Show off your RE weathered Obi sabers!

Kylash

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• Aug 30, 2016

• #241

That's pretty much it. There are a few color photos, but all are too far away to make much of. It's one of those lost props.

 

SethS

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• Aug 30, 2016

• #242

so then I can do what I want! my favorite!

 

Sym-Cha

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• Aug 31, 2016

• #243

SethS said:

so then I can do what I want! my favorite!

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No . . . I'm sorry ... only you, SethS, are obliged to get as close as you can get with your future OB1 kit, weathered and all to the original screen-used lightsaber handled by the late Sir Alec Guinness, as seen in those black and white pictures ... so much so, that when you take a picture of yours and transfer it into black and white, there is absolutely no distinction between the 2, savey? Here's the picture in question :

Now that's a real challenge for you!

:lol

Chaim

 

Panaflex

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• Aug 31, 2016

• #244

Sym-Cha said:

No . . . I'm sorry ... only you, SethS, are obliged to get as close as you can get with your future OB1 kit, weathered and all to the original screen-used lightsaber handled by the late Sir Alec Guinness, as seen in those black and white pictures ... so much so, that when you take a picture of yours and transfer it into black and white, there is absolutely no distinction between the 2, savey? Here's the picture in question :

http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz258/Sym-Cha/OB1 Chronicles vs Tunesia_zps6uqdjkmd.jpg

Now that's a real challenge for you!

:lol

Chaim

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Chaim, to your knowledge is the top photo a different prop? The grenade looks so much different, much more weathered down. The photo is much more grainy than the bottom two but even given that, it seems like a different part.

 

Sym-Cha

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• Aug 31, 2016

• #245

Indeed ... it's a picture of the Tunesian OB1 set-up and it's a blow-up out of this picture taken on set :

to me ... it's still a mystery how many OB1 props were made for ANH ... it's possible there were 2 :wacko

So here's a picture of the OB1 ANH challenge I've set up for SethS to accomplish :

Chaim

 

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teecrooz

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• Aug 31, 2016

• #246

If you zoom in on this picture of the Tunisia saber, you get a good idea of the coloring.

 

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The Terminator

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• Aug 31, 2016

• #247

teecrooz said:

If you zoom in on this picture of the Tunisia saber, you get a good idea of the coloring.

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Whoa, that is some nice high-res goodness! Never seen that before thank you for posting that

 

Panaflex

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• Aug 31, 2016

• #248

Thanks Chaim for the great info. Thanks Chris for the pic.

l'm realizing I now have a dilemma on my vintage parts build: My grenade is very weathered which I like and fits the Tunisia saber look. My booster however, is pristine, completely new looking. They just don't match. Don't think I'll ever find another booster that's weathered so I'll probbaly have to live with it looking a bit off as I'd never tear up the booster to match the grenade.

 

SethS

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• Aug 31, 2016

• #249

Sym-Cha said:

No . . . I'm sorry ... only you, SethS, are obliged to get as close as you can get with your future OB1 kit, weathered and all to the original screen-used lightsaber handled by the late Sir Alec Guinness, as seen in those black and white pictures ... so much so, that when you take a picture of yours and transfer it into black and white, there is absolutely no distinction between the 2, savey?

Chaim

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IT'S ON-- I'm even going to stipple on halftone dots to emulate the fact it's a blown up image...

 

SethS

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• Aug 31, 2016

• #250

teecrooz said:

If you zoom in on this picture of the Tunisia saber, you get a good idea of the coloring.

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Thanks for this! this is probably the best it gets for color. Looking at the white of R2, the color balance is pretty closer here. My main question was just how copper/brass was the windvane area. It's generally recreated as such, but I never really saw it on screen, and I was wondering if the color assumption came more from the shared stunt sabers.

You can see it here--but it's definitely subtle...

 

SethS

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• Aug 31, 2016

• #251

doublepost

 

russellsch

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• Aug 31, 2016

• #252

The cool thing about Romans Obi-Wan is, right out of the box it's amazingly! Put it together, be happy. Here's mine with his new GRAFLEX clamp.



But the really kick ass thing about Romans Obi-Wan, is how customizable it is! You can even weather it up more, which I'm very slowly in the process of doing, if you wanted. If you find real parts, put 'em on. You put it together, & the way it's made, you almost can't hurt it. I'm still working on the aging & wearing of the clamp. But once I get it to how I like it, I'll put real transistors & calc bubbles on. I'd like to ding up the grenade a bit... but I'm a little chicken right now.
I love this thing! & SethS, if you haven't ordered one yet, you're gonna love it too.

 

SethS

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• Aug 31, 2016

• #253

Talking with Roman now about a potential custom order, but yes-- it's happening. His pre-weathered parts will make a great start and I have a couple ideas I don't think anyone has tried before...

 

Sym-Cha

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• Aug 31, 2016

• #254

Panaflex said:

... I'd never tear up the booster to match the grenade.

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Just hand it over to friends and relatives, especially young ones, every time they are over ... and you'll have that booster naturally used and weathered looking in no time :lol

Chaim

 

russellsch

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• Aug 31, 2016

• #255

Sym-Cha said:

Just hand it over to friends and relatives, especially young ones, every time they are over ... and you'll have that booster naturally used and weathered looking in no time :lol

Chaim

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I know my little cousins, niece, & friends kids light up when I tell them I don't mind if they hold it. They're so used to being told "don't touch" to so many things, that when I hang this lightsaber on their belt or put it in their hands, they're stunned. & everyone of them, without being asked, handle & take care of it like it's a fragile & priceless artifact. Aaaand then they ask how to turn it on :lol

 

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russellsch

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• Aug 31, 2016

• #256

Sorry for the double post. :lol
Thanks Sym-Cha :cheers

 

SethS

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• Aug 31, 2016

• #257

You guys are better than me. Aside from TFA, the biggest reason I got back into saber-ing was that I needed to get my kid his own cause I couldn't handle him running around with my Graflex.

 

NeoRutty

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• Aug 31, 2016

• #258

I let people handle them all the time... they aren't behind glass or anything.

They were never meant to look pristine, so as long as they don't smack it against a wall, handle away.

 

roygilsing

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• Aug 31, 2016

• #259

russellsch said:

Aaaand then they ask how to turn it on :lol

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LOL.
And then they're all disappointed when they hear it can't be turned on and they think you're kind of weird.

 

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Sym-Cha

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• Aug 31, 2016

• #260

roygilsing said:

And then they're all disappointed when it they hear it can't be turned on and they think you're kind of weird.

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In which case I always pretend that it's temporarily malfunctioning or rather low in power since my last practise battle and probably in need of a level 3 diagnostic to figure out what's wrong . . . meanwhile I hand them my MR Vader with removable blade which does have sound and lights FX . . . whilest I slowly make it out the room with the malfunctioning lightsaber :facepalm

Chaim