No way in hell am I planning on replicating this hilt by destroying a vintage flash, despite the fact that I think it’s an authentic original.
New Elstree Studio documentary with discarded Graflex.
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No way in hell am I planning on replicating this hilt by destroying a vintage flash, despite the fact that I think it’s an authentic original.
About the documentary film itself, I thought it was extremely interesting in its own right.
Agree’ed Andy got to play on all shorts of movie sets his whole life
Got to play with zombie bodies lol what a childhood
I would be more dubious if he pulled out a pristine hilt with 100% of it still intact with parts that matched our current replica pieces and said something to the affect of “I found this in an old storage locker that had been sealed up by my father since 1977 and had totally forgotten it was there.”
The shape of this thing makes it highly likely that it was tossed away with the rest of the production garbage, just as he describes.
Like many, I think that this was a failed early attempt to make a bladed stunt that was merely thrown away.
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When will the tutorial be up?i don’t build any saber anymore without a halliwax tutorial.Gotta grab me a romans blemished gen2
I'd have to disagree with him that Lifeforce was a bad movie. I can think of 2 reasons its great
Just wanted to throw my input in here:
My interview with Roger Christian back is August is where we got the "supposed" information that he used a Robertson screw on the d-ring becasue he and Roger Shaw didn't have a rivet run. That is one of the few things he has stayed consistent on, so this hilt is confusing to say the least.
I've reached out to Roger again to see if he has any information on this particular hilt.
My interview with Roger Christian back is August is where we got the "supposed" information that he used a Robertson screw on the d-ring becasue he and Roger Shaw didn't have a rivet run. That is one of the few things he has stayed consistent on, so this hilt is confusing to say the least.
I've reached out to Roger again to see if he has any information on this particular hilt.
I would guess that going too hard with a Vice or Vice Grip Pliers would fold the emitter that way.
The socket is still intact, so that steel washer up top was probably a brace for a blade system against a cracked socket. I don't think they bent it to keep it in place. The thing is like tack welded into place so the brass tube probably folded around it. I read above that it's empty though, so not strong enough to fight with but I'll echo the probability of this being an attempt at a motorized stunt
The socket is still intact, so that steel washer up top was probably a brace for a blade system against a cracked socket. I don't think they bent it to keep it in place. The thing is like tack welded into place so the brass tube probably folded around it. I read above that it's empty though, so not strong enough to fight with but I'll echo the probability of this being an attempt at a motorized stunt
Roger's word on matters isn't highly rated by a few of us here.
I'd have to disagree with him that Lifeforce was a bad movie. I can think of 2 reasons its great
I see what you did there.
Trust me, I couldn't agree more. Like I said in my original comment, his word is almost never consistent. I just meant I'd like an explanation to whether or not the rivets could be a serious tell or not.
I'm inclined to side against his word, yet again.
AnubisGuard
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Man, the pictures of Andrew as a child playing in the X-Wing and the Landspeeder are just awesome. Fascinating to hear the perspective of someone who grew up in such close proximity to the production of all these awesome films and the totally different view point he has on all that than any of us do.
I want to point that while Andy walked around the sets many times, he is not the child in the xwing cockpit. I found those photos in facebook.
Definitely stick welded. Huge nasty puddle, and it was so hot it tarnished the finish on the other side
I wonder if this was the idea before the motorized stunts, we see actors fighting with those green glowing fencing sabers.. wonder if this was before the whole “spin flicker” idea
I have my own theory about Roger Christian..
... we the replica prop community have foiled his plans how many times now to pull a profit from his “real” lightsabers..
I don’t think he is a fan of us.. I wouldn’t be surprised if his inconsistent memory wasn’t old age creepy up on him... but him purposely giving false information to waste our time....
