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Limited Run DaveP's Obi Static Parts Run 2022/23 (Sign-Up Closed)
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You’ll have to check the junkyard and Facebook groups- sometimes finished hilts go up pretty soon after.
(Not saying anything about the quality- sometimes people like turning a profit quickly after a run has closed - or may otherwise feel that the timing wasn’t right for them… etc)
Good luck- I know a lot of people are hoping to find one after the fact
(Not saying anything about the quality- sometimes people like turning a profit quickly after a run has closed - or may otherwise feel that the timing wasn’t right for them… etc)
Good luck- I know a lot of people are hoping to find one after the fact
**UPDATE**
Hi everyone.
I hope you're all well. I just wanted to drop another update with the current status of the run...
You may have seen that some of the parts have begun arriving with their new owners! It's such a relief to finally be able to start getting these out to everyone!
The orders that have gone are the smaller, individual parts orders that are not still waiting on the clamp parts and the injection moulded handwheel parts.
I'm still very busy preparing un-weathered hilts and expect to have these ready to go in time for the remaining parts arriving.
The status of these parts are as follows:
The injection moulded handwheel parts are now in full production. Following the arrival of the T1 samples, I requested an additional process to be applied prior to plating. The first set of samples had some tooling marks from the ejector pins that I've requested be removed from the final parts before the chrome is applied. There was an additional fee for this, but I felt that it was well worth paying to get them perfect. These are now in full production and I expect them to be completed soon.
The plating of the metal part for the handwheel will be complete next week! This coincides perfectly with the arrival of the remaining clamp parts. I am expecting these to arrive early next week. So I'll be heading over to the finishers at some point next week to pick up the handweel shoulders, and to drop off the clamps for plating.
With a bit of luck, the Handwheel parts will arrive while the clamps are being plated and I can get them all assembled.
I'm looking forward to sharing how these two remaining parts have turned out.
In the mean time, I'm happy to say that un-weathered grenades are all finished, and I'm in the process of getting the boosters and spacers blackened and ready to go too.
For those waiting on commissions, I have actually made a start already! There are certain things that I can do alongside the un-weathered orders, so I am making preparations for what is going to be a very busy few weeks!
These preparations include the cleaning up/deburring of parts, thinning and stamping of wind vane rings. Pre-rusting of steel parts, etc.
My first, early weathering test, was a bit of a cheat, as I wanted to get a fully assembled and weathered hilt put together as quickly as possible.
Since then, I have had the time to complete a weathered grenade using the methods I'll be applying to the final commissions. This involves the building up of real rust. The blacking solution is then applied in a controlled manner to match the references as closely as is possible.
Here it can be seen with both the un-weathered/blackened grenade and one that is still machine finish:
My previous test was far too heavy on the highlights too. I've held back on these for this latest test and the results are much more natural looking and more in keeping with the original prop.
As requested, I've taken my latest build and produced some comparison shots. I've done my best to match the angle and field of view used to photograph the original.
I've found that these were taken with a telephoto lens however, which makes it tricky. My phone has a great camera (and zoom), but photographing from a distance does have an impact on the final resolution of the images. That said, I've done my best, and the results aren't too bad:
For the Emitter view, I took the liberty of adding the kink in the middle in photoshop!
These are by no means perfect. More could have been done to match the lighting, and the FOV is still a little off. I'm sure that someone could do a better job using a DSLR/Tripod. I hope you like them though.
I also took these beauty shots from a little closer:
The stand was kindly provided by Shaun at SP Sabers. Thanks Shaun!
I do have a couple of designs of my own planned for a later date, but it's hard to say when those will be available with so much going on.
Now that orders have begun to ship, I thought I should probably re-post the interest list with order status, so that you can see where your order is up to. I'll update the original post with this list and will do my best to keep it updated going forward.
The list order is based on the original sign up list, except for where people have specifically asked to be moved in to batch two
**Please do bare in mind that work is being done across all three batches of commissions.**
Un-weathered orders are very nearly ready to go and are basically awaiting the last couple of parts, so work has now officially begun on weathering commissions
PARTIAL ORDERS (No Clamp/Handwheel):
UN-WEATHERED ORDERS:
WEATHERING COMMISSIONS - BATCH ONE:
WEATHERING COMMISSIONS - BATCH TWO:
WEATHERING COMMISSIONS - BATCH THREE
I'll get these added to the top post for your reference, and will update the status of each order as anything changes.
Signing off again for now. I do tend to drop off the radar when I have lot of work to get through, but please rest assured that I'll be busy working on getting these out to everyone as soon as possible.
Thanks again everyone!
All the best, and MTFBWY!
Dave
Hi everyone.
I hope you're all well. I just wanted to drop another update with the current status of the run...
You may have seen that some of the parts have begun arriving with their new owners! It's such a relief to finally be able to start getting these out to everyone!
The orders that have gone are the smaller, individual parts orders that are not still waiting on the clamp parts and the injection moulded handwheel parts.
I'm still very busy preparing un-weathered hilts and expect to have these ready to go in time for the remaining parts arriving.
The status of these parts are as follows:
The injection moulded handwheel parts are now in full production. Following the arrival of the T1 samples, I requested an additional process to be applied prior to plating. The first set of samples had some tooling marks from the ejector pins that I've requested be removed from the final parts before the chrome is applied. There was an additional fee for this, but I felt that it was well worth paying to get them perfect. These are now in full production and I expect them to be completed soon.
The plating of the metal part for the handwheel will be complete next week! This coincides perfectly with the arrival of the remaining clamp parts. I am expecting these to arrive early next week. So I'll be heading over to the finishers at some point next week to pick up the handweel shoulders, and to drop off the clamps for plating.
With a bit of luck, the Handwheel parts will arrive while the clamps are being plated and I can get them all assembled.
I'm looking forward to sharing how these two remaining parts have turned out.
In the mean time, I'm happy to say that un-weathered grenades are all finished, and I'm in the process of getting the boosters and spacers blackened and ready to go too.
For those waiting on commissions, I have actually made a start already! There are certain things that I can do alongside the un-weathered orders, so I am making preparations for what is going to be a very busy few weeks!
These preparations include the cleaning up/deburring of parts, thinning and stamping of wind vane rings. Pre-rusting of steel parts, etc.
My first, early weathering test, was a bit of a cheat, as I wanted to get a fully assembled and weathered hilt put together as quickly as possible.
Since then, I have had the time to complete a weathered grenade using the methods I'll be applying to the final commissions. This involves the building up of real rust. The blacking solution is then applied in a controlled manner to match the references as closely as is possible.
Here it can be seen with both the un-weathered/blackened grenade and one that is still machine finish:
My previous test was far too heavy on the highlights too. I've held back on these for this latest test and the results are much more natural looking and more in keeping with the original prop.
As requested, I've taken my latest build and produced some comparison shots. I've done my best to match the angle and field of view used to photograph the original.
I've found that these were taken with a telephoto lens however, which makes it tricky. My phone has a great camera (and zoom), but photographing from a distance does have an impact on the final resolution of the images. That said, I've done my best, and the results aren't too bad:
For the Emitter view, I took the liberty of adding the kink in the middle in photoshop!
These are by no means perfect. More could have been done to match the lighting, and the FOV is still a little off. I'm sure that someone could do a better job using a DSLR/Tripod. I hope you like them though.
I also took these beauty shots from a little closer:
The stand was kindly provided by Shaun at SP Sabers. Thanks Shaun!
I do have a couple of designs of my own planned for a later date, but it's hard to say when those will be available with so much going on.
Now that orders have begun to ship, I thought I should probably re-post the interest list with order status, so that you can see where your order is up to. I'll update the original post with this list and will do my best to keep it updated going forward.
The list order is based on the original sign up list, except for where people have specifically asked to be moved in to batch two
**Please do bare in mind that work is being done across all three batches of commissions.**
Un-weathered orders are very nearly ready to go and are basically awaiting the last couple of parts, so work has now officially begun on weathering commissions
PARTIAL ORDERS (No Clamp/Handwheel):
NAME: | ORDER STATUS: |
v312 | SENT |
CWOODREPLICAS | SENT |
thd9791 | SENT |
NagorbArt | SENT |
Remote People | SENT |
JoeG | SENT |
Redbutton | SENT |
cphaeng | SENT |
Anakin Starkiller | SENT |
Diego86 | SENT |
Marv | SENT |
UN-WEATHERED ORDERS:
NAME: | ORDER STATUS: |
teecrooz | AWAITING PARTS |
DannyP91 | AWAITING PARTS |
Mr Mold Maker | AWAITING PARTS |
The Sweatshop | AWAITING PARTS |
PrinceZip | AWAITING PARTS |
djedi | AWAITING PARTS |
Mech10 | AWAITING PARTS |
moffeaton | AWAITING PARTS |
APOLLO IND | AWAITING PARTS |
Poopapapapalps | AWAITING PARTS |
LukeBespin1975 | AWAITING PARTS |
acyang | AWAITING PARTS |
sbeall | AWAITING PARTS |
eethan | AWAITING PARTS |
Aison | AWAITING PARTS |
IronDestinyProps | AWAITING PARTS |
Saberz | AWAITING PARTS |
Ogibendogy | AWAITING PARTS |
Andreas Laube | AWAITING PARTS |
Danvader | AWAITING PARTS |
Shaun Patterson | AWAITING PARTS |
Jawajawa827 | AWAITING PARTS |
BRRogers | AWAITING PARTS |
Soho | AWAITING PARTS |
WEATHERING COMMISSIONS - BATCH ONE:
NAME: | ORDER STATUS: |
Dewy | IN PROGRESS/AWAITING PARTS |
ggriffaw | IN PROGRESS/AWAITING PARTS |
mrwax | IN PROGRESS/AWAITING PARTS |
nailuj | IN PROGRESS/AWAITING PARTS |
Eruonen | IN PROGRESS/AWAITING PARTS |
RebelSpy007 | IN PROGRESS/AWAITING PARTS |
dramukv (Insta) | IN PROGRESS/AWAITING PARTS |
Tjnitro18 | IN PROGRESS/AWAITING PARTS |
SteuerEule | IN PROGRESS/AWAITING PARTS |
nemesis1974 | IN PROGRESS/AWAITING PARTS |
Brett Banner | IN PROGRESS/AWAITING PARTS |
CJPx01 | IN PROGRESS/AWAITING PARTS |
ChrisRode | IN PROGRESS/AWAITING PARTS |
JetSetWilly | IN PROGRESS/AWAITING PARTS |
Barnstormer | IN PROGRESS/AWAITING PARTS |
Foe Hammer | IN PROGRESS/AWAITING PARTS |
propfactory | IN PROGRESS/AWAITING PARTS |
smdwilliams | IN PROGRESS/AWAITING PARTS |
Marco (FB) | IN PROGRESS/AWAITING PARTS |
ScourgiousJinx | IN PROGRESS/AWAITING PARTS |
Fire Bird | IN PROGRESS/AWAITING PARTS |
rustypanel | IN PROGRESS/AWAITING PARTS |
filandrius | IN PROGRESS/AWAITING PARTS |
Ivuchan | IN PROGRESS/AWAITING PARTS |
Masefield | IN PROGRESS/AWAITING PARTS |
DarthWilder | IN PROGRESS/AWAITING PARTS |
Jedifather | IN PROGRESS/AWAITING PARTS |
WEATHERING COMMISSIONS - BATCH TWO:
NAME: | ORDER STATUS: |
cdyoung | UNDECIDED / PREPARING |
Ron | UNDECIDED / PREPARING |
ReploidRX | UNDECIDED / PREPARING |
commodorekorns | UNDECIDED / PREPARING |
memphisjedi | UNDECIDED / PREPARING |
Martin Sabers | UNDECIDED / PREPARING |
nash | UNDECIDED / PREPARING |
Blue milk | UNDECIDED / PREPARING |
NCC1027 | UNDECIDED / PREPARING |
victory201 | PREPARING |
NickCline | PREPARING |
Darth Napster | PREPARING |
Daphne (FB) | PREPARING |
dcarty | PREPARING |
ventuoguy | PREPARING |
Jagjaguwar | PREPARING |
ObiShane | UNDECIDED / PREPARING |
CHS3CELL | PREPARING |
roygilsing | PREPARING |
Mrobb | PREPARING |
Kawik (FB) | PREPARING |
Willis Faucher FB | PREPARING |
Jason_E | PREPARING |
RoyDeckard | PREPARING |
JoeSheep | PREPARING |
jun | UNDECIDED / PREPARING |
Luke Moonwalker | PREPARING |
DJTedMoney | PREPARING |
WEATHERING COMMISSIONS - BATCH THREE
NAME: | ORDER STATUS: |
Rockbottom | PREPARING |
r2p2 | PREPARING |
Christian-Alexander Ghoelz (FB) | PREPARING |
Daniel Sczudlik | PREPARING |
Gareth Hall (FB) | PREPARING |
Luke David Kellett (FB) | PREPARING |
Stephan Hammel (Via C-A.G) | PREPARING |
Sni9er | PREPARING |
Derek Pieper | PREPARING |
Rick Dalton (FB) | PREPARING |
Juvatwad | PREPARING |
Jawakilla | PREPARING |
shabad | PREPARING |
marker2037 | UNDECIDED / PREPARING |
Brodie53 | UNDECIDED / PREPARING |
Martinokenobi | PREPARING |
GregJC | PREPARING |
Shinobi | PREPARING |
Mo KB (FB) | PREPARING |
Infernored | UNDECIDED / PREPARING |
David Waeselynck (INSTA) | PREPARING |
Jediwannabe | PREPARING |
realcharks | PREPARING |
Kompis | PREPARING |
Bobasfett | UNDECIDED / PREPARING |
Darth Vinicius | PREPARING |
14trharris | PREPARING |
AVERY | PREPARING |
skoota73 | PREPARING |
I'll get these added to the top post for your reference, and will update the status of each order as anything changes.
Signing off again for now. I do tend to drop off the radar when I have lot of work to get through, but please rest assured that I'll be busy working on getting these out to everyone as soon as possible.
Thanks again everyone!
All the best, and MTFBWY!
Dave
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AveryO
New Member
The comparison pictures are fantastic along with your new weathering techniques and I do love the display stand from SP Sabers (will have to get one myself )!**UPDATE**
Hi everyone.
I hope you're all well. I just wanted to drop another update with the current status of the run...
You may have seen that some of the parts have begun arriving with their new owners! It's such a relief to finally be able to start getting these out to everyone!
The orders that have gone are the smaller, individual parts orders that are not still waiting on the clamp parts and the injection moulded handwheel parts.
I'm still very busy preparing un-weathered hilts and expect to have these ready to go in time for the remaining parts arriving.
The status of these parts are as follows:
The injection moulded handwheel parts are now in full production. Following the arrival of the T1 samples, I requested an additional process to be applied prior to plating. The first set of samples had some tooling marks from the ejector pins that I've requested be removed from the final parts before the chrome is applied. There was an additional fee for this, but I felt that it was well worth paying to get them perfect. These are now in full production and I expect them to be completed soon.
The plating of the metal part for the handwheel will be complete next week! This coincides perfectly with the arrival of the remaining clamp parts. I am expecting these to arrive early next week. So I'll be heading over to the finishers at some point next week to pick up the handweel shoulders, and to drop off the clamps for plating.
With a bit of luck, the Handwheel parts will arrive while the clamps are being plated and I can get them all assembled.
I'm looking forward to sharing how these two remaining parts have turned out.
In the mean time, I'm happy to say that un-weathered grenades are all finished, and I'm in the process of getting the boosters and spacers blackened and ready to go too.
For those waiting on commissions, I have actually made a start already! There are certain things that I can do alongside the un-weathered orders, so I am making preparations for what is going to be a very busy few weeks!
These preparations include the cleaning up/deburring of parts, thinning and stamping of wind vane rings. Pre-rusting of steel parts, etc.
My first, early weathering test, was a bit of a cheat, as I wanted to get a fully assembled and weathered hilt put together as quickly as possible.
Since then, I have had the time to complete a weathered grenade using the methods I'll be applying to the final commissions. This involves the building up of real rust. The blacking solution is then applied in a controlled manner to match the references as closely as is possible.
Here it can be seen with both the un-weathered/blackened grenade and one that is still machine finish:
View attachment 1700418
View attachment 1700417
My previous test was far too heavy on the highlights too. I've held back on these for this latest test and the results are much more natural looking and more in keeping with the original prop.
As requested, I've taken my latest build and produced some comparison shots. I've done my best to match the angle and field of view used to photograph the original.
I've found that these were taken with a telephoto lens however, which makes it tricky. My phone has a great camera (and zoom), but photographing from a distance does have an impact on the final resolution of the images. That said, I've done my best, and the results aren't too bad:
View attachment 1700419
For the Emitter view, I took the liberty of adding the kink in the middle in photoshop!
View attachment 1700420
These are by no means perfect. More could have been done to match the lighting, and the FOV is still a little off. I'm sure that someone could do a better job using a DSLR/Tripod. I hope you like them though.
I also took these beauty shots from a little closer:
View attachment 1700421
The stand was kindly provided by Shaun at SP Sabers. Thanks Shaun!
I do have a couple of designs of my own planned for a later date, but it's hard to say when those will be available with so much going on.
Now that orders have begun to ship, I thought I should probably re-post the interest list with order status, so that you can see where your order is up to. I'll update the original post with this list and will do my best to keep it updated going forward.
The list order is based on the original sign up list, except for where people have specifically asked to be moved in to batch two
**Please do bare in mind that work is being done across all three batches of commissions.**
Un-weathered orders are very nearly ready to go and are basically awaiting the last couple of parts, so work has now officially begun on weathering commissions
PARTIAL ORDERS (No Clamp/Handwheel):
UN-WEATHERED ORDERS:
WEATHERING COMMISSIONS - BATCH ONE:
WEATHERING COMMISSIONS - BATCH TWO:
WEATHERING COMMISSIONS - BATCH THREE
I'll get these added to the top post for your reference, and will update the status of each order as anything changes.
Signing off again for now. I do tend to drop off the radar when I have lot of work to get through, but please rest assured that I'll be busy working on getting these out to everyone as soon as possible.
Thanks again everyone!
All the best, and MTFBWY!
Dave
Do it like it was originally used for. Get a fire going, cover the part in grease, and then cook it over the fire to taste.
I like your thinking!Do it like it was originally used for. Get a fire going, cover the part in grease, and then cook it over the fire to taste.
