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Author Topic: My first unboxing video... for my first custom saber  (Read 3365 times)
Lord Sidious
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« Reply #15 on: March 15, 2020, 09:39:30 AM »

Excellent video. I like how you mixed the emitters on Dominicide. It really shows how versatile that beast is.
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« Reply #16 on: March 16, 2020, 01:30:10 AM »

sadness.  going to email US.   the Dom did not survive our first corona-isolation day.  Processing the vid right now...

The set up:
my 7yo padawan had her Initiate with 24" UEMG
my 10yo had his Dark Apprentice LEv5with 36" UEHG
I had my Dominicde in single-blade mode (dark war glaive emitter pommel, 36" UEHG blade)
we left the Aeon with 24" UEHG at home for this outing.

We went to the local park to practice sparring with me focused on practicing blocks with the Dom while the two kids took turns trying to hit me.    My 10yo took off one Dom claw around 5 minutes.  My 7yo took out three screws from the hilt, one of those long black bumpers, and shut down the Dom Sad  (it turned off and wouldn't turn back on)   Both kids were horrified at breaking another one of my toys on Day 1 (we broke my Traxxis RC car when my kid plowed his into mine a few years back and I have yet to fix those even though I bought the replacement parts years ago)

I'm hoping that last part is just because we were at around the 20 min of sparring mark and had drained the batteries, but the hilt is currently wobbly and loose because of missing screws and the bumper that popped off might have been holding the top and bottom portions (it's the one right next to the access cover (?) that comes off to reprogram the diamond board)

The kids then had me on the DA-LEv5 and we did more blocking.  After another 10 minutes or so, the DA also ran out of juice.  We sparred dark for another 10 or so minutes, which was still fun.  Though mostly it was me practicing blocking while they took swings at me.  We inspected the sabers afterwards and the DA blade actually got loose enough to pull out.  The Initiate survived with power to spare (yay 4xAAA)

We had fun, but the kids were worried that we weren't supposed to be sparring with these.  Wife asked if the Dom was supposed to be a display-piece/trophy-piece.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyI0hXXfWGA" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyI0hXXfWGA</a>



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Dark Side here, Grey in RPGs
(Order#1 - Ordered 1/27/20 - Arrived 3/12/20)
* Diamond Dominicide for me (died 4/2/20, sent back 5/23/20 for repairs, back in hand and working 6/4/2020)
* Diamond Dark Apprentice LE v5 for the 10yo Padawan
* Stunt Aeon LE v3 - Blazing Red (FreeMysteryBox) for the missus
* Stunt Initiate v2 - Guardian Blue (FreeInitiate) for the 7yo Youngling
(Order #2 - Ordered 5/17/20 - Arrived 9/13/20)
* Stunt Dark Overlord - Consular Green ($75 Mystery Box)
* Yari (Pike) Extension with 16" UEHG
* Silver Vented QR Coupler

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« Reply #17 on: March 16, 2020, 01:32:45 AM »

I ran mine with 32” blades most of the time for combat and 24” for spinning and felt this to be the most effective use for the blades.  Try it out for yourself and tell me how it worked out for you.

I'll have to Robyn-cut or buy some 32"s then...
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Dark Side here, Grey in RPGs
(Order#1 - Ordered 1/27/20 - Arrived 3/12/20)
* Diamond Dominicide for me (died 4/2/20, sent back 5/23/20 for repairs, back in hand and working 6/4/2020)
* Diamond Dark Apprentice LE v5 for the 10yo Padawan
* Stunt Aeon LE v3 - Blazing Red (FreeMysteryBox) for the missus
* Stunt Initiate v2 - Guardian Blue (FreeInitiate) for the 7yo Youngling
(Order #2 - Ordered 5/17/20 - Arrived 9/13/20)
* Stunt Dark Overlord - Consular Green ($75 Mystery Box)
* Yari (Pike) Extension with 16" UEHG
* Silver Vented QR Coupler

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« Reply #18 on: March 16, 2020, 09:14:36 AM »

edit: messed up the practice spinning vids... will try again tomorrow night.
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Dark Side here, Grey in RPGs
(Order#1 - Ordered 1/27/20 - Arrived 3/12/20)
* Diamond Dominicide for me (died 4/2/20, sent back 5/23/20 for repairs, back in hand and working 6/4/2020)
* Diamond Dark Apprentice LE v5 for the 10yo Padawan
* Stunt Aeon LE v3 - Blazing Red (FreeMysteryBox) for the missus
* Stunt Initiate v2 - Guardian Blue (FreeInitiate) for the 7yo Youngling
(Order #2 - Ordered 5/17/20 - Arrived 9/13/20)
* Stunt Dark Overlord - Consular Green ($75 Mystery Box)
* Yari (Pike) Extension with 16" UEHG
* Silver Vented QR Coupler

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« Reply #19 on: March 16, 2020, 11:17:38 AM »

edit: messed up the practice spinning vids... will try again tomorrow night.


I look forward to it, there's quite a bit of us that spin our sabers.
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« Reply #20 on: March 17, 2020, 08:53:49 AM »

I look forward to it, there's quite a bit of us that spin our sabers.

then I welcome all critiques and feedback!  uploaded 6 videos... practice runs for Darth Cephalus' March challenge.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg1TbESkj9WrSamEsm-bbaxaM8AtBIzKn

Update on the Dominicide: got an allen wrench, tightened all the screws and Dom's back to being nice and tight (no longer wobbly) though I'm missing 2 screws... if US doesn't send me spares, I'll probably wait until Corona Virus lockdown ends to go to HomeDepot or Lowes to pick up replacements, maybe with flat instead of rounded tops.   Will probably also consider putting a drop or two of loctite as well, except for the ones that allow access to the diamond board inside.

popped the hilt bumper back, will see how well it holds.  considering using my plastic mallet to pop out the remaining emitter claws... will think about it.

at least everything's back to to normal once I re-tightened all the screws.  now sure why sparring would loosen them though.
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Dark Side here, Grey in RPGs
(Order#1 - Ordered 1/27/20 - Arrived 3/12/20)
* Diamond Dominicide for me (died 4/2/20, sent back 5/23/20 for repairs, back in hand and working 6/4/2020)
* Diamond Dark Apprentice LE v5 for the 10yo Padawan
* Stunt Aeon LE v3 - Blazing Red (FreeMysteryBox) for the missus
* Stunt Initiate v2 - Guardian Blue (FreeInitiate) for the 7yo Youngling
(Order #2 - Ordered 5/17/20 - Arrived 9/13/20)
* Stunt Dark Overlord - Consular Green ($75 Mystery Box)
* Yari (Pike) Extension with 16" UEHG
* Silver Vented QR Coupler

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« Reply #21 on: March 17, 2020, 11:31:55 AM »

My critique is to work on your planes. With flow art, we typically go with the front and rear planes (lightsaber moving between the front of rear of your body) over the right and left planes since it's harder to see the travel of your lightsaber. You'll spin your saber to the left or right of your body depending on what hand you're using bringing the saber in front of your body, to the back of your body

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he-KXppc8bM" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he-KXppc8bM</a>


I also recommend visiting the spin tutorial page, there's a lot of content to learn from the basics to duel wield (Jar'Kai)

http://www.saberforum.com/index.php?topic=23125.0

Darth Cephalus' single saber work got me started

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf2BA9eUktws29zZjesedQ996qS8oYEpt
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« Reply #22 on: March 18, 2020, 02:36:27 AM »

My critique is to work on your planes. With flow art, we typically go with the front and rear planes (lightsaber moving between the front of rear of your body) over the right and left planes since it's harder to see the travel of your lightsaber.

Thanks! I'll keep all this in mind, and make sure the planes are perpendicular parallel to the audience. Smiley
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Dark Side here, Grey in RPGs
(Order#1 - Ordered 1/27/20 - Arrived 3/12/20)
* Diamond Dominicide for me (died 4/2/20, sent back 5/23/20 for repairs, back in hand and working 6/4/2020)
* Diamond Dark Apprentice LE v5 for the 10yo Padawan
* Stunt Aeon LE v3 - Blazing Red (FreeMysteryBox) for the missus
* Stunt Initiate v2 - Guardian Blue (FreeInitiate) for the 7yo Youngling
(Order #2 - Ordered 5/17/20 - Arrived 9/13/20)
* Stunt Dark Overlord - Consular Green ($75 Mystery Box)
* Yari (Pike) Extension with 16" UEHG
* Silver Vented QR Coupler

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« Reply #23 on: March 18, 2020, 11:31:50 AM »

You're welcome, Darth Syronimus. I look forward to seeing more videos, just practice, practice, practice
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« Reply #24 on: March 18, 2020, 12:41:34 PM »

Congratulations on your new sabers; makes me more excited about my next order.
I appreciate you taking the time to share.
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« Reply #25 on: March 19, 2020, 05:27:34 AM »

running low on space on photobucket... wonder if FB will work... trying
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=101360841509674&amp;set=a.101361301509628&amp;type=3

hmm, looks like it won't embed.  oh well.
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Dark Side here, Grey in RPGs
(Order#1 - Ordered 1/27/20 - Arrived 3/12/20)
* Diamond Dominicide for me (died 4/2/20, sent back 5/23/20 for repairs, back in hand and working 6/4/2020)
* Diamond Dark Apprentice LE v5 for the 10yo Padawan
* Stunt Aeon LE v3 - Blazing Red (FreeMysteryBox) for the missus
* Stunt Initiate v2 - Guardian Blue (FreeInitiate) for the 7yo Youngling
(Order #2 - Ordered 5/17/20 - Arrived 9/13/20)
* Stunt Dark Overlord - Consular Green ($75 Mystery Box)
* Yari (Pike) Extension with 16" UEHG
* Silver Vented QR Coupler

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« Reply #26 on: March 19, 2020, 11:33:42 AM »

I use imgbb.com which is a free photo hosting site and the most popular one is Imgur but I don't go on there so I don't use it myself
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