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Limited Run Clan Saber Craft #1: Mace-Fisto-Koth-Gallia-Gun Di
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audiovideofreak
New Member
Interested in the
Koth-Gallia-Gun Di
please. Thank you.
Please use this link for the Preorder or contact me via PM if you would like to use paypal. The preorder (50%) will be open until the hilts are completed.
Hello Everyone.
So after looking closely to the purple rivets I found that they had a flat spot on the top... This bothered me like crazy. So I went back and looked for other options and found that I had selected the wrong head type. I picked mushroom head but I shoud have picked a round or snap head. I went back and ordered more cause I just dont like these. You know that thing that not every one will notice but you know its there and the OCD kicks in?
Well the new rivets arrived, and what it seemed like i solved one problem... It actually solved 3. I was smart enough (this time) to pick several sizes just in case and when i opened the box I saw something magical.
There were 2 different tones of purple/violet and this is something that I had wondered why the original prop had 2 tones of purple.
The final problem solved is that the head diameter on these, is slightly smaller than the mushroom; which to me it was making me wonder if i needed to increase the size of the knob or not... turns out thast these are the perfect size.
So yes I am super happy, which means you will get the screen accurate rivets on the Eeth Koth /Gallia hilt.
Note that this is still the 3d printed hilt. The prototypes are not done yet. One more week to go. Also note that the bottom rivet for some reason in camera and screen looks more blue than it really is. In person that blue changes between purple and blue hues. You can see in the bag how they change in tone more purple than blue
I can confidently say that these rivets are the same type, head and body diameter as well as anodizing colors used on the prequel hilt.
So after looking closely to the purple rivets I found that they had a flat spot on the top... This bothered me like crazy. So I went back and looked for other options and found that I had selected the wrong head type. I picked mushroom head but I shoud have picked a round or snap head. I went back and ordered more cause I just dont like these. You know that thing that not every one will notice but you know its there and the OCD kicks in?
Well the new rivets arrived, and what it seemed like i solved one problem... It actually solved 3. I was smart enough (this time) to pick several sizes just in case and when i opened the box I saw something magical.
There were 2 different tones of purple/violet and this is something that I had wondered why the original prop had 2 tones of purple.
The final problem solved is that the head diameter on these, is slightly smaller than the mushroom; which to me it was making me wonder if i needed to increase the size of the knob or not... turns out thast these are the perfect size.
So yes I am super happy, which means you will get the screen accurate rivets on the Eeth Koth /Gallia hilt.
Note that this is still the 3d printed hilt. The prototypes are not done yet. One more week to go. Also note that the bottom rivet for some reason in camera and screen looks more blue than it really is. In person that blue changes between purple and blue hues. You can see in the bag how they change in tone more purple than blue
I can confidently say that these rivets are the same type, head and body diameter as well as anodizing colors used on the prequel hilt.
kamakazykid
Active Member
Interested in version 1 or version 4
Hi thats a very good question. The Cin Drallig is something that Im still figuring out the approach. There is essentially 4 saber designs: Stunt (Nick Gillards), The Lightsabers collection book design 1 (Cin Drallig artwork) and 2( 3d rendered hilt) & the clonewars version (not really seen well).
Stunt
Book 1
Book 2
Clonewars
Im probably going to make 2, the Stunt and the Book 1 version but probably using the shaak ti body, and fisto parts in brass.
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FLS89
Active Member
Just something I noticed is that the grip section (second picture posted here) on these samples appear to only have 7 grooves compared with the 3d printed model and original prop that have 8 grooves.
Am I miscounting or something? Your 3d printed model was correct, but unless I'm missing something, these appear to have only 7 grooves.
Apologies if I'm not seeing it correctly.
They forgot to add the clocking ring to the assembly, the clocking ring is the 8th groove. The clocking rings are on the third pic. The purpose of them is to properly align the rivet section with the top section buttons.
don't worry those parts still need features to be added, but to your question it was just assembled incorrectly.
No problem. Please ask any more questions you might have.
The design is a little bit more complex because of the extra feature of swapable parts. I wanted to have that flexibility for the DIY'rs without affecting accuracy.
Have any pics of those wooden versions you did? Love to see them. I didn't have any skills nor tools when i was a kid so I resorted to broom sticks with masking and electrical tap as a handle.
FLS89
Active Member
I don't have any pictures at the moment but I probably can take some next time I'm at my parents house. My dad still has the lathe and a bunch of the fisto hilts that I used to make. I used to make the Fisto and Mundi hilts the most because they were the most doable on a small wood lathe. Everything else needed more complex tools.
Sorry to go back to thus, but doesn't thus have a longer neck/grip section than shaak ti version? Above control box/greeblies
No worries, but let's talk about this on the Cin Drallig Thread: Here
since they will be different projects.
