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Well, it looks like they made an updated version of Luke's ROTJ saber for TFA...
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Haha! Don't worry kid, we're not REALLY fighting
Just to show I'm right:
But probably El is right after all of course [emoji1]
Lichtbringer
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On that pics the neck doesn´t look like aged brass anymore, more like painted Alu. :wacko
Nasty little bugger, nothing seems like it looks. :behave
Nasty little bugger, nothing seems like it looks. :behave
Love the analysis, but to me it does not look deep enough. I believe I can see the edge of the nipple and the far wall go beyond the lines that were drawn.
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Hey at least they both are in the "recessed" camp, and only differ in current opinion as to the extent. Either option would leave me happy as a clam. A $25 upgrade to get a separate brass or bronze neck, though...now that would leave me in a state of genuine nerd-bliss.
Hey Dan, even if you do these as one one-piece units, will the insides be hollow to cut down on weight?
No. If they're one piece, then by design they cannot be hollow. To make something hollow on the inside, I'd have to drill an bit honkin hole in it
I'm gonna take a look at the photos and Roys analysis tonight and see what I come up with. I do agree that my current model is probably too deep. But I'm not sure if I agree that the recess is as hollow as Roy has made it.
Dan
Dan-- you have the box on some renders, but not on others-- are you going to save cost by just offering the turned hilt and leave us on our own for the box like the V2? Only asking since I much prefer the V2 Graflex/long lever option.
I'd be happy either way though for $100...
I'd be happy either way though for $100...
Barnstormer
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Roy's model is pretty compelling to me. To ARKMs point - that would only hold if the emitter were an overall uniform color. I think that inner ring between the 'hole ring' and the 'nipple' is just darkened with paint or weathering.
RE the brass looking less brass in that image - I believe that image is lightened, isn't it?
RE the brass looking less brass in that image - I believe that image is lightened, isn't it?
Dan-- you have the box on some renders, but not on others-- are you going to save cost by just offering the turned hilt and leave us on our own for the box like the V2? Only asking since I much prefer the V2 Graflex/long lever option.
I'd be happy either way though for $100...
No, the box will be included
Jedi Reali
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Roy's model is exactly what I started seeing as soon as NeoRutty suggested it was flush. And the center recess is not painted black, the metal's just been darkened somehow.
Regarding the "brass" neck, there's no reason to think it's a separate metal from the rest of the saber. Isn't it a prop builder's job to make fake things look like real things? Those guys are pros at all kinds of faux surfaces.
Regarding the "brass" neck, there's no reason to think it's a separate metal from the rest of the saber. Isn't it a prop builder's job to make fake things look like real things? Those guys are pros at all kinds of faux surfaces.
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ARKM
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If that were true, it would reflect light more (especially in the pic that shows it lit up from the Kylo Ren side blade). The room is just not that dark. The only way it could be reflecting the nipple to make it appear longer yet somehow not light up the rest of the supposed black painted metal is if that black ring were made of deep water instead of metal, which of course it can't be 'cause physics/gravity.
As for the brass neck. While darkened it also looks very glossy. Kinda looks like transparent paint like the automotive Dupli-Color Metalcast paints. Using said paints, it could possibly be yellow covered by shadow chrome black-out coating with a gloss clear coat on top. Of course it could be weathered brass with a gloss clear coat on top as well. *shrugs*
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I feel like this image shows that the recess is actually deeper than just the face of the emitter. IF you try and identify the base of the nipple, it goes far past where it would be if the recess was flush with the emitter face.
cayman shen
Master Member
I'd pretty much bet my life's savings the neck is painted and not a separate piece. Any paint gurus have tips on replicating the look? I suck at painting.
IMO, I feel as if the version where the recess is deeper is correct.
Also, the first black ring in order going from Pommel->Emitter looks a little too tall to me. I feel as if that section should be more similar to the hero.
Idk if this matters, but the graflex seems to have a brass eye, instead of the knurled finish. That might help in determining what these props were used for.
Lichtbringer
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On the made part ..... unfortunately/probably yes.
It´s thought to look like brass, but they decided to fake it instead of going just one step further and do it right. :rolleyes
I don´t care - i will not paint. First leave it alu untill i make a new from brass.
I agree with your comments about the recess and the first black grip ring. In the frame with the lit Kylo saber the length of that black ring is better visible since the red light is only bouncing off of the first grip groove -- it looks like the length of that first black grip ring is about 1.5x or at most 2x the length of a silver grip ring.
View attachment 613883 (from ARKM)
One of the Graflexes used on screen had a glass eye with the knurling turned down smooth - so this new Luke is among at least two screen used sabers in that shot.
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