Finished costumes! warning pic heavy

[Big Andy]

 

[Daniel Anteron]

Awesome dude I'm liking the Vader. Point for you.

[digitalsithlord]

Very Nice!!  I Love the one the dark full face mask and red goggles.  That looks wicked as heck!!  I am giving you Dark Side points!

[Master Rel]

Great stuff I really appreciate the variety of costume options 

The Vader catches my eye a little bit off...I think it is the slight difference between the bottom of the helmet fin and the shoulders




Which can't be helped as the same person is not wearing the costume...but to avoid chicken neck or bobblehead perhaps consider (of tell me to get stuffed lol) a slight thin foam pad in the upper collar, just a 2"-3" by 10"-12"around the neck (back)...this subtle difference would clear that open zone when you are not looking slight up...

Just a thought...all costumes look really good...I would have to resist with all that I am to keep from tea dyeing the white outfit to get it a bit of hue character...uuuuhhh resist!  lol

[Big Andy]

Great stuff I really appreciate the variety of costume options 

The Vader catches my eye a little bit off...I think it is the slight difference between the bottom of the helmet fin and the shoulders




Which can't be helped as the same person is not wearing the costume...but to avoid chicken neck or bobblehead perhaps consider (of tell me to get stuffed lol) a slight thin foam pad in the upper collar, just a 2"-3" by 10"-12"around the neck (back)...this subtle difference would clear that open zone when you are not looking slight up...

Actually I was wearing a piece of foam pad on my head under the helmet when I don't were the foam the neck looks better but I can't turn my head because it sits inside of the fiberglass armor, so i tried lifting it up n out. I think I will wear it without the foam in the helmet from now on though, I'd rather not be able to turn my head then look like I noob.

Btw, thanks for the feed back everyone.

[Master Rel]

That would explain the high top on the photo.

But please, if you do not mind, my troubleshooter mind is churning...why (in detail with pics if possible) can you not turn your head?

I love fixing problems like that   

[Big Andy]

That would explain the high top on the photo.

But please, if you do not mind, my troubleshooter mind is churning...why (in detail with pics if possible) can you not turn your head?

I love fixing problems like that   

I have a very simple answer to that. The neck part of the helmet is the exact size of the armor and when you throw the cape into the mix it holds it in place quite tightly. However I watched ANH last night and Vader almost never turned his head to the side and when he did it was very slight turn, mostly Vader moves like all of the modern batman's (Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, Christian Bale) with the exception of the new Christian Bale cowl from dark knight in which he is able to turn his head. I was just trying to one up Un-ker George's, well he learned me. 

[Manroon]

It all looks great! I have 3 suggestions for your Vader though:

1) that last photo you can see your mouth through the vents, do you have or can you add some dark mesh in there?
2) your chest box.... I'm not sure, but I think it should be a couple inches lower. I remember it sitting below the shoulder armor in the movies, but in your pics your shoulder armor covers the top of the box and there's a big gap between the box and your belt I'm not sure should be there either.
3) this one is more of an eventual upgrade idea, but just throwing it out there anyways lol, if you wanna get super accurate (my mind works that way, but that's just me) Vader (in the OT anyways) wore a quilted body suit which was a little more tight fitting than yours, and I think it was also more of a vinyl type material but I could be wrong on that last bit. I also just remembered Vader has shin armor which you're missing, but because you have detailed looking boots that's not as noticeable. Actually, those two differences sort of give me a transition vader impression with your costume which is cool.

But again, your costumes are all epic as is. Major props to you for putting all the effort into a Vader! Those are supposed to be tough from what I hear. Pricey too. BTW, your Sith with the full head mask and goggles is awesome. Reminds me of that freaky mechano-cyborg guy from Hellboy. Great look for a Sith.

[Big Andy]

It all looks great! I have 3 suggestions for your Vader though:

1) that last photo you can see your mouth through the vents, do you have or can you add some dark mesh in there?
2) your chest box.... I'm not sure, but I think it should be a couple inches lower. I remember it sitting below the shoulder armor in the movies, but in your pics your shoulder armor covers the top of the box and there's a big gap between the box and your belt I'm not sure should be there either.
3) this one is more of an eventual upgrade idea, but just throwing it out there anyways lol, if you wanna get super accurate (my mind works that way, but that's just me) Vader (in the OT anyways) wore a quilted body suit which was a little more tight fitting than yours, and I think it was also more of a vinyl type material but I could be wrong on that last bit. I also just remembered Vader has shin armor which you're missing, but because you have detailed looking boots that's not as noticeable. Actually, those two differences sort of give me a transition vader impression with your costume which is cool.

But again, your costumes are all epic as is. Major props to you for putting all the effort into a Vader! Those are supposed to be tough from what I hear. Pricey too. BTW, your Sith with the full head mask and goggles is awesome. Reminds me of that freaky mechano-cyborg guy from Hellboy. Great look for a Sith.
 

Hey I appreciate the suggestions and yeah I am currently looking into different meshes to cover my mouth I noticed it right off the bat when posting these pics, so given some time and it will be taken care of. I also noticed the chestbox was off, I have already adjusted the straps to get it to sit where it is supposed to, that was my first time wearing the complete suit so I at that point hadn't made any "fitting" adjustments. I have looked into it and Vader's jumpsuit is quilted leather, I personally don't want to go down that path just because the suit is already way stinking hot and so Im going to stick with cloth because it breathes way better. I am debating on shin guards, like you say the boots I have are detailed and if you notice I use them for all 3 of my costumes. But Vader does technically have shin guards so I will probably invest in some later on down the road, can't afford to buy any right now it aint cheap to build/buy a Vader costume. And ur right about the guy from Hellboy he was my unofficial inspiration for the mask, when I was looking at changing my Asmodaeus costume and looking at different masks I decided that I wanted something that was semi human but took the humanity away from me. I started by getting a grievous mask and modding it and from there I looked at different villains on google images and came across the Hellboy dude, and the rest is history.

[Manroon]

Very nice. I understand about the body suit. My running fav as far as costume parts out of my own collection is my Rebel Flight Jacket, and believe me it's a trip to wear that sucker in 4th of July heat for Anime Expo. Especially if you get stuck outside in line. (all leather jacket lol) Have you thought about trying one of the Body Glove type suits like the Stormtrooper Uniforms use? That might get you the tighter look but perhaps breathe better than the leather, pleather, or vinyl would. And I wouldn't worry too much about the shin armor. Personally, I find a lot of the fun in a costume is getting the parts together. Probably why I keep starting new costumes before I finish the current ones. lol

[Big Andy]

I agree with you there putting a costume together is most of the fun. I don't know if I will get a jumpsuit specifically for my Vader because the one I'm using right now is shared with my Asmodaeus costume. That was kind of a small goal of mine. I wanted my sith costumes to be interchangeable with simply changing a few things because it makes traveling with multiple costumes much easier.