jcgardea
Active Member
Hi Larry, another really helpful community is thepropden.com, it has a dedicated Vader section. If you are not planning to join the 501st, I suggest posting here and in the den.
I do have to warn you, the 501st Sith Lord Detachment are more concerned with having “screen accurate” suits and since Vader is the most beloved character of the franchise they are quite strict with his approvals.
The prop den on the other hand is focused towards “prop accuracy” which means to have the suit be an exact replica as how the original props and suits were built. They both have a lot of reference information, I’d just say keep in mind what do you want your Vader for.
In the end you are the Lord of your own Obsessive-Vader-Disorder. So my best advice is for you is do a lot of research before doing anything, when you think you’re research is done, dig deeper and do it again.
One common advice on whatever forum is: “ditch the rubies”. Mainly because of the vynil suit is hot and sweaty as hell. Secondly, modifying it to be screen accurate, is basically redoing the whole thing and costs, time and effort ends up being about the same if you started building a screen accurate one in the first place.
But I do believe there’s an in between, not screen accurate but closer than the off the shelf rubies. As I said it all depends of your OVD...
Also, which Vader version are you planning to do? The closest to Rubies is A New Hope. They are different between all the movies, those subtleties really make Vader pop!
Good luck!
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