buddylee
Freakalicious
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- Jun 8, 2007
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Been trying to cobble together my own Vader figure for a few years now, but the dome was always my roadblock. If I couldn't have a dome, I couldn't have my Vader. Tried various experiments with different materials to see if i could custom make one for the Screamin'/Kotobukiya Vader mask I had.
The final result is a combination of Magic Sculpt for the dome, styrene and some Hasbro dome parts for the flare. Did a lot of shaving, sanding, bondo, sanding, repeat, to get the form I wanted. I plan on making a Vader reveal mask so I had to form fit everything around that darn Koto mask. There were definitely challenges and limitations to how accurate I could get the sculpt. There's no doubt that Vader's dome was designed by a madman. It is not a simple shape!
Please don't mind the the Vader body. It is a MOCK-UP. Everything on his body needs to be modded in one way or another and was just slapped together to give me some vision. Hopefully I will keep the ball rolling on Vader as I have a few other projects going on at the same time and update the thread.
-I plan on digitally sculpting an ESB Fett helmet and 3D printed to replace my Marmit figure helmet.
-Got a Zbrush H. Ford sculpt going on to give some Han Sideshow figures new heads. First up will be a new Deckard head to replace the one on my Android Hunter figure. That will get printed soon.
Thanks for looking.
The final result is a combination of Magic Sculpt for the dome, styrene and some Hasbro dome parts for the flare. Did a lot of shaving, sanding, bondo, sanding, repeat, to get the form I wanted. I plan on making a Vader reveal mask so I had to form fit everything around that darn Koto mask. There were definitely challenges and limitations to how accurate I could get the sculpt. There's no doubt that Vader's dome was designed by a madman. It is not a simple shape!
Please don't mind the the Vader body. It is a MOCK-UP. Everything on his body needs to be modded in one way or another and was just slapped together to give me some vision. Hopefully I will keep the ball rolling on Vader as I have a few other projects going on at the same time and update the thread.
-I plan on digitally sculpting an ESB Fett helmet and 3D printed to replace my Marmit figure helmet.
-Got a Zbrush H. Ford sculpt going on to give some Han Sideshow figures new heads. First up will be a new Deckard head to replace the one on my Android Hunter figure. That will get printed soon.
Thanks for looking.