matty matt
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Roman you thief!! LOL!!
Show off your RE weathered Obi sabers!
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Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!!! :lol :lol :lol
Here's a pic of my personal sabers:
Here's a pic of my personal sabers:
DAMN. That is what I call shiny
Me want
Me want
DAMN. That is what I call shiny
Me want
They are usually in stock if you ever decide to pull the trigger : http://www.romanprops.com/kits
Oh, I have already decided... like back in LAST SUMMER!
:lolI have just lacked the proper funding for it
other replicas/stuff have gotten in the way. RIght now I am about to pay for my most expensive replica related thing, ever. But I will most certainly get back to you when I have some money for you It's a real beauty.
I don't want to hijack this thread but here are pics of my Obi saber. It does have Romans parts but I built it with parts from various people here n the rpf. The windvan, grenade, and clamp are from Roman. The emitter came from a saber I bought on Ebay. The booster was a Romans but bought from Peacefrog on here. The pommel it the modern handwheel and came from thd9791. Enjoy!
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matty matt
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I just can't stop messing around with this. Finally picked up some perma blue and thought I'd give it a try on the grenade.
After cleaning it up with a wire wheel. So shiny.
Perma blue applied and then oiled to stop the rust. I think I ended up applying the blue three times.
After cleaning it up with a wire wheel. So shiny.
Perma blue applied and then oiled to stop the rust. I think I ended up applying the blue three times.
I went ahead and finised up my box. I got some red velour and I think it finished it off well. I am very happy with it.
Now, I like this box idea very much. It looks awesome. I hope you don't mind if I borrow this idea too!
Thanks guys, no I have no clue what the box was originally used for. It seems to be maybe Persian or Indian. I was thinking it was for something like a ceremonial candle extinguisher or some other brass doodad. Really have no clue though.
matty matt
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The box does look awesome. A great find.
Here is mine. It is the basic, unfinished RE kit with a real graflex clamp (Thanks 3cell!) done up like the Chronicles/Mechanismo book shows. This is my second attempt at a Chron/Mech duplicate and I am much happier with the way this 'un came out
http://www.therpf.com/f79/chronicling-chronicle-mechanismo-obi-saber-build-225154/
And here are the DIFFERENT and color photos:
What did you do to beat up that balance pipe? It looks great.
Also, is there a "correct" or accurate position for the booster to be rotated to? In particular, where should the large hole be oriented?
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Yes, if you are looking at the butt of the pommel, the large booster hole will line up with the cube left of the d-ring cube.
This will also put the smaller vent holes in the correct position.
Okay, so I got my Obi this week and I absolutely LOVE it. Roman's work is impeccable. However, after reading through all of this and the other long Obi ANH thread over and over again for months, I decided I should try my hand at some additional weathering. This is really my first attempt at aging anything other than paper, but it looks okay so far. I did the ammonia thing to the stem and wind vane, I'll probably put it back in a little longer to get it a little darker. I added the tape to the clamp and used black and copper acrylic paint to add grime to it. I used aluminum black on the grenade and booster. The grenade looks pretty good but the booster is too light. I read in one of the threads that if you leave it on too long it will leave a white residue and won't be very dark, I think that's what happened, so I'll have to do it again. For right now though I think it looks pretty good. I'll probably let it sit for a few days and then see if I want to beat it up some more. I did a LITTLE hammering but I was kind of afraid to do too much.
Before:
And after:
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Okay, I redid the aluminum black two more times on the grenade and booster, also took some pictures in better light. I'm pretty happy with it now. Not sure what else I would really do to it at the moment.
Before:
And after:
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Okay, I redid the aluminum black two more times on the grenade and booster, also took some pictures in better light. I'm pretty happy with it now. Not sure what else I would really do to it at the moment.
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That looks fantastic!!! :cool
You used aluminum black on the steel? I've never tried that, but it looks like it worked pretty well. :thumbsup :thumbsup
You used aluminum black on the steel? I've never tried that, but it looks like it worked pretty well. :thumbsup :thumbsup
matty matt
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Looks great!! I love to see all these different weathering techniques.
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