Hot Toys ROTJ Emperor Palpatine

canadaclone said:

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It's does look better when there is some space between the emperor and the guards like in this picture.

Space is a luxury in this hobby though

slikkerias said:

Space is a luxury in this hobby though

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How HT let it out with those (brown eyes) paint apps is beyond comprehension.

Now it looks like The Emperor.

BIG thanks to PetethePaint - as always!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow! Huge difference in the eyes and overall look, Mandible.

I just don't get how HT got the Sith eyes on Maul, but with the Emperor, thought that some brown eye look was accurate, and it's not like a factory error, the prototype even had it.

Mandible said:

How HT let it out with those (brown eyes) paint apps is beyond comprehension.

Now it looks like The Emperor.

BIG thanks to PetethePaint - as always!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Awesome. Exactly how it should have been done.

Who is PetethePaint?

Mandible said:

How HT let it out with those (brown eyes) paint apps is beyond comprehension.

Now it looks like The Emperor.

BIG thanks to PetethePaint - as always!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Those eyes rock!!! I bet he looks so much better now in full cloak, glowing eyes under his hood. You have to post a dressed shot.

Mandible, did Pete repaint the entire head or just the eyes? I see some red on the inner lip.

Yeah HT really dropped the ball on the eye paint apps...but i do think that the proto had better/more vivid eye paint than the more muted/dulled down colors of the production piece...

I had a go myself at repainting the eyes...not the best in the world but i'm happy enough with the results..and loving the fig a whole lot more.

Excuse the dotted finger nail...all part of my madness in trying to get the pupils right


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Yeah, dressed from across the room the eyes done right really pop.

Now I need to have mine done. Dammit!

The contacts mixed with the right lighting gave him a very crazy look that added to the character, the stock paint lacks that but these repaints nail it.

I also removed all the stock stitching that held the hood in place...i then re-stitched it a little further down on the shoulders to try and give it a more natural look.

The eyes now pop nicely under some overhead lighting...

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Big improvement as well, Matrix.

He makes the grin look even more sinister, as well.

Repaint and restitch make a vast improvement

Great repaints, guys! It makes such a difference on the shelf.

Thanks guys - Pete is a gun!!!

He painted my Bandai PG Millennium Falcon as well - which is an absolute masterpiece.

Wor - he repainted the whole head, I believe... I don't actually have it back yet - those were his photos. Once I get it I'll take some shots fully dressed as well.

Pete's user name here is Brundledonk.

Matrix - looks great! I also removed the stitches - massive difference!

Wor-Gar said:

Yeah, dressed from across the room the eyes done right really pop.

Now I need to have mine done. Dammit!

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I've thought about doing this with mine too, but I'm still not convinced the eyes will be all that noticeable in a larger display cabinet where I have about ten figures under IKEA top lighting.

I would think in a Detolf (where he's say one of 3-4 figs) with brighter lighting it would be visible, but I keep looking at mine and think "it's 1mm of yellow paint on a fig heavily shadowed with a hood" but maybe I should just give it a go.

I love how it looks in the close-ups in this thread but so many of those pics don't really reflect how a fig actually looks from 3-4 feet away with no magnification amidst many other figs. I'll probably give this a go anyway because it might be fun to do, and also do his lip as well - I think the reddish additions that some have done are almost as important as the eyes.

Damn good points Tali.

My OCD killed me though - even if I can't see it, the thought of it irritated me so much I had to get it "fixed." Was the same with the Leia dress.

Things like this really irk me because they should be basic fundamental things they get right - particularly for the price of these "plastic dolls."

At no point was the Emperor's eyes ever "brown" - and at not point was Leia's dress above her ankles... (unless she was lying down in the prison cell)

Some really nice repaints guys.

I repainted mine a while back too. Its not the best, his right eye is a bit wonky. I will fix it when I get some time.

As Talibane mentioned though, it's hard to notice at normal viewing distance and lit from above.

Damn he looks freakng impressive now