Re: NeoRutty's Prop Projects - Call out! Anyone with machining skills to solve a pro
Get them to sign the inside!
Get them to sign the inside!
NeoRutty's Prop Projects - ANH Stunt Stormtrooper Bucket - Pointers requested?
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Re: NeoRutty's Prop Projects - Call out! Anyone with machining skills to solve a pro
Nah... I bought this specifically for signing the crap out of it. just when I got it I didn't realize how cool it was.
So gotta get another after just to have a clean stormie bucket.
Nah... I bought this specifically for signing the crap out of it. just when I got it I didn't realize how cool it was.
So gotta get another after just to have a clean stormie bucket.
Re: NeoRutty's Prop Projects - Call out! Anyone with machining skills to solve a pro
I think you can still get the eFX PCR Stormie helmets for a reasonable price.... not cheap enough for a party favor.... but if you're looking for a display piece....
I think you can still get the eFX PCR Stormie helmets for a reasonable price.... not cheap enough for a party favor.... but if you're looking for a display piece....
Re: NeoRutty's Prop Projects - Call out! Anyone with machining skills to solve a pro
The one I ended up with is great, just gotta find time to put it together. IT's a B-grade from a run... so reasonable price, and not like I bought a 400 dollar helmet for people to write on.
It's either going to look awesome, or the worst thing.
For our wedding my wife and I got a blue french horn for people to sign (part of our relationship was related to How I Met Your Mother), and I still get a kick out of it...
The one I ended up with is great, just gotta find time to put it together. IT's a B-grade from a run... so reasonable price, and not like I bought a 400 dollar helmet for people to write on.
It's either going to look awesome, or the worst thing.
For our wedding my wife and I got a blue french horn for people to sign (part of our relationship was related to How I Met Your Mother), and I still get a kick out of it...
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Re: NeoRutty's Prop Projects - Call out! Anyone with machining skills to solve a pro
My brother sent me this pic yesterday morning from across the country (Ontario)...
"Found this at the flea market down the street... you want?"
20 bucks!
not bad... I still dream of the day I find a box with a graflex or MPP... but this is fine for 20 bucks.
I THINK that's a praco variation... so may use that end cap on a bolsey... we'll see when I get it.
My brother sent me this pic yesterday morning from across the country (Ontario)...
"Found this at the flea market down the street... you want?"
20 bucks!
not bad... I still dream of the day I find a box with a graflex or MPP... but this is fine for 20 bucks.
I THINK that's a praco variation... so may use that end cap on a bolsey... we'll see when I get it.
Re: NeoRutty's Prop Projects - Pretty decent Flea Market Find!
So I started getting ready for my innevitable move, and tried organizing the boxes of parts I have scattered around my place. Some boxes I haven't opened since I packed to move into my current place a year ago, and others I just filled and put in the closet unlabeled.
So it's fun going through these boxes and remembering spare parts you had from buys and trades that you just tossed into a shoe box thinking "eh... I could try using this on a custom build or something"...
Anyway, getting to the point....
After I got through the 5th shoebox of parts I realized I actually had all the parts, minus a clamp, for this:
Hilarious. I swear if someone asked if I had any spare Obi parts I'd have said "Well I know I have a grenade I blue'd... but I think that's it.
So what to do with this?
I think I'm going to order a clamp, wire up Spirit of Obiwan's crystal chamber, and weather the crap out of this.
Eventually I'd like to talk scottjua into accepting a commission for a full efx and chamber version, but for now this will do. I can't be buying more sabers until I've finished building the current collection.
I mean if I have all the parts for an obi around without knowing it, then I clearly have too many projects on the go already.
So I started getting ready for my innevitable move, and tried organizing the boxes of parts I have scattered around my place. Some boxes I haven't opened since I packed to move into my current place a year ago, and others I just filled and put in the closet unlabeled.
So it's fun going through these boxes and remembering spare parts you had from buys and trades that you just tossed into a shoe box thinking "eh... I could try using this on a custom build or something"...
Anyway, getting to the point....
After I got through the 5th shoebox of parts I realized I actually had all the parts, minus a clamp, for this:
Hilarious. I swear if someone asked if I had any spare Obi parts I'd have said "Well I know I have a grenade I blue'd... but I think that's it.
So what to do with this?
I think I'm going to order a clamp, wire up Spirit of Obiwan's crystal chamber, and weather the crap out of this.
Eventually I'd like to talk scottjua into accepting a commission for a full efx and chamber version, but for now this will do. I can't be buying more sabers until I've finished building the current collection.
I mean if I have all the parts for an obi around without knowing it, then I clearly have too many projects on the go already.
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Re: NeoRutty's Prop Projects - When you have too many projects on the go...
Heh... I know what you mean....
Besides needing to finish off my M.P.P. ESB saber (still need to swap out the current Exactra bubbles with the frosted ones I swapped for) I still have to finish off:
And I still need to swap out the handwheel that you helped have me get drilled on my real part Obi...
The list just always seems to keep growing, and not shrinking lol...
Heh... I know what you mean....
Besides needing to finish off my M.P.P. ESB saber (still need to swap out the current Exactra bubbles with the frosted ones I swapped for) I still have to finish off:
- my Graflex ESB build
- my Rylo reveal build
- my Anakin Starkiller V2 build
- my custom Canon flash build
- my custom Busch flash build
And I still need to swap out the handwheel that you helped have me get drilled on my real part Obi...
The list just always seems to keep growing, and not shrinking lol...
Re: NeoRutty's Prop Projects - When you have too many projects on the go...
Where did you pick up the ROTJ Vader stunt kit?
As for what I have on my CURRENT finish list...
- Graflex TFA build
- Vader ROTJ Stunt Repaint
- Anakin Starkiller V2 build
- Obi Crystal reveal (as I discovered I have)
- Canon model X build (no idea what to use as a bottom tube)
- Luke Crossguard saber (yeah yeah... it's weird. I like it)
- Finish Authentic Obi build (still need a D-ring... decide if I'm rebluing the grenade)
- Heiland Vader ESB
- Heland Vader ANH
Then there's non saber projects...
- Deagostini falcon
- Stormtrooper bucket build and paint
- Finish weathering Han ROTJ blaster
- Leia rubies blaster build
Goes on and on.
Anyone got any extra Obi D-rings out there??
Where did you pick up the ROTJ Vader stunt kit?
As for what I have on my CURRENT finish list...
- Graflex TFA build
- Vader ROTJ Stunt Repaint
- Anakin Starkiller V2 build
- Obi Crystal reveal (as I discovered I have)
- Canon model X build (no idea what to use as a bottom tube)
- Luke Crossguard saber (yeah yeah... it's weird. I like it)
- Finish Authentic Obi build (still need a D-ring... decide if I'm rebluing the grenade)
- Heiland Vader ESB
- Heland Vader ANH
Then there's non saber projects...
- Deagostini falcon
- Stormtrooper bucket build and paint
- Finish weathering Han ROTJ blaster
- Leia rubies blaster build
Goes on and on.
Anyone got any extra Obi D-rings out there??
Re: NeoRutty's Prop Projects - When you have too many projects on the go...
Who else? teecrooz
Um no... that would kind of defeat the purpose of the swap, no?
And yeah... I'm still *really* tempted to get that De Agostini Falcon...
Who else? teecrooz
Um no... that would kind of defeat the purpose of the swap, no?
And yeah... I'm still *really* tempted to get that De Agostini Falcon...
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Re: NeoRutty's Prop Projects - When you have too many projects on the go...
Not a full rebluing just the top ring... , maybe trying to take red off the top lip and then match the weathering.
I can only assume from the last time I took paint off a grenade it went right to the steal, didn't leave any petina. That's the torture.
I'm torn between my liking of the red, and my liking of all you other guys' grenades that just have that dark look.
Nice on the Vader Stunt kit. STILL looking for a shroud and bottom piece where the glass eye originally sat. I can make my own emitter section... but the shroud is a pain, and no one is machining them anymore.
Not a full rebluing just the top ring... , maybe trying to take red off the top lip and then match the weathering.
I can only assume from the last time I took paint off a grenade it went right to the steal, didn't leave any petina. That's the torture.
I'm torn between my liking of the red, and my liking of all you other guys' grenades that just have that dark look.
Nice on the Vader Stunt kit. STILL looking for a shroud and bottom piece where the glass eye originally sat. I can make my own emitter section... but the shroud is a pain, and no one is machining them anymore.
Re: NeoRutty's Prop Projects - When you have too many projects on the go...
YES! I was just talking to him about that one...
Thanks much!
It's on my home list, but not the one above... That one I may be looking forward to the most... I just have to match the quality of @ReelFakes version.
So much to do, so little time.
I haven't sold my house yet... but came close and would have had to be out in 3 weeks. Kinda lit a fire under my ass.
Nothing like trying to spray paint on an apartment balcony.
YES! I was just talking to him about that one...
Thanks much!
It's on my home list, but not the one above... That one I may be looking forward to the most... I just have to match the quality of @ReelFakes version.
So much to do, so little time.
I haven't sold my house yet... but came close and would have had to be out in 3 weeks. Kinda lit a fire under my ass.
Nothing like trying to spray paint on an apartment balcony.
Re: NeoRutty's Prop Projects - When you have too many projects on the go...
Took a few things off the list of to-do's...
My Han ROTJ blaster has never quite been finished, so I finally got around to weathering the flash hider.
I dumped in in aluminum black and let it sit overnight...
.... then brushed a bunch off with an SOS pad. I guess I could have looked up reference to see if it should look a specific way, but instead just went with what I Thought looked good... even if not accurate. Maybe I'll revisit if bored some day, but I like it as is, and want to finish this thing, finally...
I want to weather the body down more, and darken the handles... maybe this weekend.
Even on my props that appear done, there are always little pieces that need doing.
I also managed to get started on the V2. I tried the oven cleaner trick to take down the shine a bit... two passes with Easy Off.
It took the shine down for sure... it's a kind of murky grey now. Do I like it better that way? Would it have looked better shiny? I dunno.
I can't remember who gave me the idea of using aluminum black on the booster section, but I went with that and it looks pretty cool. Not sure how accurate... but then we're going off crappy photos, so I'm sure it's fine! I couldn't bring myself to smack it with a hammer, so it will have to stay smooth.
2.5 hours later the stencils were on and hope to paint tomorrow.
Times running out! A lot to do before I lose my work space.
Took a few things off the list of to-do's...
My Han ROTJ blaster has never quite been finished, so I finally got around to weathering the flash hider.
I dumped in in aluminum black and let it sit overnight...
.... then brushed a bunch off with an SOS pad. I guess I could have looked up reference to see if it should look a specific way, but instead just went with what I Thought looked good... even if not accurate. Maybe I'll revisit if bored some day, but I like it as is, and want to finish this thing, finally...
I want to weather the body down more, and darken the handles... maybe this weekend.
Even on my props that appear done, there are always little pieces that need doing.
I also managed to get started on the V2. I tried the oven cleaner trick to take down the shine a bit... two passes with Easy Off.
It took the shine down for sure... it's a kind of murky grey now. Do I like it better that way? Would it have looked better shiny? I dunno.
I can't remember who gave me the idea of using aluminum black on the booster section, but I went with that and it looks pretty cool. Not sure how accurate... but then we're going off crappy photos, so I'm sure it's fine! I couldn't bring myself to smack it with a hammer, so it will have to stay smooth.
2.5 hours later the stencils were on and hope to paint tomorrow.
Times running out! A lot to do before I lose my work space.
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Re: NeoRutty's Prop Projects - Oh the weathering outside is weathering...
Man, reading through this, seeing how many times you discover parts you already had makes me so jealous. That ROTJ blaster looks good, I was bummed that I couldn't get in the last run, but excited that I'm on the current one.
I think you're on the right path taking the shine off the V2 since the paint is going to look all chipped up. It only makes sense that the metal would be dull.
Man, reading through this, seeing how many times you discover parts you already had makes me so jealous. That ROTJ blaster looks good, I was bummed that I couldn't get in the last run, but excited that I'm on the current one.
I think you're on the right path taking the shine off the V2 since the paint is going to look all chipped up. It only makes sense that the metal would be dull.
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