What a marvellous adventure, as always it’s intriguing to see your processes and creative tricks with use of materials and parts!
OneSixthFigures
An online community to discuss and share news about sixth-scale figures, with an emphasis on either custom or commercial articulated figures.
Tanzenwolfe wrote:What a marvellous adventure, as always it’s intriguing to see your processes and creative tricks with use of materials and parts!
I've already been talking to a guy on eBay about it, he said transparent colours can be problematic with 3D printing and the helmet is part of a statue set only, not available on its own but I'll see if he can quote me a price for the set to get an idea whether it's affordable for the project or not. Meanwhile I'll just experiment with what I have.Zes wrote:Ah, the new helmet's a tad too small, like you said. Bummer.
Question: Why not look at 3D printing a Vader mask in clear resin or translucent blue?
GubernatorFan wrote:I finally had a moment to see all the photos in detail. Definitely not an easy kitbash, with so much customization, but I think it is shaping up great.
Do you think you have more Vaders than Stormtroopers?
shovelchop81 wrote:Thanks so much again for all the effort you put into getting my pics to display! I'll now try to follow the less than 18 pics per post 'rule of thumb' that seems to work best
And thank you for taking the time to comment after what was probably a frustrating solution to find!
I do indeed have more Vaders than original trilogy ST's since I only have four on display but there are other troopers: Death Star, Scout, Snow, Death, TIE Pilots, officers etc.. also lots of different clones (oxymoron?) and First Order ST's and their variants...probably forgetting some.. do Royal Guards count? They are elite ST's after all.
GubernatorFan wrote:shovelchop81 wrote:Thanks so much again for all the effort you put into getting my pics to display! I'll now try to follow the less than 18 pics per post 'rule of thumb' that seems to work best
And thank you for taking the time to comment after what was probably a frustrating solution to find!
I do indeed have more Vaders than original trilogy ST's since I only have four on display but there are other troopers: Death Star, Scout, Snow, Death, TIE Pilots, officers etc.. also lots of different clones (oxymoron?) and First Order ST's and their variants...probably forgetting some.. do Royal Guards count? They are elite ST's after all.
Just remember, 18 would still trigger the anti-spam check but so far it seems to allow the images to post.
I think you need to bash some more regular Stormies... The relatively cheap recipe was Bandai kit with Hasbro's "flying" Stormtrooper's helmet (which is better than the Bandai one). By now, however, these pieces are probably harder to find.
I still think that you have some leeway with the seating area of the "meditation chamber" and a higher seat would allow you to seat your Vader more comfortably.
Diana wrote:YES!! He's looking great. That unmasked head is looking so good! And the sitting pose is working. Win!
And heh, you sent me down a rabbit hole regarding the origins of "squee". Yes, it describes a high pitched sqeal expressing a state of joyful excitement, though I consider a sqeal to be more animal-speech (especially pigs), while a squee is a more controlled human sound. I first encountered it on a Magic: The Gathering card and it has stuck with me.
Bet you wanted to know that.
GubernatorFan wrote:Ah... but is "squee" pronounced Skvi: in German? I have always taken it as intended when I've seen it here in type, and I think Diana is not the only one to use it.
Back to business, great job tracking down the actual look of the furniture for Vader's seat, which I'm pretty sure was not discernible onscreen. A sloping surface to the seat part (lower in front, higher in back), combined with appropriate overall height, should help the sitting position.
Stryker2012 wrote:Wow! Lot to catch up on. This is looking pretty cool. And the fact your adding all the diorama pieces — awesome stuff.
GubernatorFan wrote:You could try some of the other printers we suggested. But it looks like you are well on your way with this aspect of the project. And it looks promising. Frankensteining it sounds about right, given the process.
Stryker2012 wrote:Looking good, Alex. Sorry to hear that guy isn’t being very helpful.
Zes wrote:Yellowing is only really an issue with clear resin. If you print in a translucent blue, you, hopefully, won't have that issue. Exposure to UV is usually what causes resin to turn yellow. You can also coat clear resin with varnish, which should somewhat protect it.
I have a 3D printed part printed in clear resin some ~6 years ago that I sprayed with gloss varnish. It's still perfectly clear.
GubernatorFan wrote:Your dedication to this is amazing. I've heard of people putting together life-size Vader helmets, but you are building one from pieces in sixth-scale. Wow!
OneSixthFigures » Forum » GENERAL TALK » Three New Darth Vader Figures (LAST TWEAKS TO EMPEROR'S DEATH DIO) & Dio Builds For Them 1) Bespin Gantry Scene 2) Force Lightning Killing Emperor Scene 3) Meditation Chamber Scene.
Similar topics
Permissions in this forum:
You cannot reply to topics in this forum