sharing!
Lol [emoji23]
Here's some progress on mine. Matte sealed, then gunmetal, glossed the lenses and tamiya clear orange. Need to repaint the black matte black and see about adding some small imperfections. Hoping to use the hasbro Titanium dome as my hot toys dome was damaged slightly.
These some small pieces of press mold in the grill I need to remove. Hoping a tooth brush will help lol
From memory the Hasbro Titanium dome looked a bit too thick - haven't seen a lot of pics of it on the HT facemask though.
love the vader mods in here fellas! pulling the dome off HT vader was a sweater lol i put the HT dome on the SS ANH face. i liked that the SS one was wider.
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