Sideshow 501st Lifesize Bust

[Spankuh]

Has anyone seen one of these? The price seems high to me - $599 . . .

 

[CSMacLaren]

Wow, purdy! I like that a lot!

 

[CMANavy]

Nice. Price seems okay for a finished helmet and chest.

How long until it gets recast....

 

[Psammead]

That's pretty nice, not entirely accurate but it's good to see the neck ring. I'd hope it wouldn't be recast; you can do better with stuff already out there.

 

[Simmon M]

What are the chances that the production pieces have a paint job even remotely similar to the paint master?

 

[Spankuh]

That's going to be a tough paint job to duplicate well.

So if you built this on your own, what would the costs be?

HH

 

[Psammead]

I'd reckon all finished for about $400. Plus if you got something like an OSCS helmet it would have the accurate raised lip around the visor and a more accurate chin/vocoder area.

 

[Spankuh]

What would you use for the undersuit material?

 

[Psammead]

I'm actually looking in to that myself. There is a guy over at CTN who found some material that matches closely to what was seen BUT it's no longer available. If I find some though I'll let you know, it's got to be out there somewhere.

 

[Spankuh]

Cool - thanks!

HH

 

[DW Design Studios]

I think it look OK. The paint is nice but the chest appears kinda small for me. Here's some that I have build. The are all wearable costumes. The 501st version I no longer have, it was built for a friend. I got the neckseals from someone on clonetroopers.net
Darren

 

[rollerboi]

I'd charge $501. You know, just because. :lol