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Author Topic: My Dark Initiate LE V3 Customization  (Read 14314 times)
SteampunkSith
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« Reply #15 on: April 15, 2014, 02:04:57 PM »
Yeah, I agree.  It is neither here nor there...   Undecided
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« Reply #16 on: April 15, 2014, 02:09:50 PM »
Quote from: SteampunkSith on April 14, 2014, 07:56:12 PM
Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiice.  I may do a rings/leather combo...  The leather will help give a Steampunky vibe...


I like the idea of using both the O-rings and leather for a grip. You usually just see one or the other. Would love to see pics when you decide what to use!
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« Reply #17 on: April 15, 2014, 03:11:47 PM »
Thanks!  Yes, I am ordered a couple of different types of leather "ribbon"/lacing, and I will go to Home Depot this week to get a few different of sizes of rings.  The leather is coming from Canada, so I hope it doesn't take forever to get here (Texas)...  But either way, I will certainly keep y'all up to date, with pictures!

Speaking of pictures, I need to photograph my distressing so far.  And then I want to hit it with another round of distressing...
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Dark Initiate LE v3 BR
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Dark Prophecy GB
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« Reply #18 on: April 16, 2014, 05:29:26 AM »
Here is my "battle damage" thus far...  My friend threw it down the driveway twice (with the blade removed, obviously), then artfully hit it with the dremel.  I am going to hit it with fine sandpaper this weekend, too.
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Dark Initiate LE v3 BR
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Dark Prophecy GB
Manticore w/Sound AV
Aeon LE v3 BR
Aeon v4 BR

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« Reply #19 on: April 16, 2014, 11:35:35 AM »
Damn, looks like it got sucked through a jet engine. Smiley

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« Reply #20 on: April 20, 2014, 06:38:45 PM »
The current step I have been working on is sanding.  I am using very fine grit sandpaper, and taking it very slow...  Just a little bit at a time.  This is after the first round.  I have not decided yet if I will do more sanding...  Probably just some additional detail work around the rings for now.  I don't want to go too far too fast and not like the results.
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« Reply #21 on: April 20, 2014, 08:14:31 PM »
Nice.
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« Reply #22 on: April 21, 2014, 02:47:56 AM »
Lovely work S.S! with a little more sanding (not to much mind you?!) the weathering on that saber will look perfect!  Cheesy

I'm interested to see where you go from here?  Smiley
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« Reply #23 on: April 24, 2014, 01:43:46 AM »
I did some more sanding, with very fine sandpaper, areound all of the grooves of my hilt, plus on the ridges/edges of the chokes.

I had ordered some leather "ribbon" / lacing.  The black is thin, like ribbon, and about a half of an inch wide.  It is leather on one side, and suede on the other.  The red leather "ribbon" is a thinner width, but is a little thicker on the fingers, as it is folded over and made into a double-sided / finished leather on both sides "ribbon".

I also picked up some O rings from Home Depot, and a red thumb screw from elsewhere online.

I played with the black leather and O rings until I got a design that looked nice on the saber, and worked well in my hands.  No glue/adhesive was used.  I wrapped it ridiculously tight, used some twists at the cross points, and tied crazy-tight knots.


I cut three lengths of the red leather, and made an incredibly tight braid to use, too.


I made thick twists on either end of the switch.  I had to.  Before doing so, that switch would really hurt my hand when I would twirl my saber.  By wrapping the leather this way, I have created a nice little guard for my small hands.  I can now twirl pain-free!






My new thumb screw...


The total look thus far...


And no, the leather hanging off doesn't bother my twirling at all.  I am very happy with my work thus far!  Grin
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Dark Initiate LE v3 BR
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« Reply #24 on: April 24, 2014, 02:01:50 AM »
Looks nice Grin point for you
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« Reply #25 on: April 24, 2014, 02:04:38 AM »
Thank you so much!
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« Reply #26 on: April 29, 2014, 03:13:42 AM »
I have made further progress in Steampunkin' out my saber!

Here is the pommel that I jazzed up with Steampunky goodness...  I used vintage watch bits (some of which still spill and twirl on the pommel, which looks amazing), decorative/crafting gears, and lock washers...  I used Liquid Nails Perfect Glue as my adhesive.

And yes, in true Crafty Cat Lady style, I realize now that one of my two furballs was up on my crafting table...  And there are little whisps of white cat hair on this...  I will have to bust out my intense detail light, reading glasses, and tweezers to clean those out!  lol, oy...
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My UltraSabers:
Dark Initiate LE v3 BR
Dark SI v3 w/Sound BH
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Manticore w/Sound AV
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« Reply #27 on: April 29, 2014, 03:20:32 AM »
I also Steampunked out my blade plug...  Again, I used vintage watch parts, devorative/crafting gears, and lock washers, and used Liquid Nails Perfect Glue as the adhesive...  And yes, complete with cat hair, which I need to tediously remove now.  Thanks, 'Nizio...  Laugh it up, Fuzz Ball...   Undecided
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My UltraSabers:
Dark Initiate LE v3 BR
Dark SI v3 w/Sound BH
Dark Prophecy GB
Manticore w/Sound AV
Aeon LE v3 BR
Aeon v4 BR

SteampunkSith
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« Reply #28 on: April 29, 2014, 03:25:16 AM »
And finally, my blingy button...
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Dark Initiate LE v3 BR
Dark SI v3 w/Sound BH
Dark Prophecy GB
Manticore w/Sound AV
Aeon LE v3 BR
Aeon v4 BR

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« Reply #29 on: April 29, 2014, 12:45:17 PM »
Very nice. Now it starting to really look machined for that steampunk look. Excellent job.
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