yeah i think that sounds good, not sure about the casting of a saber you already own though? for example, you could cast an MR saber, and paint it, and it "might" look as good as an MR (doubtful, but maybe), and you wouldnt really have put any effort in (you wouldnt have designed any part of the saber yourself). nothing wrong with casting parts to build the saber, but i think casting a piece not bought from a dollar store would kind of be cheating wouldnt it? eg. you could cast expensive parts and have them on your saber and you could still say it only cost $20 as thats all it cost to cast it. maybe casting shouldnt be allowed?
other than that it all sounds good to me
Well, I do think the idea of molding, and casting using items found at the $1 store, is in it's own right pretty clever, I do see your point though. It would be very close to recasting, and we know how well that goes over around here. So maybe it should instead be that you can use $1. store items to mold, and coast, but only items you yourself made.
I guess we could further narrow it down, to you can only cast things that you make from $1. store stuff, but then there wouldn't be much point in casting at all. (I.e. if you can get the part for $1. why not just buy another one, rather then spend $5. in $1. store supplies to cast that part.)
I mean, your right, not only could they recast other members stuff, or MR stuff, those that are dead set on machining there own saber for this contest could do it, and then just cast it in $1. store supplies.
I don't want to discourage replicas though. I mean, the winner, of the last $1. store contest built an outstanding replica of Vader's ROTJ saber (sorry, I guess we're supposed to call it the Luke/Vader shared stunt saber now.) I though that, that was quite bright. I saw a toy saber at the $1. store today, that would make a great grip section for a replica of Obi's EPI/II saber.
Well, I guess, they do sell clay, and other sculpting supplies, at the $1. store, that in, and of them selves, would be awful for use on a saber, but could be sculpted, and then cast, to make a very nice part. So, Ok, you can cast using $1. store stuff (and only $1. store stuff.) and whatever you cast you have to also have made from $1. store items.
(Darn, I was really wanting an accurate chocolate saber to eat. :lol)
I'll update the the above post later, after others have had a chance to chime in.
