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Figure Supplies
- - Vintage Darth Vader (body and lightsaber)
- - Pilgrim Traitor from the WING COMMANDER line (head)
- - Vintage Bib Fortuna (right hand)
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Supplies and Tools
- Paints:
-Grey
-Milky tan
-Pink
-Black
-White
-Red
- X-acto knife
- Sculpey
- (If you choose to hand-craft the lightsaber, use a carved round toothpick and a tiny rubberband. This is very tough and I wouldn't suggest it to my worst enemy.)
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Step 1
Cut off Vader's head and set it aside.
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Step 2
Sculpey on a pronged helmet base onto the neck
of Vader's body.
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Step 3
Cut off the bald figure's head at about the
mouth.
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Step 4
Attach the bald head onto the above base.
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Step 5
Cut off Vader's right hand, and replace with
Bib Fortuna's right hand.
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Step 6
Sculpey hideous scars onto the head. Use a
photo to do them correctly. What I did was rub on a
paper-thin layer of Sculpey and then poke it with
a needle to make a ripped-up agitated flesh look.
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Step 7
(Optional) If you have a lot more patience than
me, or are insane, you can hollow out the helmet and
attempt to fit it over the bald head.
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Step 8
Bake to harden the Sculpey.
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Step 9
Paint some brighter colors on Vader's chestpiece
and shoulder armor. Paint the skin milky tan, and
the scars pink. I drew sad little eyes with a fine
marker. Be sure to paint the pronged base so that
it looks like his head is sticking out of it.
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Step 10
Make a vintage-style cape out of the black
fabric and put it on him.
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Step 11
Put the lightsaber in his right hand and the
helmet at his feet, and there you have it!
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Tip provided by:
jdziak@adelphia.net Mark Dziak
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