NEVER BEFORE SEEN Vader Helmet!!! (pic heavy)

Vadermonkey · **Joined:** Jan 13 2026 00:28:15 **Posts:** 689

Hello everyone!

Well, I have been wanting to do this project for several years now and know of several others that have thought about it but to my knowledge no one has ever actually started/finished one.

After recently aquiring a Mark Hamill life cast that I was allowed to mold, I made it into a full head with eyes open and decided to go for it. I was granted the use of a Vader helmet and here is the result.

I did take an artistic license on the left eye as in the film it is engulfed in smoke. I know the LFL dummy head has both eyes but I thought this would be cooler. My full head mold has both eyes in tact so the mod was done to this casting only. The head is foam rubber and I am still tweaking this one as the eyebrows need work, coloring above the right eye and the lashes need to be thicker...things like that.

I couldn't decide on pics so I just posted all of them. Hope you enjoy!

JoeR · **Joined:** Jan 13 2026 00:28:15 **Posts:** 502

Wow. Amazing, I love seeing projects like this. Glad the face cast was put to good use.

Joe

Vadermonkey · **Joined:** Jan 13 2026 00:28:15 **Posts:** 689

And a big thanks for supplying it! :thumbsup

SithLord · **Joined:** Jan 13 2026 00:28:15 **Posts:** 3136

Very cool Mike....looks fresh out of Dagoba....never saw a project like that before...eerie resemblance...

Lambotour · **Joined:** Jan 13 2026 00:28:15 **Posts:** 1239

Very cool Mike. Great idea and it looks like the real deal. :thumbsup

gonk27 · **Posted:** Jan 13 2026 00:28:15

Looks amazing Mike! love the pale eye too!

CSMacLaren · **Posted:** Jan 13 2026 00:28:15

OutSTANDING! :thumbsup

It looks like you picked it up off the set when Kirsch wasn't looking! :toothy

Darthvaderv · **Joined:** Jan 13 2026 00:28:15 **Posts:** 2871

Very cool Mike..... :thumbsup

Fatherless One · **Posted:** Jan 13 2026 00:28:15

WOW!!!

Corbadda · **Posted:** Jan 13 2026 00:28:15

That’s a really great use of the Mark Hamill life cast!

What a cool idea! You did an excellent job! :thumbsup

T-VIRUS · **Posted:** Jan 13 2026 00:28:15

Awesome Mike. Thats fantastic looking. :ac10

Dark Lord · **Posted:** Jan 13 2026 00:28:15

Man that's creepy. Nice job bro :salut

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Darth Niob · **Posted:** Jan 13 2026 00:28:15

Looks great Mike :thumbsup

Gypsyboy · **Joined:** Jan 13 2026 00:28:15 **Posts:** 62

I've considered from time to time making one of these, but never had a place I felt I could display it properly. You beat me to it, and did an awesome job too.

Over at the STT I've had people ask about the size of the helmet (mainly newbs) compared with something like a DP Standard. I would always say, "go watch ESB again and pause it at the point where you see Luke's face peering at you from the blown up Vader mask in the cave... compare the size of Luke's face with the size of the helmet". A good number of times after that I would get a reply back with something like:

:eek

I see what you mean!!!

CGClone · **Joined:** Jan 13 2026 00:28:15 **Posts:** 200

Thats awesome, nice to see something fresh and pulled off very well. Well done and thanks for sharing!