Thursday, May 19, 2011

Darth Vader's Eyelids! ???


Well Here we are. The first Layer of Self-Etching Primer applied to the Mask and Helmet. As can be seen here the neck has been reconstructed and I am happy with its shape. The 'mouth' grill and Eyelids not so much yet...
 Here's the helmet with that first layer of primer. I'll be sanding the primer off the middle strip to add the mohawk back on, I'll also be shortening the helmet in back a BIT as i added a full inch to its length which is a bit much. Better too much than too little though after the work it took to do it.
 These next two photos, while showing the eyelids, are really about the 'cheekbone' I've added styrene plastic sheet to the cheekbone which i will fill with either resin or filler, maybe both. Resin will be better for the sharp edge, then filler to clean up any imperfections.. Anyhow i will 'fill in, this area with those materials and maintain the asymmetrical cheekbone shape. (they are different from right to left)
This shot shows the cheek from the side, I have to pour/stuff material in there to build up the cheek as it was too low on the Rubie's Supreme helmet this thing once was. The Styrene should come off pretty easy as i glued it onto paint, which always seems to come off when you DON'T want it to.


BELOW, Are my amber Lenses, coated thoroughly in masking tape to protect them from the procedures I'm going to perform...

FRONT VIEW
 
Here we have the results of careful positioning of the lenses, cutting pieces of styrene, and gluing them into the 'eyelid' area. Some vader experts hopefully will give me an opinion on how i did here and anything that needs changing before I SOLIDIFY this with filler/putty and resin. I may even use a bit of fiberglass for structural integrity.
View from Below

Heres the same thing from below.

Viewed from Above

Viewed from above showing the lower eyelids and position of lenses inside the eye sockets.
Side 1

Viewed from the side. Does this sit in there ok??
Side 2

How's this one look?


And thats pretty much the extent of this post. Its mainly to get FEEDBACK from those in the know. Are the eyes in the proper places to start building up the surfaces around them or do i need to make some adjustments??

1 comment:

  1. I'm having trouble making the lenses, or getting them. What did you for lenses?

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