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Title: Initiate V4 LE - simple customization Post by: Karmack on April 08, 2019, 03:56:39 PM Hey saberforum!
So, I picked up an Initiate V4 LE as a grab-bag during the raffle before Christmas. Its a straight-up stunt V4 LE, but it is in Arctic Blue (my favorite!) and it was a nice hilt, so I decided to hang onto it and see what I could do with it. Here's a picture of it in company with its "mates" from that raffle: (https://i.imgur.com/VIY2d7M.jpg) But ... what to do? After some thought, I decided to remake this hilt into a "two-handed" hilt by stealing an idea from my daughter. She has an Initiate V3 that she made into a two-handed hilt by adding an extension. So I picked up an MHS V1 ribbed extension, v-grooved from TCSS. After installing this extension, I also picked up some new pommels and installed a Malice Round pommel on this hilt. It looked better, but it needed something more. Here it is, after this hardware installation, with my new Dark Sentinel V5 (also sporting a pommel upgrade), Dk Cat (with a Scorpion pommel) and two Initiate V3s with their vented coupler. (https://i.imgur.com/zR8owZu.jpg) So ... I was mulling it over and I happened to see a post by Solstice Lacer, outlining how she used a paint treatment on her Sentinel V4 mod. So I stopped off and picked up a spray can of Rustoleum "black steel" paint. I also grabbed my trusty Testors Model Master Gunmetal acrylic paint. The approach was this: Paint the recessed rings Gunmetal to give the base hilt a two-tone feel, and spray the "grenade" section of the extension to make it pop. I like the result: (https://i.imgur.com/4u01BYV.jpg) (https://i.imgur.com/OMdRbqc.jpg) (https://i.imgur.com/hjMI83z.jpg) Amazing what a little paint will do... Title: Re: Initiate V4 LE - simple customization Post by: Infinit01 on April 08, 2019, 04:27:36 PM A nice easy and simple mod that you did to your new Ini, Karmack. I like it and the black added to the hilt changes how it looks. Point for that
Title: Re: Initiate V4 LE - simple customization Post by: MandaloriansPride on April 08, 2019, 06:53:33 PM That looks really good!
Title: Re: Initiate V4 LE - simple customization Post by: For Tyeth on April 08, 2019, 07:14:17 PM Hello Karmack,
Really nice mods you have made. It still amazes me how changing small details makes BIG differences. And I like your improvised photo studio - or was this arrangement just for convenience to get the saber to stand upright? :) point on it's way to you. Title: Re: Initiate V4 LE - simple customization Post by: Karmack on April 08, 2019, 07:51:07 PM LOL Thanks For!
AS for the studio... Its a convenient corner in my office, where this saber lives on display. I will have to post another picture soon of the display as it is today lit up... Title: Re: Initiate V4 LE - simple customization Post by: tx_tuff on April 08, 2019, 09:55:37 PM Nice work!
Sent from my LM-V405 using Tapatalk Title: Re: Initiate V4 LE - simple customization Post by: Therion Jinn on April 09, 2019, 02:03:54 AM Turned out really good, there
Title: Re: Initiate V4 LE - simple customization Post by: BatMike90 on April 10, 2019, 12:00:49 AM Simple, easy, great work! Point!
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