Limited Run Luke ROTJ Hero Lightsaber Kit.( Run closed )

[kevin926]

Sent out the tape for Pedro and Edraven99 , still have plenty left if you need some. It's free with a SASE sent to me. Just send pm for my address

 

[_Lee_]

Me too bro. Now i know its definately my saber thats here. Just got to wait until Tuesday for delivery

Just picked mine up from the Post Office - for other UK peeps, I was charged £16, though most of that is the Royal Mail's rip-off "processing fees".

Anyway - looks great and can't wait to get it painted!

Thanks, Nicksdad, for doing this!

 

[MacBeath]

And after the first quick paint (literally done between glasses of wine whilst watching X-Men Apocalypse!). Not perfect, but I should be able to finish it off tomorrow easily enough...

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[kevin926]

And after the first quick paint (literally done between glasses of wine whilst watching X-Men Apocalypse!). Not perfect, but I should be able to finish it off tomorrow easily enough...

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I like it! Wine and paint work for you

 

[ThomasBond]

I keep hoping one of these times a new post from Nicksdad will say he has some extras.

 

[newmagrathea]

Does anyone have any good reference pics of the real prop? I'm looking for something that shows the sides of the control box for placement of the arrows and the side button. Also, I'm looking for good paint reference pics of the whole thing.

 

[division 6]

Red arrow left. green arrow right.

 

[vinylkey]

Anyone know where I can find an acrylic stand that will fit this hilt?

 

[Spyhunter2k]

Finally able to open mine. Looks great. Love it.

 

[smurf]

This is fantastic. I just finished mine up this weekend. I'll post some pics soon. Thank you so much Nicksdad.

 

[JHY]

Mine arrived safely in the UK. I'm very pleased, it looks very accurate to my references and is beautifully machined.

While I love the bare copper, I've airbrushed Alclad polished brass over the copper and the light coating gives a screen accurate colour with the depth and slight patina of real metal.

Many thanks to Nicksdad for a great piece at a fair price and for keeping us advised of progress.

 

[knibbsey]

Quick painting question as I've not painted metal before so a complete newbie. Do we need to prime first and will tamiya surface primer be ok if we need to? Thanks for all your help.

 

[division 6]

If you want the paint to stick then I would suggest the primer.

I skipped the primer on my V2 and some of the paint peeled right off.

 

[NeoRutty]

I've found after 24 hours the paint is pretty hard to scratch off...

Within 12 you can do it with a fingernail/end of chopstick

 

[knibbsey]

Mine has just arrived in the UK safe and sound. Looks fantastic although there is some greenish staining on the copper neck. Does anyone else have that or any advice?

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[NeoRutty]

Mine has just arrived in the UK safe and sound. Looks fantastic although there is some greenish staining on the copper neck. Does anyone else have that or any advice?

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Brasso! Cleans easy enough... here's mine mostly complete but for the rails.

My neck looked the same as yours... very easy to clean.

 

[kevin926]

Copper will turn green and tarnish over and over. If you want your it to stay a certain way, you will need to shoot a clear coat over it otherwise you will have to polish it over and over.

 

[knibbsey]

Thanks all - thought it would be an easy fix!


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[NeoRutty]

Copper will turn green and tarnish over and over. If you want your it to stay a certain way, you will need to shoot a clear coat over it otherwise you will have to polish it over and over.

I may have to look into that... I get enough grief from friends over my "Robot penis" collection... if they find out I regularly polish the penises as well?!

 

[kevin926]

I may have to look into that... I get enough grief from friends over my "Robot penis" collection... if they find out I regularly polish the penises as well?!

Lol.
I know that all the old fashioned copper and brass fire extinguishers have clear coats on them. Same with the old cash registers. It's just the nature of the beast and they coat the metals that tarnish the most. I clear coated mine so it stays thus way.
Don't forget, we can always clean these off to bare metal anytime we want to, so there is zero risk of ruining any part of these as long as we stick to the metal.