OK, starting as I usually do on these, from the bottom of the saber hilt and slowly progressing upward, I started weathering my Starkiller V2/V3 Kit with the intention to make a “production version” of the V3 as it may have looked during the production of Jedi, prior to its current modified post-production condition.
The grub screws are still on order, but I decided to do the basic metal weathering from the pommel up to the booster, to include “Hamill damage” to the bottom of the pommel from being bounced against the ground during shooting:
After the grub screws are attached, I’ll move up the saber and continue to weather it followed by paint and more weathering to include the half moon chuck mark between the pommel cubes (thanks Halliwax for sharing your method there). This will be a fun one since the production appearance is fairly vague with only a very basic amount of solid details; there is a lot of room for interpretation. By and large, I’ll be following the slightly darker (compared to the V2) scheme seen in the stunt resin copy of the V3 which was obviously meant to approximate its original production look.
The grub screws are still on order, but I decided to do the basic metal weathering from the pommel up to the booster, to include “Hamill damage” to the bottom of the pommel from being bounced against the ground during shooting:
After the grub screws are attached, I’ll move up the saber and continue to weather it followed by paint and more weathering to include the half moon chuck mark between the pommel cubes (thanks Halliwax for sharing your method there). This will be a fun one since the production appearance is fairly vague with only a very basic amount of solid details; there is a lot of room for interpretation. By and large, I’ll be following the slightly darker (compared to the V2) scheme seen in the stunt resin copy of the V3 which was obviously meant to approximate its original production look.
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