What’s Going On With The V2 Nipple?

[Captain Dunsel]

This has likely been discussed, before, buried in a thread somewhere, but this particular shot of the V2…

...just what is going on here? It looks like either an uneven cut of the nipple or large chips in the surface?

Of course, in most shots, and in the famous “Pop Culture Quest” video; the nipple is flat and smooth with no chips or jagged edges.

BTW, in this shot, the emitter is at almost the exact same rotation as it was when sitting on the Emperor’s chair.

So, what is going on in the shot on Harold Q Palpatine’s armrest?

 

[Mara Jade's Father]

I think the lighting and resolution is playing tricks on your eye. At that angle, that part of the nipple is catching a lot of light and mixed with the low resolution, it is hiding the edge of the nipple and blending it so it looks like your chip. I think if I stare at it, I can just make out the almost hidden edge.

 

[Captain Dunsel]

I think the lighting and resolution is playing tricks on your eye. At that angle, that part of the nipple is catching a lot of light and mixed with the low resolution, it is hiding the edge of the nipple and blending it so it looks like your chip. I think if I stare at it, I can just make out the almost hidden edge.

I think you could be right. I’ll have to blow this scene up in 4K and squint at it…

 

[Poikilotherm]

These are screenshots from 4K 83.

 

[Captain Dunsel]

OK, so no one else is seeing two chips in the metal, here, (of the kind a blade might make while hacking the spinning blade shaft off?) but me and “My Lyin’ Eyes”, correct?

I just want to be certain I’m not missing some detail that I hadn’t captured before as I’m working on a V2 emitter, as we speak.

Thanks for the input, all!

 

[Anakin Starkiller]

I wonder if at some point there was more black overspray on the nipple that got scrapped off

 

[Captain Dunsel]

I think that photo deceives our eyes.

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These are screenshots from 4K 83.

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I am still seeing chips in the metal of the nipple, in the same places, here…

Is my mind playing tricks on me??

 

[Captain Dunsel]

OK. I’m going to skip considering this issue / detail until we have better reference.

 

[Poikilotherm]

Is my mind playing tricks on me??

Sorry! I see it now!

 

[Poikilotherm]

thd9791 Is there any research or explanation for the scarring at the V2 nipple?

 

[Captain Dunsel]

I wonder if at some point there was more black overspray on the nipple that got scrapped off

OK, I think Starkiller is correct.

It looks like simple paint loss, and not a chip in the metal, here:

 

[thd9791]

I have been summoned. Let me go through my reference and I’ll report back.

It’s my assumption that the nipple and emitter are locked together and it has been possibly removed from the shaft in the interim explaining the tang chip moving around.

I’ll report back - I am loving these screenshots. Y’all got any more 4k lightsaber shots with blades? Message me lol

 

[PoopaPapaPalps]

I'll say it: scuff and dented nip. This thing's been through the wringer. Why not?

 

[chazzychaz]

I concure there are chips. mmm mmm chips. sorry I digress. When I had star killers V2 I dented up the emitter and nipple.

 

[cwoodreplicas]

If they simply sawed off the blade, could that be a mark from where the saw slipped?

 

[thd9791]

I wasn't able to find any other shots showing that big of a piece missing from the nipple.

I will say I think a section of it is slightly dented, but that's about it. upper right side of the nipple in this picture

(you can also see the grub screws pinching the nipple around 2 and 8 O'clock

 

[GreyGuard38]

This looks like the stunt saber that's been tossed and dropped a few too many times.

Okay, be honest, how many guys here clicked on this thread as soon as they saw "nipple?"