Re: 1st step in new Bad Mother F&*%ing Project
Ok, So, here's an update on where I'm at.
First off, a big thanks to Mike Slosar who I'm working with on this and who gave me his 3d model to start working from. I finally got the 3d model printed, so that I could put it side by side with my stunt saber and see how things match up. What I came across was pretty interesting. First off, Mike did an amazing job designing it. It's such a complicated saber and if he was working off of screen shots and publicly available material, then bravo because you got really close.
Now, the big thing I've noticed is that the saber that Mike modeled your 3d design, the aluminum and brass prop shown in pictures like these
Let's call it the episode 2 prop
was not the same prop used as the base for these resin epsiode 3 sabers
Let's call this casting master the episode 3 prop.
The reason I can tell is because the position of the gold rectangular buttons don't match.
The production made prop I have is the episode 3 type (except it has protruding grips, not recessed as on the dueling stunts)
Nevertheless, both props show some similar design elements that are easy to miss and have been missed on other replicas.
I think that before we move forward we should decide which version of the saber to replicate.
I'm torn. On one hand, I think maybe we should do the episode 3 design, since I own an original casting and can get very precise details right from it. As in I can measure parts with digital calipers and work from there.
On the other hand, the episode 3 version is the original version that I remember from AOTC and it's this design (although I think a Chromed Resin Sabers) that Sam Jackson actually owns and which has the BMF on it.
What do you guys think?
Which version should we focus on?