Custom Made Darth Vader ROTS WIP

[JUSTINIAN 117]

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.

I actually already cut all of the detail off. It was not the correct version, so I am sanding it all smooth, and then adding the correct detail later. It was also going to be much easier to sand this way.

I started to sand yesterday, and will hopefully have this thing done by the end of next week. Stay tuned for more.

[H1rg0n]

Good start so far...

Usually the term exact Vader and tight budget (or cheap) do not go hand in hand. I am 3 years and way too much money into mine and i am still not finished. However if you need any advice on vader details please let me know and i will help out the best i can....been looking very hard at all 4 versions of vader for the last 3 years.

[JUSTINIAN 117]

Good start so far...

Usually the term exact Vader and tight budget (or cheap) do not go hand in hand. I am 3 years and way too much money into mine and i am still not finished. However if you need any advice on vader details please let me know and i will help out the best i can....been looking very hard at all 4 versions of vader for the last 3 years.

Cool. If you see anything that does not look right, please point it out to me right away. I have been doing a lot of studying, but I am still kind of new to Darth Vader 101.

[JUSTINIAN 117]

After a long time of sanding I did a quick coat of primer and another quick coat of bondo. Then sanded again.



It came out pretty well, so I did another coat of primer and filled in some of the larger gaps with bondo. I hope to pretty much finish sanding it tomorrow.

[JUSTINIAN 117]

Well I pretty much got it all sanded smooth.



I will go back and look at it tomorrow, and also start working on the raised detail.

Thanks for looking.

[Hyperballistik]

Looks great so far but how do you plan to get your head thru the neck hole

[JUSTINIAN 117]

Looks great so far but how do you plan to get your head thru the neck hole

Most of the time the back part is cut out, so that it is left open. I have not decided weather I will do it that way or put it on some sort of hing, so that it will keep it's shape.

[vshore100]

It's coming along nicely Justin.

[JUSTINIAN 117]

I made some templates of the raised detail on the computer and I think I am pretty pleased with them. This is just paper, so if I need to tweak it more I can.



Let me know what you think.

[thorn696]

Looks great, you have another wonderful build going.