vader costumes

[pieman888]

ive been loooking through the vader costumes and some people have said they have got theirs for under $150! where have you got them? i know its probobly ebay but is it from an ebay store or something of have you made your own i would like to invest in one for under 300 bucks

[supertrogdor]

The epic thread a few lines down titled the brotherhood of the sith darth vader costume would provide you with some good reading material... And if you are looking at a good movie accurate costume you can figure to multiply your original estimate by 5-10 or maybe more...We have quite a few guys here that have some excellent vader costumes... Lots of skill, time and money invested and it shows.

[Wolverine]

This REALLY Belongs in the Vader Costume Thread!

http://www.thecustomsabershop.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=285&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=


You can read in depth there, Lan-Ed-Tul, Tetmatek, Seth22, and me, on building a better Vader.




You cannot get a "Nice" Vader costume for $300.00 or under, the best you can do with that much cash is the Rubies Deluxe Darth Vader costume, and that is a piece of crap,

http://images.etoys.com/g/product/771/771286/771286_1001_LP.jpg





The Rubies Supreme Darth Vader Costume ain't bad, but it's still cheap crap. Here's mine, when I first got it -Out of the box


http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k49/Darth_Raizzar/Rubies%20Suit/VADER02.jpg


http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k49/Darth_Raizzar/Rubies%20Suit/VADER07.jpg


http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k49/Darth_Raizzar/Rubies%20Suit/VADER09.jpg



That's what I started with, and this is what I have now -



http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k49/Darth_Raizzar/501st/MSI%202/MSI234.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k49/Darth_Raizzar/501st/MSI/MSI-OpeningDay14.jpg


That's after a couple thousand dollars in upgrades, and THAT, is what I call nice, but that's all in each person's point of view, what ever your aiming for, there's some options. :wink:
My Honest opinion, If your not looking to be 501st, then the Rubies Supreme is a great costume. :wink:




If you want to watch a movie with a guy showing off his Rubies Supreme Vader = -CLICK HERE -RUBIES SUPREME VADER (http://starwars.yahoo.com/videos/darth-vader-supreme-r-stung-von-rubies?ue_dpoa=2207a282427f16ffbc23aa8c27092971&ue_dpoat=videos&ue_dpat=videos&ue_dpam=soft&ue_dpln=MY+BROTHER%2CTHE+STORMTROOPER)



BTW -Thanks supertrogdor

[LAN-ED-TUL]

yep, 550 buck supreme a month after i got it, with only a few mods done:
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c291/LAN-ED-TUL/P1010122.jpg
then the following year, after more things done:
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c291/LAN-ED-TUL/P1010571-1.jpg

a bit later after even more things done:
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c291/LAN-ED-TUL/P1010626ff.jpg that was last november.


and now, after just bout all changes made:
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c291/LAN-ED-TUL/IMG_0132.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c291/LAN-ED-TUL/trek%20expo%202007%20pics/IMG_0268.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c291/LAN-ED-TUL/trek%20expo%202007%20pics/IMG_0247.jpg[/img]

[Wolverine]

Great shots of the graduation of your costume to it's current Greatness LAN! :wink:

[LAN-ED-TUL]

thanks bro! i thought those would aid in decisions for any aspiring new vader.

[seth22]

Here is my first attempt, everything but the cheapy helmet was made by me.

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/setha22/vader1Halloweenpics016.jpg

Here is my costume now. not super great, but nobodys perfect. i still have adjustments to make but its still pretty cool.
[/img]http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/setha22/11111-07-07053.jpg
[img]http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/setha22/11-1-07010.jpg