Luke Skywalker - ROTJ - repainted

This is the Sideshow Jedi Luke figure, from Return of the Jedi.

This was the first modern 1/6 figure that I bought (ignoring old crappy Hasbro figures from years ago), and unlike several figures which came out after this... I always loved it. I thought the sculpt was great, it looked to me just like Mark Hamil, and it made a great display figure on my shelf.

There were a few things I thought could have been better however. The arms were too long (which has been covered at great length on various forums), the fitting bodysuit showed off the bad shape of the Sideshow base body, especially around the hips. (large gaps between the joints meant that the fabric would fold inwards, to where there should not be a gap, ruining the illusion of a real person). Also the paint job on the eyes gave him a strange 'surprised' look (although not as bad as some people complained)... but I thought it could have been better.

I repainted the whole head, instantly bringing out the excellent sculpt. I also shortened the arms by cutting a section out of the forearms and glueing back together, and I used tissue, padded and taped to the body to pad out the parts I thought could use some help. All of this improved the figure a great deal for me, and it has been one I have always loved having on my shelf.

I intended to keep this until I got myself a good Darth Vader (like the one Sideshow is releasing soon) but later this week I'll be selling this figure on eBay, just like I did with my Legolas, Anakin, Obi-Wan and Aragorn figures, to help raise funds for my upcoming honeymoon.

Anyway, enough talk... here's a few photos. (I'll post here when the figure is up for auction)