Scratch-Built Lightsaber

derrickzanni333

New Member

• Jan 4, 2018

• #1

Awhile back I scratch-built this lightsaber hilt, borrowing heavily from Obi Wan and Luke’s lightsaber design with a few differences. I am currently displaying it with a rough handmade stand that I plan on replacing soon. The paint chipping effect was created by painting the hilt with an acrylic black paint and taking a tooth pick and scratching the paint away while it was still relatively tacky. The battle da,age on the actual hilt was accomplished by heating the plastic and using a chizzled rock to press into the plastic to create a dented appearance. Rust and discoloration was made by Tamiya Weathering Master kits.

 

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Azrakel

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• Jan 8, 2018

• #2

Nicely done. Great prop hilt.

 

Sym-Cha

Master Member

• Jan 8, 2018

• #3

Indeed ... great weathering

Chaïm

 

derrickzanni333

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• Jan 8, 2018

• #4

Azrakel said:

Nicely done. Great prop hilt.

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Thank you very much! Lots of work went into this.

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derrickzanni333

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• Jan 8, 2018

• #5

Sym-Cha said:

Indeed ... great weathering

Chaïm

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Thank you for the kind words, I spent more time on the weathering than I did making the hilt. Many many hours were put into it, unfortunately the camera washes out most of the detail inside the hilt, and looks rather flat on camera.

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Last edited: Jan 9, 2018

ThatSpoiler

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• Jan 14, 2018

• #6

This looks like it came from the set of the original trilogy. Well Done!

 

derrickzanni333

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• Jan 15, 2018

• #7

ThatSpoiler said:

This looks like it came from the set of the original trilogy. Well Done!

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Thank you for the kind words!!

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