done more paint work on my anh vader

[DB73]

some progess on my belt and chest box.

hand milled darkblade chest box blank, machined anh rods and coin slots, lonepigion buttons ( coloured the red one with humbrol red let it dry then washed it off this stained it red ), pls ignore the crappy large buttons they are just on for looks just now and are off an old box that was s**t still need to source good ones so if anyone knows who where when gimmi a shout.

russ rep v1 boxes and buckle (still to weather), correct lights (still to do electronics but that will be swap from my old esb boxes), good thick belt about the only thing i salvaged from my esb belt still to add a second stud and another hole then i think ill weather the leather a bit, tried to square off the buckle slots a bit but stopped as i need some small files.

all in all i have some more to do to these and the helmet and i want to get good accurate belts to hole the chest box and add the correct studs too and hes complete just need all in one photos however the artizan cod is looking more and more tempting by the day

any other mods im missing any of you can think of pls say

oh and did some more weathering to my 3po so ill just post that ere

ignore the eyes ine not touched them yet

 

[Darth Kahnt]

Nice 3PO.

I have some resin rocker switches from a kit I had, I think they're pretty good. If you want them PM me.

 

[DarthXXX]

Nice work-i don't know if its tha angle of the camera or what but the face looks just a little short for the dome-probably the angle-good job.

 

[DB73]

ive added the top two of my final choice for straps for my darkblade box still to do lower one.
good lower buttons for chest box are on way.
ive taken my old esb cod off and have modded the inners to more anh shape and will have a go with the leather part this week to see how it looks modded to anh, failing that ill go with artizan.
i need to play about with some positioning here n there but im fairly happy now.
pls ignore the dust and the fact it all just hung on a wooden home made structure.

 

[DB73]

Ok, so i deffo need to get a shop window dummy as my home made wooden structure no longer suits my needs and makes the cossy look a bit off shaped etc.

Anyway heres the latest pics, now with better buttons added to the chest box (still to do the lower strap) the cod is still a wip but is starting to look ok but needs a little adjustment here n there i decided to attempt to mod what i had first to see how it looked.

As usual this bloomin camera is crap and ive had to adjust colours here n there. Dunno why i cant use this damn thing some turn out most go blurry and double focused and others go way too bright.. im disgusted by this as ive worked with pro tv industry equipment in the past and i cant use a dummy proof camera..im sure it must be faulty or something.

below, the buttons are coloured right and weathered, tho you cant tell cos the pic is bad.

how the cod used to look on my fist costume

 

[Darth Kahnt]

I agree, a new mannequin won't go astray.

 

[DB73]

Never really bothered before as it was never really meant for display but for wearing, however ill need to get one now.

Ive seen some in shop windows recently that are in the 6ft region and have the look of super hero stance and muscles ... i think ill try track down where to get one. the last time i was going to get one i found a shop suppliers and the prices were way too high, i asked if they had any damaged ones and the guy says oh yeah we got a male one with a female head lol. he still wanted one hell of alot for it so i declined.