I just opened my Sith Lords set and I need help. Pics would be great. How the hell has everyone posed the Maul with that cape? Also, any suggestions on Palps hood withouu making it look like a Dunce cap or Clan hat?
Unfortunately Jim, I don't think there is a way to post Maul with the cloak on that doesn't make him look ridiculous. Every time I have him standing with it on, every Eric Cartman "I'M NOT FAT" line enters into my consciousness simultaneously. That cloak is just horrible, and it went straight into my "random accessories" box after I finished laughing at it.
Palpatine's hood, I've found, looks best when you pull as much material up through the garotte as you can without bunching the underarm material. Basically, I get it as loose as I can, put the garotte over it, reattach the head, and then pull the hood up. At that point, I kind of pull the material down around the edge of his head (where the hood would kind of "droop" to his shoulders in reality) so it bunches up a little, and then I pull the back down a bit more so it will be a more natural droop.
It doesn't look perfect, but the baggier it is, the better it looks, I've found. The trick is to fiddle with the back (where it makes the dunce point) more than the front and to kind of weigh the back down a bit (tucking it into the garotte works okay) so it won't stick straight up. Hope that helps!