Darth Vigorous
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I am Darth Vigorous. My power knows no boundaries.
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« on: August 07, 2016, 06:11:11 PM » |
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First, this video does not belong to me and i did not invent this.
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I am the nightmare beyond your wildest dreams. I am the monstrosity of mankind itself. I will Never be overcome by any being, anything, any thought. I am the godling of a new greater power of the Sith to be. I am Darth Vigorous. Lord, grand and supreme, master of the Sith.  |
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shade_1313
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« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2016, 06:39:55 PM » |
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Looks very, very cool. DS point.
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Calculon
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We Will Win!
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« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2016, 06:53:27 PM » |
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Hey Darth Vigorous, Nice mod! Not sure if this was influence for you but if it wasnt, enjoy! One of my favorite sources of inspiration.
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Obese Wan Kenobese
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Fretful Instigator of the Prismatic Order
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« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2016, 07:55:29 PM » |
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Hey, man! It's the Yo Yo Ball!!!
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Selfish passion is unquenching.
What strength have you when you are a slave to your passions?
What power without strength of character?
To self centered rage, you will be chained.
The dark side is no victory.
The long path to peace is through balanced emotions.
The first step to gaining knowledge is recognizing your own ignorance.
Serenity is patient, not passionate satisfaction.
Find harmony by understanding chaos.
Become one with the force, which will never die.
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For Tyeth
Saber Smith Supreme
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I Survive through the Force.
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« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2016, 08:34:09 PM » |
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Hello Everyone,
I'm not sure but this might be of interest to folks doing lightsaber spinning/tricks or choreography. If you want a slightly less complex way to have a "floating" lightsaber then maybe you could rig your saber to work like a Flow Wand or Levitation Stick. There are various videos on YouTube showing Flow Wands and info on how to construct them. As I mentioned maybe the technique could be adapted to sabers. I did see one video of a guy at a Con using something similar, when I find it again I'll post it here.
kind regards,
For Tyeth
EDIT: The video/Gif is hosted on imgur but linked to that infamous gossip website, so not sure if I can post it here.
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Darth Cephalus
Supreme Heresiarch of Inadvisable Saber Techniques
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« Reply #5 on: October 06, 2016, 04:18:49 AM » |
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I have achieved something like this as well and have been posting on it over in the saber artistry section. Basically, I am just using string and a clip. http://www.saberforum.com/index.php?topic=32700.0;topicseen. |
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RevanReborn
Technomancer of the Graflex Order
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« Reply #6 on: October 06, 2016, 03:42:03 PM » |
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wow! very cool guys! i gotta look into some of this stuff for sure!! thanks for posting everyone  . |
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Corwyn VonBeck
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« Reply #7 on: October 06, 2016, 04:58:02 PM » |
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Amazing!
No doubt takes some serious practice to get it going right, but it looks awesome!
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Mr.Shades
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« Reply #8 on: October 15, 2016, 05:01:13 PM » |
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Good work ! It looks amazing  |
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Darth Cephalus
Supreme Heresiarch of Inadvisable Saber Techniques
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« Reply #9 on: October 15, 2016, 10:04:48 PM » |
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Just finished my comparatively low tech rig a few days ago. I finally have it where I can do all 5 of the tricks I wanted to do. Here it is in action.
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RevanReborn
Technomancer of the Graflex Order
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« Reply #10 on: October 16, 2016, 06:58:10 PM » |
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EPIC DC!! mind blowing skills man! SO cool . |
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Corwyn VonBeck
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« Reply #11 on: October 17, 2016, 06:27:04 PM » |
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Just finished my comparatively low tech rig a few days ago. I finally have it where I can do all 5 of the tricks I wanted to do. Here it is in action.
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Darth Vigorous
Knight Lt. Commander
Force Alignment: -132
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I am Darth Vigorous. My power knows no boundaries.
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« Reply #12 on: October 18, 2016, 02:11:44 AM » |
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AWESOME!  Now I totally want one. Are there instructions? |
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I am the nightmare beyond your wildest dreams. I am the monstrosity of mankind itself. I will Never be overcome by any being, anything, any thought. I am the godling of a new greater power of the Sith to be. I am Darth Vigorous. Lord, grand and supreme, master of the Sith. |
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Darth Cephalus
Supreme Heresiarch of Inadvisable Saber Techniques
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« Reply #13 on: October 18, 2016, 03:36:11 AM » |
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AWESOME! Now I totally want one. Are there instructions? I am thinking about putting together a kit on my kickstarter. It only has 19 days left though and does not look like it will make it, So I don't know if I should do that or just wait and try it as it's own thing. |
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