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

rayeknor · Apr 18, 2024

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.

matrix69 · Wednesday at 11:30 AM

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

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

agonistes86 · Wednesday at 2:10 PM

matrix69 said:
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

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

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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)?

matrix69 · Wednesday at 3:03 PM

agonistes86 said:
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.

matrix69 · Wednesday at 3:12 PM

I used these pics as reference.

Dagobah Luke Vader severed head helmet.jpg

Production used ESB Darth Vader face mask and dome.jpg

Gipetto0812 · Wednesday at 3:15 PM

awesome work as always Matrix :clap

agonistes86 · Wednesday at 3:29 PM

matrix69 said:
I used these pics as reference.

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Perfect, thanks. I'll order it right away.

Amongst others, I'm using the same Dagobah shot as reference for the chin vent. I'll add the second one as well since it's well lit, thanks! :clap

matrix69 · 2024-05-02T11:47:25-0400

I re-worked the belt so that the saber hook now sits more to the front. I also removed the silver stud.
On the R1 body and boots Vader stands around 13 and 3/4, which i think works best when you consider the scale of everything.

xXLEELANDXx · 2024-05-02T12:45:12-0400

matrix69 said:
I re-worked the belt so that the saber hook now sits more to the front. I also removed the silver stud.
On the R1 body and boots Vader stands around 13 and 3/4, which i think works best when you consider the scale of everything.

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This looks incredible! (And so does that boba)
I’ve been debating changing the body on my empire Vader
Do the empire boots work with the rogue one body?
Also how tight is the empire belt on that body?
The belt on my empire is so tight and frustrating to move and hard to make the inner tunic look decent

Dr. Odd · 2024-05-02T17:46:36-0400

Great work on both matrix, they look stellar

forigenbaby · 2024-05-02T19:48:04-0400

matrix69 said:
I re-worked the belt so that the saber hook now sits more to the front. I also removed the silver stud.
On the R1 body and boots Vader stands around 13 and 3/4, which i think works best when you consider the scale of everything.

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That Boba helmet looks amazing where did you get the base helmet from? Or did you make print/sculpt it yourself?

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