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Author Topic: Introducing Mustafar: A Drahcir Custom Graflex  (Read 18860 times)
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« Reply #30 on: September 02, 2015, 03:41:27 AM »

Yes, great photo tips Kouri....... +1  Smiley

You can get similar results with some basic home lighting / lamps and backdrops also.....  Smiley


and one other thing, lol

would've been ace.

I don't hear the word "ace" being used much these days, such an 80's word, I remember haha...... what your vintage ?
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« Reply #31 on: September 03, 2015, 02:02:43 AM »

OKay.. late to the party, I am.. but GADZOOKS! Awesome saber created you have!!

POINT!!

If US offered a 'Dark Graflex' I might even try something like this myself..
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« Reply #32 on: September 03, 2015, 02:27:43 AM »

Per the advice given to me I went back and played with the grips again with new eyes.
Flatter colors, no metallics, while still getting the grit in there.

Bad phone picture, but I think it's an improvement.

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« Reply #33 on: September 06, 2015, 03:36:36 PM »

This. Is. Epic!!!! It's so cool! I actually could see Anakin doing maintenance every day, though. He loves building droids and the like, I see no reason why he wouldn't stop to clean his weapon, after all, you take care of your weapon, it takes care of you.
"This weapon is your life. Guard it well."
That said, this is an awesome hilt! What are you gonna do with it?
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« Reply #34 on: September 06, 2015, 07:15:47 PM »

Maintenance may not have been the best word. More like polishing, the innards would be great and reliable, but polishing that thing and keeping its sheen. Doesn't sound like Anakin to me.

Not to mention Anakin wasn't exactly easy on his hilts.
He went through three in AOTC
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« Reply #35 on: September 07, 2015, 12:36:28 AM »

XD That's true. I get where you're coming from here.
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« Reply #36 on: September 07, 2015, 05:48:12 PM »

Maintenance may not have been the best word. More like polishing, the innards would be great and reliable, but polishing that thing and keeping its sheen. Doesn't sound like Anakin to me.

Not to mention Anakin wasn't exactly easy on his hilts.
He went through three in AOTC

This is very well thought out!
Note that Ani did not put priority into putting coverings on 3-PO when he built it and his podracer, although mechanically sound and fast as hell had little in the way of fairings on the engines with the mechanicals exposed. R2 and 3PO did paint it, but the plating was all beat to hell and not polished.

I would expect a well used hilt with impeccable innards. like Drachir's masterpiece here.
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« Reply #37 on: September 07, 2015, 06:40:47 PM »

This is very well thought out!
Note that Ani did not put priority into putting coverings on 3-PO when he built it and his podracer, although mechanically sound and fast as hell had little in the way of fairings on the engines with the mechanicals exposed. R2 and 3PO did paint it, but the plating was all beat to hell and not polished.

I would expect a well used hilt with impeccable innards. like Drachir's masterpiece here.
Sir, you fail to consider the fact that he was a slave. He had no way of getting plating for 3PO, in fact, he states that he can't afford it. He was only able to make 3PO because he salvaged him from a droid he found on the streets.
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« Reply #38 on: September 08, 2015, 06:46:16 AM »

Love it!!! The funny thing is after seeing your page on custom weathering I had planned to send in my Graflex to you for this same effect. And here it is as if taken from my imagination. Great minds think alike?  Tongue
Would you mind doing something similar to this in the future?
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« Reply #39 on: September 08, 2015, 02:27:25 PM »

Sir, you fail to consider the fact that he was a slave. He had no way of getting plating for 3PO, in fact, he states that he can't afford it. He was only able to make 3PO because he salvaged him from a droid he found on the streets.

Points for the come back. His pod was also pieced together from junk. If there was even a "used-like-new" part on that heap, I'd be shocked.
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« Reply #40 on: September 08, 2015, 03:59:58 PM »

Maintenance may not have been the best word. More like polishing, the innards would be great and reliable, but polishing that thing and keeping its sheen. Doesn't sound like Anakin to me.

Not to mention Anakin wasn't exactly easy on his hilts.
He went through three in AOTC

Gotta agree.  Ani is function over looks.  There were many, many times in TCW where he wrecks brand new ships, destroys hardware, and is just like  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ .     If it served a purpose and fulfilled its purpose, he seemed fine with it using it just as it was and not caring about the physical particulars. 

Also, there's the matter of the scar on his face.  I'm betting some bacta could have cleared that up, as there have far more severe wounds that left none.  Bet he kept it for a reason.  I could see him keeping the "scars" on his weapons as some sort of physical reminder of just what both he and his weapon have been through.  This also seems very in line with his former slave self.  "I don't care what it looks like as long as it functions how I need it to function." 

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« Reply #41 on: September 09, 2015, 09:29:03 PM »

Gotta agree.  Ani is function over looks.  There were many, many times in TCW where he wrecks brand new ships, destroys hardware, and is just like  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ .     If it served a purpose and fulfilled its purpose, he seemed fine with it using it just as it was and not caring about the physical particulars. 

Also, there's the matter of the scar on his face.  I'm betting some bacta could have cleared that up, as there have far more severe wounds that left none.  Bet he kept it for a reason.  I could see him keeping the "scars" on his weapons as some sort of physical reminder of just what both he and his weapon have been through.  This also seems very in line with his former slave self.  "I don't care what it looks like as long as it functions how I need it to function." 


Maybe he just breaks/loses his sabers so much he never gets a chance to wear them down. Tongue
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« Reply #42 on: September 09, 2015, 10:51:44 PM »

Maybe he just breaks/loses his sabers so much he never gets a chance to wear them down. Tongue

Also a possibility.  Takes after his Master with losing them.  Wink
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« Reply #43 on: September 09, 2015, 11:34:21 PM »

Also a possibility.  Takes after his Master with losing them.  Wink
C'mon, give Obi Wan a little  more credit than that! XD
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« Reply #44 on: September 10, 2015, 06:00:03 PM »

very impressive, it looks like a relic that's just been dug up.

not sure I can use more words to compliment....have a point for your skills
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