Black Series Darth Vader reveal helmet coming...? Hasbrocon

Ok so dome it’s almost ready , I spend almost 3 days adding bondo , sanding measuring , the with of the flare of the original dome it’s ok , 30 cm, same as spfx dome , same as my gs return of the Jedi cast dome , the main problem it’s the dome probably the original was 4 to 5 cm smaller in al the dome dimentions , put I use allumunium foil paper to gave a base hot glue, and then lots of bondo , the dome on the back it’s 1 cm shorter 13 cm , opossed to spfx , and jedi dome 14 cm each , that’s the only area I am not modify, overall I compare and the dome it’s Now fine almost in proportion , the neck I make it larger using the spfx helmet as ference , then I discover several helmets were using in jedi, and proportions of neck vary in some of them , the reveal helmet indeed have a shortest neck , but not so short as hasbro , mine it’s larger probably fix that latter , anyway se attached images third one original Vader reveal , the others are from Mark Cfo jedi helmet I use the chin triangle to campare with neck distance I know there’s some angle distortion but neck should be shorter than chin triangle, mine it’s 2 cm wider , maybe I’ll fix that, when finish the dome , thanks 915FF60B-2F59-4BC8-B51B-B0E96AE6E4AE.jpeg1592C19A-FB4B-4BDC-81D6-F4DF0626202E.jpeg7CBE7F5C-4493-42DC-B145-68A50569722E.png89F90B6B-5BDE-47BE-B419-134B869429CF.png89F90B6B-5BDE-47BE-B419-134B869429CF.pngDDF6A2FF-5E6B-4866-8EA0-ADF60C252648.png
 
I am working with dome height and position , unscrew the internal support , add some wooden stick in the holes to gave more height, still not satisfied will shorten the distance 3B437863-CBAC-48D0-AF54-C11F6E5AFFD2.jpegE71C786F-B70B-4739-9DCA-D492643F65AA.jpegCB21C8EB-ED12-4605-ABFB-0B3C0A889909.jpeg
 
Hi everybody , after 4 days working on the dome finally I have something that’s feels ok, yesterday I mark with a marker where the crease line should go then I carved using a round file , after that I use bondo on the sides of the dome to fill any space to have an even surface besides that carved line , then use sandpaper to make line less deep , and add some primer to saw results , to copy the pattern of that line from both sides I use some soldering wire on top on and acurrate dome then use tape to put in on top of my dome and go tracing a line with a pen , still need to wet sand with sandpaper the hole dome and fill some details with bondo , thanks , the hardest part of these project definitely the dome , but I love the challenge , even do I have acurrate helmets efx limited, Cfo gs helmet, i stiil don’t regreat working on theese mods for the black series , next project after I done the display for theese helmet ,will be a rubies supreme helmet mod to make it loot better as close to acurrate as possible , I will make a tutorial with all the images for the black series mods , thanks BA2AF85F-4623-4DB0-824F-8E20B431B74B.jpeg1B9F666B-7574-48B0-AA79-FEC69972BFDC.jpeg647D3BE1-7AF1-4DF1-A93D-0A7D92D5F202.jpeg9D253FFC-2620-4ABF-8740-01374D25D6AA.jpegAC6EB963-7C8B-4699-8D74-15855C2BF439.jpegBF7019FA-373A-4F1F-A43A-91DC90A02608.jpegB8C4A3BF-65C2-4EC3-A7A6-A3455AFFABD1.jpegD3F14E6A-A062-4780-B29E-E01BDE7F445B.jpeg
 
Almost ready for paint, I was lazy and I did not want to create the inner border , but what a heck , already spend a lot of hours sanding , so one or two more days will not make a diference , so today I did more priming and sanding, I think will be ready for paint today , I know it’s no so accurate ,but at least for me it’s a lot of fun so thats the big deal about these lid ,thanks


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Short version, please (too lazy to read the thread):

Accurate or not?

Worth it, or not...?

For $100.00 it isn't bad. The main problems are: the neck and dome are both too short.

Personally, I don't care for the large 'soul patch' they went with.

If you can't afford the eFX PCR at around $300 (if you can find one), this is a good alternative for a display piece or a jumping off point for mods.

Check out this post to see how nice it looks with a better dome:

https://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=281350&page=26&p=4450107&viewfull=1#post4450107
 
Finished the mods and the display , ready to be on side to side with my efx limited and mi cast from original gs helmet , thanks 80670A64-94FE-4B34-9BC4-F4CD9E968B1F.jpegB6898DF6-D597-47F9-86DD-A0BD82A582D6.jpegF4D374A7-FC42-45A4-9E37-7E43F55A78E5.jpegD1F206D6-5168-4491-B6F0-94CA4644946F.jpeg1AE99679-97B9-4562-81F0-D32EE8F79D23.jpeg
 
TLDR:
Accurate, not really. 98% of people who see it in person will not understand the accuracy issues.

Worth it, YES



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I saw one in store a few weeks ago and it was an easy pass for me. Even the image on the box was ugly. It may be worth it to somebody who has the skill to modify it, but unfortunately I don't possess those skills.
 
I saw one in store a few weeks ago and it was an easy pass for me. Even the image on the box was ugly. It may be worth it to somebody who has the skill to modify it, but unfortunately I don't possess those skills.
Looks much better in person than what is on the box!

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