Darth Vader vinyl kit - Finished

[MAKE BELIEVE]

Time to start another kit...

 

[MAKE BELIEVE]

Re: Darth Vader vinyl kit - WIP

A few more pics...

 

[Ruddigger]

Re: Darth Vader vinyl kit - WIP

How is vinyl to work with? You've done an awesome job so far, especially on the gloss parts and skin.

 

[MAKE BELIEVE]

Re: Darth Vader vinyl kit - WIP

How is vinyl to work with? You've done an awesome job so far, especially on the gloss parts and skin.

Hi there

Thanks. In fact it's a lot easier than I imagined. My first vinyl kit was Harryhausen's Medusa and as I had never worked with it I was bit "worried". After all is no big deal: paint aplies well and when parts don't fit (as in a regular plastic kit) you heat them and mold them (sometimes putty in necessary). The hard part is to cut off all the excess vinyl
I now am used to vinyl and like to work with it (after Medusa, I also made the Facehugger, the Cyclops, now working on Darth Vader and next project is the Chestburster)
Thanks

 

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Ok, here's the final result

 

[tek2graphics]

Looks great! Love the contrast in black finish! Only thing I would change would be lighten the scars on his head. Looks too fresh with blood.
Other than that GREAT JOB! :thumbsup

 

[MAKE BELIEVE]

Looks great! Love the contrast in black finish! Only thing I would change would be lighten the scars on his head. Looks too fresh with blood.
Other than that GREAT JOB! :thumbsup

Thanks, mate

 

[Sym-Cha]

Very nice indeed ... I have got the same vinyl kit alas the dome is rather warped ... any suggestions how to fix this?

Chaim

 

[Ruddigger]

You did a great job on this. It's hard to tell, did you do the silver parts on the helmet, or leave it all black?

 

[MAKE BELIEVE]

You did a great job on this. It's hard to tell, did you do the silver parts on the helmet, or leave it all black?

Thank you. Yes, I did the silver parts too

Very nice indeed ... I have got the same vinyl kit alas the dome is rather warped ... any suggestions how to fix this?

Hi there
Thanks. I had the exact same problem. Solved it by sinking the dome in hot water for a few moments. When it came out it was so soft I could give it any shape I wanted. I waited a bit and still holding it in the correct shape I sank it in cold water.
Hope that helps.

Chaim