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[nekkron99]

Okay, I'm a 1st timer, so I've got my flame retardant blanket ready...  

First off, I'd like to say that I am not the original artist of this "stencil."  I found it on the net at Hipster Star Wars Stencils.  I printed it out, and redid the outlines because it was pretty pixelated.  I then took that  printout to a sticker booth at the mall, and had them make a sticker for me (I was too lazy to cut it out of paper and outline it myself).  Stuck the sticker on the 360, and began to cut away with my brand spankin new rotary tool (dremel clone).  

I've never done anything like this before, but was so inspired by all the realy cool boxes on here that I had to give it a shot.  And who better to take me to the Dark Side than the Dark Lord of the Sith himself...Vader. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/muhaha.gif)

Here is the original source image:

(IMG:http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g16/nekkron99/Stencildarthside.jpg)

Now for the early (7+ hours of cutting actually) stages:

(IMG:http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g16/nekkron99/650e3ba7.jpg)

(IMG:http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g16/nekkron99/684cb1e2.jpg)

(IMG:http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g16/nekkron99/588f2d82.jpg)


Please let me know what you guys think.  I'll be uploading more pics in about an hour, since I've already done about 2-3 more hours of cutting since then.  Back to cutting up my hands   (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

p.s.
I hope no one has done this yet.  I've searched, pretty extensively in my opinion, in these forums and haven't seen anything with the Sith Lord.  Don't know why though...

This post has been edited by G0t M4xx 21: Sep 11 2006, 03:47 AM

[Larrimus]

I look forward to finished pictures of the cuts because as of now, you can't really make out any facial features...well, helmet features. The black stencil is kinda throwing me off too, will look better once it's removed and everything is sanded. Keep up the good work!

[liquid-core]

Its looking good. Look forward to seeing the window cut finished.

O'Malley

[dougMod]

it looks....ehhh  i dont know man i htink you should have left some of the places not cut and had them like air brushed

[SuDDeN]

DAMN....   You get 2 thumbs up (snaps) in Z formation  (an Old Living Color thing)    
For real... I can see it now..painted Gloss black - purple and blue LED's shinning through

Giving you my "O" face...........

Props
Keep up the good work, - Using files for the sanding, cleanup?
SuDDeN

[staildonut]

I think you should have gotten it airbrushed too

[nekkron99]

Thanks for the feedback guys.  As far as it being airbrushed instead, I didn't want to do that.  For 1, I've never picked up an airbrush, and I think the learning curve on that would have been much more frustrating and discouraging than this.  Secondly, I wanted to have a window, with a stenciled image over it.  I seen this stencil, and was like, "Strong in the force, that one is."  

For clean up I'm using that pink 'polisher?' dremel bit and an exacto knife.  I'm going to go and buy some sandpaper tomorrow...wait, it's the 4th of July tomorrow.  Okay, I'm going to buy some sandpaper on Wednesday.  

Here is my current progress.  Probably it for the night...though I can't make any promises.

Added Text to the top row.


This image is a bit blurry (no flash), but it's closer up.


Thanks for the feed back gentlemen.  Any suggestions on mounting the plexi or for paint or dye?

[V1GiLaNtE]

SIMPLY PIMPTACULAR     join the darkside.. only way to go  

[dougMod]

looks a lot better now

[nekkron99]

 Damn it, I just noticed I titled the thread WIC instead of WIP...um, I mean, WIC stands for Work In commencement???

[liquid-core]

Its looking alot better. Keep up the great work.

O'Malley

[henmill]

wasn't too sure about it at first, but now it looks friggin shweet!  imo, you shouldn't do the text
keep up the good work!

[Stratus]

Looks great so far, but yeah, DON'T do the text... or you can do it if you want

[taikwondoejoe]

The text is gonna look really strange unless you do it smaller because the top vent cuts off some of it.  The vader is really nice and clean

This post has been edited by taikwondoejoe: Jul 4 2006, 07:14 AM

[GSX]

When I first saw it, I thought "retarded this kid is" (had to squeeze some yoda lingo in there). But now, it looks amazing. I say get some airbrushed detail, to give Vader some depth. If you can't do it your self, then just pay somebody to do it(will be cheaper in the longrun). Great work.