This happened...
I took the dive and laid into the already awesome eFX ANH Vader (PCR ver), and gave it a complete repaint-over from top to bottom, in screen accurate ANH spec.
Following all the best resources from here and the Sithlords forum and the actual 4Ks of the film ( which was almost all I needed...they're amazing!), I was able to produce what I feel is the best, accurate ANH Vader I think I'll ever own for the $ ( got the piece new online for under $300) and my elbow grease.
Hope you enjoy a quick succession of pics, but it gets it across.
These first groups are starting with how it looked as/is, then a few shots of the first steps I took on it.
Yes, first things first...remove the lenses from the 4 screws holding them in.... proceed.
All painting from here out done by hand with Tamiya acrylics, purposefully heavy on the brushstrokes, and purposefully not being perfect in the application, as the on screen images on the 4Ks clearly show ( the helmet is a mess, actually ).
I started with the black details ( Tamiya Semi Gloss black ) and a 1/4in brush, then added the basic layer of gunmetal over the entire mask.
Then added the physical damages on the mouth guards to match that on-screen.
Next reply in the thread is the jump from this, to the finished product, since I was too engrossed in doing it, than filming it.
I took the dive and laid into the already awesome eFX ANH Vader (PCR ver), and gave it a complete repaint-over from top to bottom, in screen accurate ANH spec.
Following all the best resources from here and the Sithlords forum and the actual 4Ks of the film ( which was almost all I needed...they're amazing!), I was able to produce what I feel is the best, accurate ANH Vader I think I'll ever own for the $ ( got the piece new online for under $300) and my elbow grease.
Hope you enjoy a quick succession of pics, but it gets it across.
These first groups are starting with how it looked as/is, then a few shots of the first steps I took on it.
Yes, first things first...remove the lenses from the 4 screws holding them in.... proceed.
All painting from here out done by hand with Tamiya acrylics, purposefully heavy on the brushstrokes, and purposefully not being perfect in the application, as the on screen images on the 4Ks clearly show ( the helmet is a mess, actually ).
I started with the black details ( Tamiya Semi Gloss black ) and a 1/4in brush, then added the basic layer of gunmetal over the entire mask.
Then added the physical damages on the mouth guards to match that on-screen.
Next reply in the thread is the jump from this, to the finished product, since I was too engrossed in doing it, than filming it.
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