Looking awesome !
Check Out My New Vader! Update Post#60 11/28/2012
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Darth Niob
Sr Member
That Vader is really a piece of art.
Veillotron
New Member
It looks awesome! I wish the wife would let me have something like this in the house...
Chicagovader
Sr Member
Very nice Chris!
Sure - if I ever strip him down again I'll be sure to snap some pics.
Thanks again for the great comments everyone! You guys are awesome
Thanks again for the great comments everyone! You guys are awesome
After a couple years, the mannequin actually held up quite well. However, he was starting to loose weight!
I decided it was high time I gave him an upgrade.
Here's how he looked this morning:
Not bad, but he's getting kinda skinny…
First up, I upgraded the old method I had of making him stand. Originally, I made a giant doll stand for him out of a window well cover (base) a shelf bracket, and a length of u-bar. Frankly, this was a bit of an eye-sore, so i decided to anchor Vader to the wall:
Basically, I took a coat hook and mounted it to the wall. It has a removable ball at the end attached with a screw. I made a loop of leather which runs through the back where the chest-bx strap is. No more ugly base!
On to the refit - helmet and cape removed:
Here's how the wires are run. He's plugged in to the wall so when I turn the lights on to my office, he lights up too:
More parts removed:
Here is the mannequin before upgrades. In the past couple years, I have been adding foam to the mid section to keep the belt tight. Here is what it looks like with all of those foam chunks removed.:
Re-padded with foam all-over:
And the finished product:
I actually added so much girth to his wait that I had to punch a new hole in his belt! He's looking much more imposing now with his new physique!
Thanks for looking,
Chris
I decided it was high time I gave him an upgrade.
Here's how he looked this morning:
Not bad, but he's getting kinda skinny…
First up, I upgraded the old method I had of making him stand. Originally, I made a giant doll stand for him out of a window well cover (base) a shelf bracket, and a length of u-bar. Frankly, this was a bit of an eye-sore, so i decided to anchor Vader to the wall:
Basically, I took a coat hook and mounted it to the wall. It has a removable ball at the end attached with a screw. I made a loop of leather which runs through the back where the chest-bx strap is. No more ugly base!
On to the refit - helmet and cape removed:
Here's how the wires are run. He's plugged in to the wall so when I turn the lights on to my office, he lights up too:
More parts removed:
Here is the mannequin before upgrades. In the past couple years, I have been adding foam to the mid section to keep the belt tight. Here is what it looks like with all of those foam chunks removed.:
Re-padded with foam all-over:
And the finished product:
I actually added so much girth to his wait that I had to punch a new hole in his belt! He's looking much more imposing now with his new physique!
Thanks for looking,
Chris
Chaim - just remove the old lights and replace them with LEDs - that's what I did.
The helmet from this display is available in the Junkyard, and the rest will be there soon too!
I just need to down-size my collection.
I just need to down-size my collection.
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