Derek Skirata
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Post by Derek Skirata on Sept 4, 2006 8:59:29 GMT -5
Cool saber props!
Now for those who built their own custom hilt (homemade lightsabers), where can I find instructions to make my own homemade/custom hilt?
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Post by Scottishcwboy on Sept 11, 2006 15:50:16 GMT -5
So for costuming purposes you just to be attached to your belt would you all suggest using a MR Scaled Replica lightsaber??? You know for celebration and other parties???
and if anyone did ever find a blue print of how to make you own lightsaber, let me know too. I would love to make one of my own. It would so go with the costuming I am going for.... : )
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Post by Jackal92182 on Oct 10, 2006 11:30:32 GMT -5
I have founf numerous places online on how to build a replica lightsaber. Only thing is, you have to have power tools and all that fun stuff(which I don't have). Is there any way to build a decent lightsaber without having to buy all the tools needed to cut and shape etc.?
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Post by Jeedaiprophet on Oct 11, 2006 0:37:34 GMT -5
A couple of beauties ya got there. Hopefully I'll get around to my lit stands soon...
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Post by Quinlan Vos on Oct 11, 2006 13:16:50 GMT -5
Like everyone else has said, really nice looking saber. I really like that stand too... is that something that you made yourself? If so, kudos to you on both projects. I'm impressed.
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Post by Darth Caedus on Oct 21, 2006 5:13:51 GMT -5
Wow those hilts are so cool. I have a graflex but i havnt done anything to it yet. I will post a pic of it anyway if any of you guys are interested in seeing it. It has nothing done to it yet though as i havnt had time to track down the parts needed to complete it or the money. Does anyone one know where i can obtain the parts to do it. I am going to make it into an Anakin ROTS hilt. I will post some pictures of it anyway.
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Post by Jedi Nate on Nov 18, 2006 4:16:13 GMT -5
I really like the Graflex hilt. It looks really good. I also heard that they are pretty lightweight so you don't risk breaking your covertech clips like some of the heavier replicas tend to do. Don't get me wrong, covertech clips are awesome, but I wouldn't recommend carrying around a Darth Maul LE lightsaber on one. LOL. One of my hero Anakin hilts is a broken Force FX saber hilt that I had modified by advanced-light.com. Bob does excellent work. He pulled all the guts out of the fx saber and made a custom emitter cap and redid the pommel where the speaker was. All of that cost me about $50.00. The stunt hilt he customized for me weighs less than 3 pounds as opposed to a 6-10 pound hilt. As for graflex parts in general, I would try www.parksabers.com. He sells lots of parts to make your own saber.
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Post by Derek Skirata on Nov 18, 2006 14:26:39 GMT -5
I really like the Graflex hilt. It looks really good. I also heard that they are pretty lightweight so you don't risk breaking your covertech clips like some of the heavier replicas tend to do. Don't get me wrong, covertech clips are awesome, but I wouldn't recommend carrying around a Darth Maul LE lightsaber on one. LOL. One of my hero Anakin hilts is a broken Force FX saber hilt that I had modified by advanced-light.com. Bob does excellent work. He pulled all the guts out of the fx saber and made a custom emitter cap and redid the pommel where the speaker was. All of that cost me about $50.00. The stunt hilt he customized for me weighs less than 3 pounds as opposed to a 6-10 pound hilt. As for graflex parts in general, I would try www.parksabers.com. He sells lots of parts to make your own saber. Have you tried www.randomsabers.com? I know they're expensive, but I heard you can get your custom lightsaber to be however you want.
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Post by solnexus on Nov 19, 2006 11:24:57 GMT -5
Cool saber props! Now for those who built their own custom hilt (homemade lightsabers), where can I find instructions to make my own homemade/custom hilt? The most popular is Lightsabers from the Big Yellow Box @ bigyellowbox.tripod.com/ They have 8 different sabers with good picks and step by step instructions.
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Post by Derek Skirata on Nov 19, 2006 12:55:14 GMT -5
Cool saber props! Now for those who built their own custom hilt (homemade lightsabers), where can I find instructions to make my own homemade/custom hilt? The most popular is Lightsabers from the Big Yellow Box @ bigyellowbox.tripod.com/ They have 8 different sabers with good picks and step by step instructions. I looked at that site & they only had several hilts (none that looked like mine). I was trying to make my own hilt (I was about to say "never mind" since I now have a list of the parts to make my saber).
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Post by Darth Mistress™ on Nov 20, 2006 5:45:24 GMT -5
Wow, those are pretty sweet
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Post by Darth Jordan on Dec 2, 2006 20:13:08 GMT -5
Wow, cool saber! Jordan
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Post by Anakin Skywalker on Dec 3, 2006 1:35:38 GMT -5
awesome sabers ..good work on them
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