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Hey Everyone!

I've been planning to do this for quite some time now.

Back in June, I bought a 4-channel Emerald Dark War Glaive with RGBA.

I thought it would be more interesting & helpful to do a Color Gallery rather than a Review (though I do plan to write an article on it later this month).

I'll post updates on a daily basis and each post will include:

- Picture of the DWG in a given blade color

- Emerald settings for that color

- Thoughts on how that blade color looks on the hilt

-  2 suggestions for FOC, one will be a subtle change relative to the blade color and the other will be high contrast.

- Emerald settings for the FOC colors


So without further adieu, here's the first post:





R - 100%
G - 0%
B - 0%
A - 0%


Most people consider this to be Sith saber - and without a doubt, Blazing Red gives it an extremely menacing look.

For a subtle FOC, I like to use a Reddish Orange similar to a Pyrestone Orange, I believe.

R - 100%
A - 50%

For more contrast, I really like Dark Violet Amethyst.

R - 10%
B - 100%

Speaking of DVA - that will be tomorrow's color.  :)

cool . . . +1 Lord C  8)


i'm looking forward to CG . . . and If I could request a future pic in G+A (a lime colour) and B+A (Haz did an "Ice Violet" colour) also pls, I think they would look great on the Dark War Glaive. . . cheers :)

This will be a fun thread to follow.
+1  ;)

Absolutely!

Should have said in the first post - if you have any requests for non-standard colors - just let me know and I'll eventually get them up in here!

Yes, if you can pull off JediXIX's Blood Orange, that would be spectacular.

R - 20%
G - 0%
B - 100%
A - 0%


This is one of my favorite colors on the Dark War Glaive.  Truth be told, I'm not sure there's any color that doesn't look good on this hilt.  I would say that's generally true on most hilts that are predominantly black.  The color just seems to always really pop against the black.

For a subtle FOC setting, I like to bump the Red up to 33%.  It lightens up the purple just enough to spark on impact.

For a high contrast FOC setting, my favorite is "Gold".  Actually - Gold is one of my favorite FOC colors for just about every blade color; it just looks great with everything.

The setting for Gold is . . .

R - 100%
G - 100%
B - 0%
A - 100%

Yeah - pretty extreme setting, but it looks tremendous.

Here's a gif I made of DVA with Gold flash on clash:

Looks great, gold foc is my favorite foc color for almost any blade color.

Spectacular thread Lord C point awarded...I'll be watching this closely as well.

R - 0%
G - 100%
B - 0%
A - 0%

Green's a great blade color (very bright in person) but for whatever reason it doesn't completely work for me on the DWG.  I fully believe any hilt can be used as a Jedi saber but in this case, I think a Blue definitely works better than the Greens.

For a subtle FOC, I like to add some Blue; kind of a brighter SRD.

G - 100%
B - 33%

For high contrast - I'm going Gold again (this will be a bit of a running theme). 

R - 100%
G - 100%
A - 100%

It's important to note - Gold looks a lot warmer in person than it does in the Gif.  The camera usually doesn't pick it up.

This is actually a pretty good approximation:

Awesome stuff.. Keep it rolling! :)

I really need to try that gold on my emerald saber.

Just an FYI today . . . taking a couple days off from this . . . my "Saber Time" is going to be spent finishing up Episode II of the Canterbury Armory.   :)

^  Yes!

Point for you Lord C- very cool thread :).  I really like that gold/ DVA combo, I'll have to try that out.  I'm a big fan of blazing red and something like DVA for a dramatic clash too :).  

Yeah VA is prob my favourite flash next to a blood orange and yellow.

DVA with BR FOC is actually the initial setting I ordered it with!  :)

Just a note - will get back to this thread tomorrow . . . got delayed by a nasty bout with the Flu.   >:(

And I forgot tonight was my Wife's office party so I had the Youngling most of the night.

So Double Post Thursday!

Guardian Blue and perhaps something a little more bold . . . maybe Bane's Heart or Acid Green?  We'll see!


I'll probably Double Post Friday as well since I start Holiday vacation that day and want to catch up a bit.

In the meantime - if you haven't yet - check out my Menace CE review!


http://www.saberforum.com/index.php?topic=26608.0

B - 100%

I like this one a lot; the Blue works really well on Black hilts, at least to my eyes.

For a subtle FOC - I like to go from Blue to Ice Blue.

B - 100%
G - 100%


For something with more pop - I like Blue to Orange; give that one a shot!

A - 100%

R - 100%
B - 10%

Not something I personally like for a full time blade color, but it certainly does pop!

Not sure how well it works for the hilt but could just be my bias.   ;)

I couldn't work out a high contrast FOC I liked so I just have a subtle one, a full on Violet Amethyst.

R - 100%
B - 100%

This is a wonderful thread and am loving the FoC.  Point for you.   8)

B - 90%
A - 90%


This has previously been referred to as Ice Purple, but since hazard502 was the first to post it - I'm redubbing this as Hazardous Purple.

The combination of Blue & Amber makes a surprisingly great shade of Purple light which works quite well on the DWG.

For the FOC, I felt the best option here was to simply shut the Blue component off and go with the Amber @ 90%.

Haha, Hazardous Purple, awesome . . . +1 :D

Sweet colours and foc combos :).  This is such a good thread, I'm always complaining that I don't have the time to experiment with my emerald like I'd want to- so really appreciate!

Thanks RR - glad to hear some people are finding this useful!

Great thread! Love that gold color. Real want an emerald now.

Thanks brother I'm flattered ;D  Although I feel sheepish about it too lol :o...It certainly looks smooth on your DWG!