Steampunk Darth Vader Mask

Posted by Alex in Arts & Crafts, Movies & SciFi, Pictures on April 7, 2008 at 8:48 pm


eBayer pogo*the*clown made this steampunk-tastic Vintage Darth Vader mask that was bought at Disney World:

I modified the helmet by carving out detail to make it look like brass plate and adding several tacks to simulate rivets. This process was tedious and took forever. I finished it off with a WWI style helmet spike, which is actually a ceiling fan pull chain and an antique paint job. The chest plate was made from a shadow box frame (8 inches tall x 6 inches wide x 3 inches deep) and a bunch of cannibalized clock, and other device parts. I wired a green LED to a switch in the back that runs on two AA batteries. The steam tank was made from a piece of PVC pipe with a vintage pressure valve inserted into it.

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10 comments to "Steampunk Darth Vader Mask"

  1. Ali S.
    April 7th, 2008 at 9:38 pm

    I find your lack in having coal and water for my steam heart to be disturbing!

  2. the robot child
    April 7th, 2008 at 11:03 pm

    It reminds me of the rocketeer. Long story short I WANT.

  3. otterly
    April 7th, 2008 at 11:16 pm

    This looks like the bastard gay love child of Vader and C3PO.

  4. SenorMysterioso
    April 8th, 2008 at 1:46 am

    glad he posted how he did it, seems rather easy to recreate

  5. Benny Lava
    April 8th, 2008 at 12:22 pm

    Hasn't this steampunk thing been done to death already? I thought the first hundred or so items were great... steampunk computers, steampunk cell phones, steampunk vibrators (okay, I think I made that last one up). But a steampunk Darth Vader? *yawn*

  6. empty-minded
    April 8th, 2008 at 12:53 pm

    I feel that Darth Vader would go for the carbon steel model instead of brass. It has a higher macho rating.

  7. liphttam1
    April 8th, 2008 at 1:34 pm

    c3vader! ha ha. c3p0 and darth vader

  8. CheeseDuck
    April 8th, 2008 at 2:45 pm

    Long, long ago.

  9. Thomas
    April 8th, 2008 at 4:29 pm

    Definitely like the head spike.

  10. Milla Valkeasuo
    April 17th, 2008 at 11:05 am

    What a neat idea.


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