Re: The Star Wars Prop Replica and High-End Collectibles Collecting Thread.
Okay so I never heard back from Vaderpainter, but I went ahead and modified the helmet myself.
I masked off the tusk sensors and eye lenses with masking tape and shot the entire face and neck (the dome is glossy enough as is) with two thin layers of high gloss clear coat, that alone brought the shine up considerably and then I waited until it dried and sanded it smooth and hit it with three more thin coats of high gloss and this did the trick.
The entire face and neck now shine very much like the dome although there is some differences in the texture but it's negligable enough.
Now, I want to do something crazy and i'm hoping you guys can give me advice on it.
After the holidays I want to concentrate on building a full size Vader statue using Rubie's Supreme costume and a mannaquin. Now, everything I need including the mannaquin is available on the web (in fact I was quite shocked at how cheap mannaquins are on ebay) but I want to make sure that I get the right size costume and mannaquin.
I don't want to buy an xtra large suit and find that it doesn't fit on the mannaquin. So, what size suit should I buy to fit a 6' + mannaquin? Any inaccuracies with the suit itself I can probably fix myself. Also, I would like to see if I can get the mannaquin to hold my Vader Force FX saber but all the mannaquins i've seen have their hands open and I need one that I can fasion into a fist to hold the saber (getting the glove on it will be a problem, though). I have no idea how i'm going to do that but i'll find a way.
The Supreme suit also come with a helmet, the same one I have presumably so that means i'll then have two.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Although I believe that the molds used for the supreme were taken from Hayden Christensen's lifecasts and not David's.
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It holds for a little awhile and then slowly begins to come off.
