Before you begin:

• This is the ridiculous-looking short, slow, overweight Dignitary who comes off the Shuttle behind the Emperor in ROTJ. He deserves an action figure! Here goes:

Step 1

Remove Bib Fortuna's head.

Step 2

Shorten Bib's arms: On each of Bib's arms, slice twice with the knife to cut out the section covered with the bracelets. Then glue the detached hands to the arms.

Step 3

Shorten Bib's body: Saw Bib twice, once in the stomach and once in the crotch. Remove the cut-out section, and then glue the remaining two sections back together. We want a short, squat Dignitary, so use your best judgement. Don't worry if it's sloppy.

Step 4

Prepare the head: Remove whatever head you plan to use and cut off everything above the eyes.

Step 5

The hat: If you could find the part I mentioned above, fill it with Sculpey and glue it onto the top of the head. If not, just sculpt a long tapered cylinder, about an inch in length, on top of the head.

Step 6

Use Sculpey or clay to sculpt on the front of his robe. This will cover up any problems that occurred in the body-shortening, but unfortunately it will probably cover the leg joints and make the figure unable to move its legs. It doesn't bother me but you might want to figure out a way to prevent this.

Step 7

Bake if necessary to harden the Sculpey.

Step 8

Cut out a cape from the fabric and put it on him.

Step 9

Paint in those muted purple colors, with black hat and gloves, and greenish white skin. I used a fine marker to give him green eyes.

Step 10

There you have it!

Tip provided by:  jdziak@adelphia.net Mark Dziak