Heck! With the way John is gripping the hilt in the last set of pics I posted, that knurling could probably do a number on any part of his hand...
TFA Graflex Research (That's a Graflex, right? Force Awakens teaser trailer #2)
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Heck! With the way John is gripping the hilt in the last set of pics I posted, that knurling could probably do a number on any part of his hand...
Did we establish that the stunt sabers were repros with FX blades and covered in fabric to resemble the sabers. Keep in mind, in every close or medium shot of the ssber igniting, there is always a cut to hide the switch out for a stunt saber.
jhazard
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it's a good observation, though I'm not sure that's the real reason.
I have an LED lightsaber with a glass eye in the same place and duel with it a,couple times a week. personally, I've never noticed or felt discomfort from the glass eye knurling. oddly enough, the clamp is what really catches your hand and you become very aware of its presence.
A lot of people that do just spinning practice a la phantom menace twirls - who have used a graflex or replica usually make note of the clamp as well.
I'm guessing they machined the glass eye from scratch, and knurling was never present.
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I have an LED lightsaber with a glass eye in the same place and duel with it a,couple times a week. personally, I've never noticed or felt discomfort from the glass eye knurling. oddly enough, the clamp is what really catches your hand and you become very aware of its presence.
A lot of people that do just spinning practice a la phantom menace twirls - who have used a graflex or replica usually make note of the clamp as well.
I'm guessing they machined the glass eye from scratch, and knurling was never present.
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CharlemagneXVII
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Thank you for showing me this thread, Roy!
Does anyone here know for sure which way the clamp card goes in TFA? I see that Roy does it one way and the replica does it the other.
Does anyone here know for sure which way the clamp card goes in TFA? I see that Roy does it one way and the replica does it the other.
CharlemagneXVII
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I can't seem to find one that shows the activation box due to the awkward way they hold it in the film. Does anyone here have one? I'll keep looking through this thread just in case.
fightercaptured
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CharlemagneXVII
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So, with the lightsaber positions upwards, the thin lines to the left and the thick lines to the right (the way Roy has it)?
fightercaptured
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Exactly the way Roy has it. There is a clear screen cap of this when Maz is handing the saber to Finn in the basement. I don't have it, but it's in this thread somewhere.
Here it is:
TIGCreations
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I know this is out of the blue, but do you ever plan on making tfa accurate grips? just ordered the acrylic clamp card.
there is so many different versions of the grips, I'm going to stick with Roys standard grips. i can't see with such little difference anyone besides us telling the difference
TIGCreations
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I meant accurate profiled grips
CharlemagneXVII
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That would be a lot of work by hand that he'd have to do, unless he had them made with the grooves already in them, but that might cost more to make.
No, I don't think it'll happen. I'm not planning it and I don't think that I can make it happen for the TFA props alone. But besides that, from what I've seen, my profile isn't far off. I haven't seen any images from the screen used hero versions that proof differently.
TIGCreations
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Well, to each their own. I guess I'll use TCSS wiper blade grips, if they're the sabe as parks.
TIGCreations
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Is it possible to modify Roy's grips to get the correct TFA cuvature on the bottom?
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