Thanks buddy.very nice job!
Anyone have any stencils they wanna sell?
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I've been lightly beating up my saber for about a few weeks now, and I ran it through the dishwasher this afternoon. It came out with a kind of bronzeish tint which isn't horrible, but hopefully I can darken it to not be as bad. (Comparing to Starkillers TFA run)
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Ive also been following Halliwaxs tutorial, so I wet sanded my Roman champ to de-chrome it. Not sure if I should do more, I'll have to think about it for a bit.
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I've been lightly beating up my saber for about a few weeks now, and I ran it through the dishwasher this afternoon. It came out with a kind of bronzeish tint which isn't horrible, but hopefully I can darken it to not be as bad. (Comparing to Starkillers TFA run)
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Ive also been following Halliwaxs tutorial, so I wet sanded my Roman champ to de-chrome it. Not sure if I should do more, I'll have to think about it for a bit.
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Late Night Update!:
So I've spent the past few hours soaking and scrubbing the handle in drain cleaner. I made the mistake of letting it sit in one spot too long and burned the underside of the saber black, while the rest of it only grayed. I scrubbed it clean and started over.
While re-soaking, the area that burned left a straight line right down the saber. So I had to clean very carefully to try and hide it.
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After some careful cleaning and some scary moments, this is what I ended up with! I plan on doing some more weathering, however the irregular patina helps give the impression that it's been around (in my opinion). Let me know what you guys think! (Raw TFA for comparison)
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Here's mine so far...
Not too much work on it, but I sanded away the machine marks away from the pommel cubes and through the dishwasher a couple of times... very happy of how dulled down the finish is. Here's a shot of it with my Nicksdad for comparison.
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So I've only been casually following this thread, but can somebody spell out for me where the Mystery Chunk placement on this thing is supposed to be? I've read the previous posts on this and I'm still a bit confused lol. Where in relation to the D-ring holes or the hole for the cone knob should it go? Same question with regards to the 'machine mark'.
I know that it's been discovered that there should be another set screw on the emitter, but there was also something about the pommel cubes on the unibody being wrong? Anything else I've missed?
Here are some decent shots for mystery chunk placement.
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I think in the other v2 thread they mentioned the placement of the mystery chunk is different in ROTJ than it is in the recent photos because of how the parts of the saber can rotate.
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