Product Description
Comes with: 3 part helmet, torso, arms, legs, belt, gun
You need: Hands, head, cape, light saber, hips
Inspired by the original concept art of Darth Vader by Ralph Mcquarrie.
Kit comes on a sprue, the sprue is very thin for easier cleanup so it might come off the sprue from shapeways! Shapeways is a 3D printing service and are manufacturing and shipping our design to you, the parts need to be finished and spray primered in gray to look like our pictures.
NOTES: The frosted extreme detail material is fragile! It is more fragile than injection molded plastic or casting resin so be very careful, these are prototype parts meant for us only but we wanted to share them. Should be handled by someone with customizing experience.
When you get the parts: remove them from sprue, do extra sanding or cutting so the fit is good, paint them if you want, and then put it together, do not do any test fits or the parts might break when you disassemble them! Not meant for pulling on and off continuously!
We do a warm soap bath and scrub with a toothbrush, if the parts feel oily definitely do this. We also put them in the sun or UV light for an hour to make sure they parts are fully cured.
These parts are easier to sand than the cheaper nylon material and have a better surface finish. Parts pictured are finished using 0000 Super Fine Steel Wool and wetsanding with 600 grit sandpaper. It is then sprayed with Tamiya Ultra Fine Gray Primer.
BE EXTRA CAREFUL, PANEL PIECES ARE SMALL AND FRAGILE.
Arms: very fragile posts, we recommend sanding the male posts or widening the female opening in the torso, do NOT do test fits and try to pop them off, they will break. Once the arms are pushed in they are locked so do all paitning you want to do before
Helmet: No sanding needed on inside. It is made up of very small parts so be very careful, the helmet is 3 pieces and is tension fit together, put the neck piece on, then the face, then the helmet part to lock it all in
Cape: Not included
Gun: Very small, has to be glued on, careful with it
Belt: has to be glued onto the hips
You need: Hands, head, cape, light saber, hips
Inspired by the original concept art of Darth Vader by Ralph Mcquarrie.
Kit comes on a sprue, the sprue is very thin for easier cleanup so it might come off the sprue from shapeways! Shapeways is a 3D printing service and are manufacturing and shipping our design to you, the parts need to be finished and spray primered in gray to look like our pictures.
NOTES: The frosted extreme detail material is fragile! It is more fragile than injection molded plastic or casting resin so be very careful, these are prototype parts meant for us only but we wanted to share them. Should be handled by someone with customizing experience.
When you get the parts: remove them from sprue, do extra sanding or cutting so the fit is good, paint them if you want, and then put it together, do not do any test fits or the parts might break when you disassemble them! Not meant for pulling on and off continuously!
We do a warm soap bath and scrub with a toothbrush, if the parts feel oily definitely do this. We also put them in the sun or UV light for an hour to make sure they parts are fully cured.
These parts are easier to sand than the cheaper nylon material and have a better surface finish. Parts pictured are finished using 0000 Super Fine Steel Wool and wetsanding with 600 grit sandpaper. It is then sprayed with Tamiya Ultra Fine Gray Primer.
BE EXTRA CAREFUL, PANEL PIECES ARE SMALL AND FRAGILE.
Arms: very fragile posts, we recommend sanding the male posts or widening the female opening in the torso, do NOT do test fits and try to pop them off, they will break. Once the arms are pushed in they are locked so do all paitning you want to do before
Helmet: No sanding needed on inside. It is made up of very small parts so be very careful, the helmet is 3 pieces and is tension fit together, put the neck piece on, then the face, then the helmet part to lock it all in
Cape: Not included
Gun: Very small, has to be glued on, careful with it
Belt: has to be glued onto the hips
