For Tyeth Blender 3D Concept Sabers

[For Tyeth]

Hello Everybody,

It has been brought to my attention that some travellers from Earth have made an orbit of the satellite known as the Moon in something called the Artemis mission.
Not to belittle this achievement, I'd like to point out that I have been buzzing around the Moon for decades looking for Sith agents lurking in the moon's shadows.....you just didn't know or see me cos it's very dark on the far side of that lump of rock 

However I do have the photos....


That is the actual surface of the Moon and Earth that you see.
But unfortunately it wasn't all twinkling stars and moonbeams as I saw this ina possible future path....


Oh well back to my workshop to do some more designing.....

[Darth Logos]

Not really sure why this mission is considered such a big deal if the stories of the late 60s are to be believed.

[For Tyeth]

Just a quick teaser on a project I have just finished....I am the Maker!



Will post more pics soon if anyone's interested.
Hope you're all doing well under the cirumstances.

[For Tyeth]

Hello Everybody,

Just saw Infinit01's recommendations in the Movies,Tv and Music thread and it reminded me of a rapier style saber I was commissioned to design.



Thanks to Infinit01 for the recommendations and to PsychoSith for the original rapier concept.

[MavRick]

I hadn't been on the forums lately , my computer monitor died and I had to get a new one.
Just checking in to see if you had posted any more pics of  your C3PO project. Waiting patiently.    Point to you for sharing btw.

[For Tyeth]

I hadn't been on the forums lately , my computer monitor died and I had to get a new one.
Just checking in to see if you had posted any more pics of  your C3PO project. Waiting patiently.    Point to you for sharing btw.

Hello MavRick, sorry to hear you have technical problems. I know the feeling well. But the good news is you're back now! Yes sorry I haven't posted the images, I was waiting for replies as it's been very quiet round here.
Anyhoo if folks don't mind I'll post all the Threpio images I have so you can see why this model took me a MONTH to build and render! I hope you enjoy it....





















Thanks Mav for reaching out as always (point incoming in return) and to everyone else you can join in the chat too and leave comments if you want. I check in on the forum  every day. MTFBWY.

[MavRick]

Your C3PO looks pretty cool! It looks like you spent a lot of time getting all the details in there. I think it looks really good.  It has subtle changes but captures the likeness really well.
As always point to you for sharing your work. MTFBWY

[Lord_S_Gray]

As always For keeping the creative wheel turning!


How fitting you might have a little outpost on the dark side of the moon watching for sneaky sith! (Meanwhile I have been stuck between the anvil if work and the hammer of studying and get a lot of 503 errors trying to see the forums) Like the death star moon comparison too.

I've always wondered what your workshop might look like, the sanctum of the saber smith if you will a thought for another time perhaps.

And a good job piecing C-3PO together. Joining the company fellow threepio assemblers Anakin and Chewbacca. Even got the silver leg and the hand and semi exposed internal details.

One always wonders about the red arm in The Force Awakens, perhaps the greatest mystery of the sequel trilogy

[For Tyeth]

Your C3PO looks pretty cool! It looks like you spent a lot of time getting all the details in there. I think it looks really good.  It has subtle changes but captures the likeness really well.
As always point to you for sharing your work. MTFBWY

Hello again. thanks so much and I'm glad you like my 3PO. I had a real trial trying to get the face and head right especially around the eye sockets. There is a weird glitch that is making the upper edge of the socket look as if it is sticking out and not recessed as it should look. It is something to do with the shading and lights. I spent a good four weeks just building this (about 6-7 hours each night) THEN I had about a week adding textures and lighting.

It nearly made me finally lose my mind but I survived...just. Reading your comment makes the effort worth it so thanks again.

[For Tyeth]

As always For keeping the creative wheel turning!


How fitting you might have a little outpost on the dark side of the moon watching for sneaky sith! (Meanwhile I have been stuck between the anvil if work and the hammer of studying and get a lot of 503 errors trying to see the forums) Like the death star moon comparison too.

I've always wondered what your workshop might look like, the sanctum of the saber smith if you will a thought for another time perhaps.

And a good job piecing C-3PO together. Joining the company fellow threepio assemblers Anakin and Chewbacca. Even got the silver leg and the hand and semi exposed internal details.

One always wonders about the red arm in The Force Awakens, perhaps the greatest mystery of the sequel trilogy

Hello LSG, good to see you broke through the internet barriers! If it's any comfort I too have been getting the 503 errors along with "Connection Errors- try later" and "SMF Database cannot complete your request" messages. Persevere and you will log on....eventually!

So happy to hear you liked my recent stuff. My workshop is really just a 13 year old laptop but in my head it is a glorious room with a workbench and  full on toolset for building these things 
I think I could have done with Babu Frik's help with the Threepio model I built. As I mention to MavRick it wasn't easy getting the face right. Especially as it is difficult to work out the contours and shape of a shiny/polished item. I did try referencing blueprint images but each one was different and came out looking wrong so my model is a "Best Guesstimate".

And Threepio's red arm has been explained in a special "one shot" comic (issue: Star Wars Special: C-3PO #1) In it, Admiral Ackbar has been captured by the First Order in order to obtain his knowledge of Resistance navigational routes. For some reason a rescue squad of droids was assembled including Threepio and a re-programmed First Order protocol droid named Omri. As expected the rescue didn't go well and 3PO lost his arm. I won't spoil what happened or such but I will say the comic and story opened up a big discussion among fans about the nature of sentient droids and if they have "feelings and emotions" or souls.
But if you can find a copy you can read it (or maybe it's available as an e-comic).

Oh and I will just say I have a First Order Security droid colour scheme for 3PO for a future post and I've sent you a PM with a link to my site to see a little friend of mine. I can't post the image as it has sabers from the other guys in it too.

Thanks as always to you and MavRick.