From the monthly archives:
I had some time yesterday, well no… I didn’t have time but I did it anyway – work be damned!
So anyway, I toddled off to my cave and started the second Mako Lightsaber. All the PVC components are shaped and ready to go. You know what this means – I can now assemble and paint [...]
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Here is the origanl LS design re-coloured with a combination of dark matte grey and gloss black.
The finished versions will have silver highlights where the black paint has been “scuffed” so that the bare metal. This will add extra detailing and give it better definition.
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Here is the first lot of parts for the initial 3D lightsaber design. The largest parts are shaped from PVC pipes and connectors. The silver grip fins are aluminium framing and the rest are misc hardware parts. You can get an idea of how it goes together from the last picture.
Once it is assembled and [...]
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I threw together this blast sniper rifle for a Rebel Sniper costume a couple of years go. The idea behind it was that a conventional blaster was adapted “in the trenches” over time to fashion a more accurate long-gun for sniping.
I used a lot of parts that would give it a non-factory finish, so it [...]
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Glen and I are making a trip to Hammy on Saturday. While there we will be scouring Spotlight for some nice open-weave fabric suitable for a Jedi cloak. Also on the shopping list will be vest material and anything that looks suitable for some bounty hunting scum.
Hopefully there will be some Star Wars costume patterns [...]
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After measuring up the various parts from Mitre 10 I decided to mock up a basic lightsaber design in Cinema 4d. This will aid in the development of the various styles as it’s quicker to make changes in C4d than to draw them by had. You can also see how well parts will fit and [...]
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Well there has been one successful trip to Mitre 10 so far, with many a lightsabery part aquired. The lightsabers are going to be made out of PVC so they will require minimal machining.
So far we hve the pipe, dowel (for the dummy blades), some spacers for emitter shrouds and a few bits for details. [...]
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