Custom Made Darth Vader ROTS WIP

[JUSTINIAN 117]

I am making Darth Vader from the Revenge of the Sith. I am trying to make it as exact as possible, but on a very tight budget. I am going to be using Pepakura for a rough draft, and most likely scratch building everything. I will need a lot of help with critiquing everything, so that it comes out very close. Be very honest with how it looks, as I am not as familiar with some of the small details yet.

I already have the bodysuit done.

For a full description of how I made it go here:
Leather undersuit

I started the shins today. I am using pepakura as a rough draft, and I will most likely scratch build the shins. I wanted to be sure I have the right shape and size before I make a final product.
I started out with the printed paper.


I cut all the pieces out.


I used hot glue to assemble it all together.


I used some black spray paint to make the detail look better. Here is my first test fit.




Does this seem to look right. If it looks too wide, it is because I didn't trim the edge down yet, and I will do that after I do the fiberglass. I will be doing a lot of bondo and sanding, so this is just to get the basic shape right. I will do all of the correct fine details later.

Thanks for looking.

[KrovikanCorvinus]

Is looking pretty accurate to me. I shall be following this, curious as to how well a Vader works in pep lol

[JUSTINIAN 117]

Is looking pretty accurate to me. I shall be following this, curious as to how well a Vader works in pep lol

Thank you. So far the pep has been a pain, so I am not sure it is a good method for DV.



I finally finished the chest pep. It took forever. I think I have the size right. I know it is not the correct version, but i will make adjustments from here. I just needed something to build as a base. Let me know what you think.





Here is a shot of the inside, to show how many pieces were in it.


I am going to spray it with some black primer, so that it shows the detail better. I'll get pictures up later.

[BLACKULA727]

Wow, the pep work looks great. I will say, that's a lot of tabs and my fingers now hurt...lol. Keep up the great work Justin!

[JUSTINIAN 117]

Here are the pictures with the black primer.



I also got a great birthday present.




The last picture has a better position of the chest. Let me know what you think.

[Octorock]

Looks great, insane pepping skill though!

[AKDOV 4670]

Do you think pepakura or your method that you used for the mkV is better?
Also it doesn't look like it's possible to fit your head through that hole on the chest piece. How do you put it on?

[JUSTINIAN 117]

Looks great, insane pepping skill though!

Thanks, this was by far the most difficult pep I have ever done.

Do you think pepakura or your method that you used for the mkV is better?
Also it doesn't look like it's possible to fit your head through that hole on the chest piece. How do you put it on?

I am probably going to start with pepakura, but sand all of the detail off, and use my other method to do the rest. I cut a slit in the back to get my head through.

[JUSTINIAN 117]

I resined the outside.



Put 2 layers of fiberglass on the inside.


I cut all of the raised parts off, so that it would all be the same level.



Then used a belt sander to sand it reletively smooth.


Then a layer of rondo on the outside.



I hope to get it sanded in the next day or so.

Thanks for looking.

[dung0beetle]

It is better to bondo/rondo in sections so you don't lose details. At least in my experience it is the case. Good work though.