Start of my ROTS Vader

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UPDATE: The hot water worked, to a degree. The arches need a bit of work to bring them even, and repair the crack that formed when it originally warped.

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UPDATE:

I was like a kid on christmas morning when I got home today. I got my shin armor, belt boxes w/ buckle, and chest box.

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slowly but surely i am getting everything

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A small update:

i finished cutting out the holes in the mask and filled in the imperfections that i could see. with the first coat of primer i found 2 small cracks in the mask which did not go all the way through ans some small pin holes, fixed all them last night and just put a second coat of primer today. now to wait for it to dry and see if i spot any more problems.

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Looking good so far! What more do you need to do to finish the costume off?

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Arcturus1020 wrote:Looking good so far! What more do you need to do to finish the costume off?
well i took it to get painted by a pro for $150 last night and i should get it back today, if not tomorrow. I am still waiting for the chest armor to arrive (I have no tracking number so i do not know where it is) & the jumpsuit/capes/cod/gloves are being made as we speak.

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UPDATE:

Got the bucket back from the shop (finally) and my spare chest armor came in (it needs some work but it will only be used until the fiberglass one i ordered comes in)

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I jut got the suit yesterday...I should be ready to submit pics next week for 501st approval!

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Shiny! :D
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Thanks Fleetfang!!

Its looking like Monday will be the day I send in pics!!!

I will definitively be having a "Thank God Its Done" party Monday evening.. :cheers:

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T-minus 20hrs and it will be done.

I'll post a few of the pics that I will be sending in for approval Monday night.

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Well a bit of a setback...

yesterday while correcting the flare on the right of the mask we had a "oh crap" moment when we heard a loud snap. its hard to explain in text, but i is very fixable and should be corrected by the end of the weekend so i can take my official photos sunday at the squad meeting. as a bit of a tease to everyone hear hear is a pic we got last night after the oops:

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there are only a few people in bloodfin that have seen this pics, i am doing that just to keep everyone on their toes in anticipation of me finishing the suit.

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looking good

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Well I finally can say I AM DONE!! I took pics this past Sunday when I was invited to the squad meeting, and I am waiting for the guy who took them to give me the cd with them on it so I can upload them to submit to the GML. I already am making a small change when it comes to the cape, hemming it up a bit.

Once I get the cd I will make sure a pic gets uploaded here for everyone to see.

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Well my pics are now submitted!!

If anyone wants to take a look here is the link: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v498/ ... er%20pics/

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M'lord!
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i cant celebrate until i get my number

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