1701spacecadet I've tried it, it doesn't work that well, the LED won't light the whole thing evenly and what parts do light up are pretty dim and it ends up looking stupid.
Yeah, can't see it working with a transparent blade... what you want is an extremely bright light source like a very powerful LED, or even a laser diode and a totally translucent blade... You could even get way with having a white plastic blade if you used a red laser diode, and it would be super bright.
Great looking custom! Here's a little tip for painting the base. When painting something red, do a black base coat and then paint the red over top of it. This makes the red really pop.
You know whats funny? Im not a big Star Wars fan, but i appreciate the time and effort you put into your models and props, so i still enjoy watching...
Every time I watch one of your custom collectables it think of that one part in toy story two when the guy was fixing woody and then I think if your toys were alive that they would probably love you lol.
great job as always Chris. I wouldn't worry about being absolutely accurate with details it's all about the fun of doing stuff like this and making something your own.
Man I can't say it enough your work is fantastic you make a some what cheap looking figure look like a couple hundred pound statue great great work man.
Love your action figure make overs. Just one tip if you ever do a Darth Vader again: the eyes in the helmet are actually a dark red, not black... just something you may want to do next time ;)
Nnnnnoooooooooo!!!!!!! I missed out on Etsy! I bought your two blaster customs and K-2SO custom; I was hoping for this too! Ah well, Next Custom makeover!
its funny you upload this im actually in the process of making the 31inch Darth Vader into the menacing evil Rogue one version with a light up lightsaber and a red LED background its go to be sick and this one is too I love it
I think that because he was already so damaged, it would have been cool to do a battle damaged Darth Vader, like he and the emperor duked it out and he was on his last legs.
Love your work, mate. You're one of my favorite people to follow on RUclips! Would love to see what you could do with the Jakks Pacific Boba Fett figure, just an idea to throw your way ;) Keep up the good work, cheers!
I'm Lord Vader fan but dude your work is awesome you made it look like his gone through a long and extensive battle maybe even you could make it be in a battle ground with his 501 and a few red guards
Hi Chris, great work as always. Have you heard of Blue Stuff? It is a reusable mold making substance. You heat it in hot water, pus your piece in and let it cool. when hard you can remove your piece. Then you just reheat the stuff in hot water for the next mold. it saves using all that silicon for such a small job.
If I could change one thing about this it would making the eyes red. The red lenses were incredibly noticable in Rogue One and A New Hope. But, in all fairness you did say you were going for the ROTS version.
Excellent as always! The only thing I didn't liked was you painted the helmet with gloss black spray. I think satin black spray was a better option. The base looks amazing. This video inspired me to customized my own Vader figure. Thanks for that :D
Puncake095 well I believe he uses that music because if he uses something that has a copywrite on it, then he won't get money, and it won't publish everywhere I know with some of my videos, they are my videos, but it is copywrite music so it only shows up in certain places
Nice work. Tho I'd have gone the whole hog and put an LED in the hand to light the blade up.
1701spacecadet I've tried it, it doesn't work that well, the LED won't light the whole thing evenly and what parts do light up are pretty dim and it ends up looking stupid.
Yeah, can't see it working with a transparent blade... what you want is an extremely bright light source like a very powerful LED, or even a laser diode and a totally translucent blade... You could even get way with having a white plastic blade if you used a red laser diode, and it would be super bright.
"Take all the limbs off lol". I see what you did there.
WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME?!?! i was thinking the exact same thing
What does that mean? WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME???
WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME?!?! Do you mean when Darth Vader chopped off Luke Skywalker's hand?
Brian Orozco No when Count Dooku sliced off Anakins arm then Obi Wan sliced off Anakins legs.
Fun Fact: The "real" Darth Vader comes apart just like that too :D
tsabito did you just...
Oh god
tsabito Too soon
He still does not have the high ground...
oof
Great looking custom! Here's a little tip for painting the base. When painting something red, do a black base coat and then paint the red over top of it. This makes the red really pop.
You know whats funny? Im not a big Star Wars fan, but i appreciate the time and effort you put into your models and props, so i still enjoy watching...
Every time I watch one of your custom collectables it think of that one part in toy story two when the guy was fixing woody and then I think if your toys were alive that they would probably love you lol.
SS K I don't know about this one, he chopped vaders arm off and reattached it 😂
Mitch true I wrote that before I saw that lol
Mitch Like when Father Vader chopped Luke Skywalker's hand off?
SSK NATION I would hate him, Im attached to a base 😂
The force is strong with this one!
amazing job with the lightsaber
Ernest Hemingway that's what she said
OMG I want to do one !!! Thanks for the inspiration hahaha !!! Super fan of your videos !! Amazing !!
i love that left hand in the classic villian postion .
I would've left the scuff marks as the original Vader helmet had the scuffs but you did an awesome job either way
Fun fact: the missing tusk is ‘movie authentic’. The Sideshow anh figure has the same deal, specifically to match the film.
It's insane the amount of effort you put in your videos. They always turn out awesome. You deserve WAY more subscribers.
the paint is strong with this one.
Fantastic. Thank you for this video. Exactly what I'm looking to do with mine, and some similar customisation on a couple of Stormtroopers.
I am personally in love with the rots vader look idk why i think it looks good and the kenobi vader two of my favs
I like how his hand is up like he's using the force to either move an object or force-choke someone.
these videos are why this is my favourite channel
This Channel is so underrated. He deserves a million subscribers, even more! He puts so much work and effort.
great job as always Chris. I wouldn't worry about being absolutely accurate with details it's all about the fun of doing stuff like this and making something your own.
That music will never get old.
definitely looks waay more menacing now. great work!
Man I can't say it enough your work is fantastic you make a some what cheap looking figure look like a couple hundred pound statue great great work man.
Wow you made it much better!! I want to do that to the 4 foot version I bought. Your video gave me some inspiration to try it.
I love your channel so much it's great to watch a true geek on RUclips ur awesome man keep it up
Vader is starting at his hand as if to say "Oh, shit. I dropped my cup again." Lol.
That Vader looks stunning!
Impressive! Most Impressive!
I love watching your videos Chris, it makes me want to work and improve all I have in my Collection!!!! Inspirational man!
fantastic job . and now I want to to try this . with a few years model building under my wings I fell confident enough to try /
Great job, I am currently working on the 48" Vader to electrify his saber, belt, and chest piece
Love the end what you did with your beard mustache thing :) very 1800's love it
Another great custom, Chris!!!!
Chris! You got mad skills.
I'm always impressed. Enjoy your time off.
Another awesome custom! Btw I bought a AT-ACT model kit, the other day. Used your shoe polish weathering technique, worked like a miracle!
Did you throw a little drive way dirt onto it too to complete the wheatherd look!
Fuck you
+Captain Maurice apparently someone doesnt get the joke....
vianjelos Unfortunately not haha 😂
AlphaMunky He said throw dirt on your model kit
His improvements is good. Although it can’t beat my high ground
Just picked up this Vader and love it! Nice job
Great job man. I'm a massive Vader fan and I can say you did him justice.
I love it! Can't wait for your future collectibles and cosplays!
your coloring is very good . they are very cool man . you make them look very realistic ......
Awesome! Been wanting to do this myself for a long while.
"Take all the limbs off"
Vader: Not this shit again!
Definitely one of my favorites you've done, great job.
Holy cow! Another outstanding custom, Keep up the great work.👍🏼
Very cool custom Vader!
A real great customization good job
Love your action figure make overs. Just one tip if you ever do a Darth Vader again: the eyes in the helmet are actually a dark red, not black... just something you may want to do next time ;)
Nnnnnoooooooooo!!!!!!!
I missed out on Etsy! I bought your two blaster customs and K-2SO custom; I was hoping for this too!
Ah well, Next Custom makeover!
The force is strong with this one.
you needed to put some led's up in that mug lol great job!
its funny you upload this im actually in the process of making the 31inch Darth Vader into the menacing evil Rogue one version with a light up lightsaber and a red LED background its go to be sick and this one is too I love it
youve come far... from just shoe polish, to casting and 3d printing.... hehe good jorrrbbb
Nicely done! (Am I the only one who gets Eve 6 songs stuck in their head after watching these videos?)
my favorite custom collectible yet
I think that because he was already so damaged, it would have been cool to do a battle damaged Darth Vader, like he and the emperor duked it out and he was on his last legs.
Love your work, mate. You're one of my favorite people to follow on RUclips! Would love to see what you could do with the Jakks Pacific Boba Fett figure, just an idea to throw your way ;)
Keep up the good work, cheers!
"A friend staying from the states." Is that a new euphemism?
Are you a new euphemism?
Looks awesome I really love the way the base looks.
You made this cheap Toy into a Masterpiece and worth alot more then it is, love the justice you do
This was a good one. You did a great job with Vader. The only thing I'd complain about is you not using Flight of the Valkyries for the reveal.
I love how u make a toy look better.
I'm Lord Vader fan but dude your work is awesome you made it look like his gone through a long and extensive battle maybe even you could make it be in a battle ground with his 501 and a few red guards
Hi Chris, great work as always. Have you heard of Blue Stuff? It is a reusable mold making substance. You heat it in hot water, pus your piece in and let it cool. when hard you can remove your piece. Then you just reheat the stuff in hot water for the next mold. it saves using all that silicon for such a small job.
When you were putting the parts together I reminded me as you are assembling a droid but I know darth Vader’s body is all a droid but not his head
A professional cow he is a cyborg not a droid
Looks fantastic! And good pacing on the video, interesting throughout.
excellent job Chris...
Since the teaser on instagram, I've been waiting on the edge of my seat for this!
love how Aussies say "figer"... great job!
And it looks amazing aswell keep up the work
2:16 shouldnt be too hard, just get the high ground on him
If I could change one thing about this it would making the eyes red. The red lenses were incredibly noticable in Rogue One and A New Hope. But, in all fairness you did say you were going for the ROTS version.
You could try to add red LED insight of his hand so that the lightsaber will glow
You have a talent for collectibles and cosplay.
Very cool upgrade.
Excellent as always! The only thing I didn't liked was you painted the helmet with gloss black spray. I think satin black spray was a better option. The base looks amazing. This video inspired me to customized my own Vader figure. Thanks for that :D
one word, dedication!!
Wow! You are awesome, looks like expensive art collection figure. Great job.
dude your customs are amazing
the music in these videos fucking does my head in
Puncake095 I love the music
Puncake095 well I believe he uses that music because if he uses something that has a copywrite on it, then he won't get money, and it won't publish everywhere I know with some of my videos, they are my videos, but it is copywrite music so it only shows up in certain places
Do the Hasbro millennium falcon
Vader's suits aren't always different. There are always little differences but they aren't noticeable.
READ Comics yep but the metal plate at the front, it changes per movie it isn't noticeable until you really pay attention to detail
I’ve just got the 30 inch version!!! I’m gonna customize it!
i would have added black ribbon for a trim on the cape, but just my opinion. Keep them coming!
New subscriber here. You'd make one HELL of a damn awesome Logan/Wolverine. :D
12:13 rip headphone users... anyway, nice work as usual chris!
Peatin_it thanks for the warning
The stand looks dope
Amazing custom
12:30 and that, in a nutshell, is why we keep building exploding death stars
great custom dude!
Not the first time poor Anakin has had limbs removed 😂
Excellent work
This is some cool stuff going on here.
Awsome as always!
wow, that was a lot of work just to replace that tusk. woulda thought sculpting a quick lil ball woulda done the trick.
finally it's here
I watched this already but I will watch it again since I am extremely forgetful
Tes vidéos sont vraiment bien Cosplay Chris ! J'aimerai bien avoir autant de talent !!
Been waiting for this one Chris. Great job!!!
For your next custom collectibles, you should make Dom Toretto's shotgun from Furious 7
Wait I have that exact same Darth Vader from Jakks Pacific just chilling on top of of my bookshelf ahahaha
vader was always my favorite star trek villain.
Star wars star trek whatever