In this section I will show you the main components of the Vader suit.

First up, my favourite and most important part of the Vader costume, the helmet.


This particular one (also seen in all pictures on this website of my Vader) is a Don Post Classic Action helmet. The factory helmet was dull, had flat lenses, black plastic mouth grills and horrible plastic tusks.

As you can see from the pictures, all those problems are no longer an issue. I had this particular one professionally painted in the correct colour scheme by a close friend, installed custom made curved lenses, had the correct steel mesh installed and of course replaced the plastic tusks with billet aluminum machined tusks.



Next, the chest armour. Custom made, and painted this fibre-glass piece is very impressive.
The shoulder bells attach to the chest armour with leather straps and aluminum straps. The aluminum straps simply give the wearer the choice of making the shoulder width wider if need be.

A superb custom paint job makes this piece look amazing.

The chest box was made from resin. It has 3 'coin slot' type lights and various switches and lights. The lights light up in a sequence, and make for a stunning effect. To
complete the chest box, I added an amplified speaker behind the circuitry for the lights. That runs down to an MP3 player with a looped breathing sound.

The box can be attached to the wearer with leather straps and accompanying steel buckles. They make for a secure and comfortable fit.