Roy's Rey's Quarterstaff

[roygilsing]

This is my version of Rey's staff from TFA. Finally I finished it and I thought I share my build here. I'm a little late to the party, but hey: that's the story of my life
So its just my personal project and not a project run. Maybe it helps some people who are still planning to build this. It was a lot of fun!

In short, this is what I did:
- 3D printed parts based on the great work done by Delphius. I remodeled some parts to make it a bit more accurate or easier to print.
- I used a wooden dowel as a base, cut in two parts with a screw connection in the middle.
- I bought two correct vintage British army Lee Enfield rifle slings on eBay.
- A got the buckles from some various shops
- I made some leather straps, complete with snaps and rivets. I used black full grain leather.

Finish and assembly:
- I finished the printed parts with a double layer of filler/primer.
- I then glued all the pieces in place. I might have made some errors in the correct spacing, but it was too late once I discovered that.
- Next a texture spray. I used rust-oleum pebble texture spray. This is a great way to cover the remaining visible print layers (I hardly did any sanding)
- Next a layer of Humbrol metalcote steel. When it's dry you can buff it and it's almost perfect! It looks amazing.
- I added a wash of sienna acrylic paint by airbrush
- I got some rust colored pigment powder and applied it in the corners and crevises. I used some water dimuted wood glue solution for bonding which I applied with a brush.
- I also added some graphite powders to bring back some metal luster on the faux metal parts.

The leather:
- I weathered the leather by rubbing it with alcohol and then with sandpaper. I then sprayed it with some olive color and a little bit of silver paint and used sandpaper again to make it look old and dirty.

The fabrics:
- I got some cheap brown fabric and some medical wraps for the white pieces on top
- I stained the textiles with coffee (espresso!) and some very diluted paints.
- I glued the pieces in place and tied some knots.

Here are some pictures during the build and of the result.

Cheers, I hope you like it!

Roy

 

[kyrack]

Stunning!

 

[division 6]

Nice job.

When I made one for my niece I made the whole thing from scratch.

 

[Mechanized]

Epic!

The texture and weathering is particularly cool

 

[DaveP]

Looks fantastic! Great paint job!

 

[Fozz]

Yes! great work!

 

[masterjedi322]

Love the rust effect! Nicely done!

Sean

 

[roygilsing]

Thanks everybody, for your positive reactions!

 

[Panaflex]

Love it Roy! Great job. Had no interest in one until I saw yours, lol!

 

[newmagrathea]

Great job with the weathering, looks very realistic.

 

[Apollo]

Looks awesome especially the weathering job.

Thread title sounds like a name for a all girl Korean pop band

 

[roygilsing]

Looks awesome especially the weathering job.

Thread title sounds like a name for a all girl Korean pop band

LOL!

 

[SpeedRacerx]

A MAZING

 

[Halliwax]

Dude all my questions have been answered in the first post!!

Amazing job!! Love the painting techniques!!

 

[Padawan311]

Wow! Beautiful work!

 

[XerocTheCreator]

Thats Incredible! The rust weathering is perfect!!

 

[LTsmash1200]

Wow! This looks fantastic!

 

[T5H]

Great job with that quarterstaff! I have a fondness for this piece from the new trilogy, so it's nice to see one that is so well done. The paint and weathering jobs are especially nice! If one thing I wish you'd spent just a bit more time sanding the print lines. Even though I reckon they're barely visible, they're still a bit too present to my taste .

Something I've often wondered about that quarterstaff is about that big part with fins. It looks as though its asymmetrical, but I wonder if it's intentional, or if it might just be damage that occured during shooting, or even a defect that happened while this specific cast was made. If one of you guys know more about it, I'd be interested to hear it.

 

[roygilsing]

Great job with that quarterstaff! I have a fondness for this piece from the new trilogy, so it's nice to see one that is so well done. The paint and weathering jobs are especially nice! If one thing I wish you'd spent just a bit more time sanding the print lines. Even though I reckon they're barely visible, they're still a bit too present to my taste .

Something I've often wondered about that quarterstaff is about that big part with fins. It looks as though its asymmetrical, but I wonder if it's intentional, or if it might just be damage that occured during shooting, or even a defect that happened while this specific cast was made. If one of you guys know more about it, I'd be interested to hear it.
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Thanks, and yes I agree: I should have spend a bit more time sanding or getting rid of some print lines.

I'm not sure the part is asymmetrical. It rotational symmetrical in 3 equal parts. I don't think it's damage that you see but just a flat area. Having it in 3x 120 degree angles makes it look weird from almost every viewpoint. But who knows. I'm not absolutely sure either.

 

[T5H]

Yes, that would surprise me too if that part was indeed asymmetrical. I'm probably overthinking things a bit here. I just like that idea of purposely introducing asymmetry in a screen-used prop to make it harder to replicate!