Beautiful work! Does the arrow plate need to be filed with a small angle on the back to get rid of this gap?
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Beautiful work! Does the arrow plate need to be filed with a small angle on the back to get rid of this gap?
yeah if you are going for authentic paint then it should have some drift over to the bottom of the emitter and also onto the larger ring at the bottom of the windvane proper
Agreed
zjunlimited
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I pulled this over from the MOM thread. Is this the drift mentioned above?
Beat me to it
Anakin Starkiller can we get an update on when the rest of the hilts will ship? Thanks.
No filing needed. Screw the control box (without the plastic "canoe") flush on to the hilt before you put on the arrow plate, then attach the arrow plate by lightly tightening the arrow plate screws. This will allow the arrow plate to slide up enough for a flush fit on the control box. Once it is flush you can slowly tighten the arrow plate screws, but the top will bow out slightly. The tension of the plastic canoe will pull the top of the arrow plate back into place.
Han Solo fan
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So this, then?
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They sure haven't been taking very good care of it.
I know that's not what you meant. I wish you luck with your experiment, and I hope you end up with something that you're happy with.
Pretty soon the hero is going to need some trooper Trent stencils to replicate it
I gotta say I’m a bit lost on this explanation?
Awesome video! Will there be more? The painting should be pretty darn straightforward, and I can't imagine any other tips or techniques which weren't covered in this first video. Or should I wait before painting and whatnot?
Thank you! 2 more videos, Starkiller gave me the instructions today’s the neck isn’t what you think..
There’s multiple stages with other paints, I’m in communication with him now, making sure I read the directions right. And waiting for amazon to deliver the paint
I personally wouldn’t rush anything and wait for starkiller’s instructions in the video
I’m throwing these projects in front of everything else to get them out as fast as possible. Hoping for complete hero Saturday night, and yuma next Saturday
There’s actually more work to be done to the yuma then hero.. paint wise
So, if we're planning to represent the prop as it sits today, is there a recommended way to give the hilt that whitish, dull finish you get with old aluminum? The hero doesnt look heavily weathered but the metal definately looks a little faded.
i personally am a big fan of Yellow can Easy Off oven cleaner. (Some folks also use bleach, or both).
I can show you some examples of another hilt I recently did this on if you like but trying to keep this focused on Anakin's hero.
Okay, then. I suppose I’ll just sand off the pommel hole’s ring in the meantime, since PrinceZip confirmed that it’s not on the actual hero. Probably just a chuck scratch, as BRRogers speculated. I also knocked back the machining marks between the pommel cubes. While I don’t doubt Anakin Starkiller’s assertion that they’re there, they’re not visible in photos, and so they stand out a bit much in person. I’m going slightly idealized, rather than replicating every nick, scratch, and (in the case of the tour photos) paint chips.
I beg to differ...
there is absolutely a ring there. BRRogers and I just happen to disagree that it is raised. We believe it to be a chuck slip which marred the surface.
if you have definitive evidence to prove otherwise I'd love to see it actually. Everything we have found suggests a chuck slip mark. It is definitely there but not raised in our opinion.
