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To be honest I have no idea. Not Roy's for sure. I got them as part of a trade. But I think I've seen them on ebay listed with some junk inaccurate parts - maybe these are what comes with some kit like 89sabers and people replace them with Roy's or Todd's. Here's a picture of a piece that I have left, maybe someone will recognize it:
They really look like they are the custom saber shops. I went back to my comparison shots. Roy's, Marvs and TCSS. The give away is the tab on the back that fits in the hilt kits. If you look closely at the center grip in my picture you will see the red tape
MARVS LEFT, CSS, ROY
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They probably are from the same place or supplier.
Benjo
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I did it with Roy's. I used a heat gun for 30 seconds and pressed the grip on the bottom of a guitar body.
I would have used Roy's too, but my initial motivation for this build was just to use my "b-grade" parts for something. Like wrong kobold clip, scratched top, broken bulb holder, etc. The Dagobah saber bottom was actually my first try for the Ranch saber. But it ended up too clean so I decided to make a Dagobah variation with it and later did the second one when I got a much more beaten up graflex.
That said the grips turned out to look ok when weathered a bit so now I don't plan to replace them.
That said the grips turned out to look ok when weathered a bit so now I don't plan to replace them.
It's been a while since I've posted some of my builds and I thought instead of starting a new thread every time I'll just dig out this old one and use it for the purpose. Hopefully, I'll find the time to post more often when I have something new ready or just to dust off some some older builds and take few pictures.
To link this with the Dagobah saber from my last post I'll start with the "companion" blaster to display with it (on some quite improvised stand that was supposed to be just temporary, but ...)
Inspired by this famous picture of Luke :
And for the details I used this one for reference (not sure if it is the same prop that Luke is holding on the picture, but this one has the most detailed reference pictures I could find):
However, for this build I didn't want it to look like a casting, but more like the MGC and live fire ESB DL-44s while still recognizable. So I tied to replicate some of the weathering and the details of the build, except where they were clearly casting defects/artifacts.
It's basically a Blasterfactory aluminum Mauser kit for the base, but with vintage greeblies (v8 and the rubber bumper). I've also modified the scope bracket (and broke it too) and the scope a little (front side, also added real brass ring on the port and on the rear "foot" and vintage flash diffuser for the lenses) to be more accurate to this particular prop.
Here are some more pictures:
I added a little rubber cap instead of filling the scope port like it is on the prop as it is probably just a casting artefact and although it is a small detail I kind of like it more with the cap on, but I also like that it is removable.
To link this with the Dagobah saber from my last post I'll start with the "companion" blaster to display with it (on some quite improvised stand that was supposed to be just temporary, but ...)
Inspired by this famous picture of Luke :
And for the details I used this one for reference (not sure if it is the same prop that Luke is holding on the picture, but this one has the most detailed reference pictures I could find):
However, for this build I didn't want it to look like a casting, but more like the MGC and live fire ESB DL-44s while still recognizable. So I tied to replicate some of the weathering and the details of the build, except where they were clearly casting defects/artifacts.
It's basically a Blasterfactory aluminum Mauser kit for the base, but with vintage greeblies (v8 and the rubber bumper). I've also modified the scope bracket (and broke it too) and the scope a little (front side, also added real brass ring on the port and on the rear "foot" and vintage flash diffuser for the lenses) to be more accurate to this particular prop.
Here are some more pictures:
I added a little rubber cap instead of filling the scope port like it is on the prop as it is probably just a casting artefact and although it is a small detail I kind of like it more with the cap on, but I also like that it is removable.
