My first weathering on an ICONS OB1

[spidersolo]

Hello everyone. I had an ICONS obi wan and decided to do a weathering job to it. I'm not finished but I thought I would share it so far.
I used mainly Aluminum black and very little paint for the rust and House of Color candy for the brass. I have filed and hammer punched most of the wear on the metal.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f259/spiderguitarist/DSC_0064.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f259/spiderguitarist/DSC_0064.jpg

 

[Sym-Cha]

Hi there,

That's quite awesome for an old Icons Obi-Wan lightsaber!

-Chaim

 

[James Kenobi 1138]

I've said in many times, a great weathering can make any Obi saber look good no matter what parts are used.

Great looking saber there my friend, almost hard to tell that's an ICONS.

 

[spidersolo]

Thank you both very much.

 

[BobasBounty]

Sweet! I really like it.

 

[Tan Djarka]

I looked at the pics before I read the text and thought, "I don't remember there being any brass on the Icons piece." Very convincing for paint. An excellent effort overall.

 

[jedimarkj]

Nice job! And very cool!
I've never seen someone weather or redo an Icons Kenobi saber before.
Looks fantastic!

 

[spidersolo]

I''m going to try to put the hog rings in the handle and some more detail work .
I really appreciate the comments. I will add more detailed pics later. Its a bit harder to get the effect with aluminum than steel, someday I am going to try to do a real parts saber. I like the MR LE saber very much but I have seen so many great sabers done here (and more realistic) it inspired me to try my own weathering. I still wished I would have kept the MR obi though.
This is a great site with some very talented people.

 

[dse2187]

I've been planning on weathering my Icons OB1... just haven't worked up the nerve to do it yet!

Great job!

thumbsup

 

[Apollo]

Luvvin it so far.

Don't beat her up to badly! :lol