Author Topic: heavily modified SF redeemer (Read 3023 times)

ken · « **on:** July 23, 2016, 06:57:52 PM »

so i had a SF redeemer lying around my house to i decided to gut it and weather it and give it a ANH Obi look and here is the weathering result the clamp on in the picture is a parks one but i have pre ordered a Romans one with
the graflex logo on it that should be coming in some time mid next month

i still need to do some weathering with some birch wood super blue on the emitter but its almost done then itll be on the the sound install

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if any one has any thoughts feel free

super blue didnt torn out how i wanted so i removed the bluing and polished the emitter again to get it ready for some aluminium black

ken · « **Reply #1 on:** July 28, 2016, 01:42:15 PM »

saber up date so ive been slowly working on the weathering and ive made a few changes to the brass thin neck using some brass black and after treating it putting on the polishing wheel i have with some green oxide paste to even out the finish and give it a bit of shine as well

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i also removed the old finish that was on the emitter in the shots above and repeated the same process but with aluminium black instead

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still waiting on the Romans props graflex clamp though but it should be here in a few short weeks

once again if any one has any thoughts or tips on weathering with chemicals feels free to shoot them my way

Sincenatic · « **Reply #2 on:** August 03, 2016, 03:27:43 PM »

It looks really good! I have been looking around for a suitable Obi Wan hilt and what I have found so far are; Parksabers MK-III, Roman Props MK-I, Roman Props Inception, SaberForges Redeemer and also a company on etsy, called TaiSaberCraft. I have preferred the first two, basically due to the grenade section that looks authentic. Your weathering looks very good and suddenly all of these options seem fairly good. I have question; what was the starting point for your weathering? Was it the â€œcleanâ€ version? I am refining my led-string building skills, but once I have a â€œperfectâ€ blade, I will have to decide on the hilt, but the weathering can clearly make an important difference!

ken · « **Reply #3 on:** August 04, 2016, 09:31:40 AM »

Quote from: Sincenatic on August 03, 2016, 03:27:43 PM

It looks really good! I have been looking around for a suitable Obi Wan hilt and what I have found so far are; Parksabers MK-III, Roman Props MK-I, Roman Props Inception, SaberForges Redeemer and also a company on etsy, called TaiSaberCraft. I have preferred the first two, basically due to the grenade section that looks authentic. Your weathering looks very good and suddenly all of these options seem fairly good. I have question; what was the starting point for your weathering? Was it the â€œcleanâ€ version? I am refining my led-string building skills, but once I have a â€œperfectâ€ blade, I will have to decide on the hilt, but the weathering can clearly make an important difference!

i started out clean with a standard redeemer and polished it then cleaned it with metal cleaner. then i used a combination of hot an cold bluing and blacking to get the finish that i have know and then sealed it with a clear coat

Sincenatic · « **Reply #4 on:** August 04, 2016, 02:06:52 PM »

It looks great! You really managed to provide character to the hilt.

ken · « **Reply #5 on:** August 04, 2016, 02:48:53 PM »

Quote from: Sincenatic on August 04, 2016, 02:06:52 PM

It looks great! You really managed to provide character to the hilt.

tanks i just cant wait for the new Romans clamp to come so i can start on the electronics install

ken · « **Reply #6 on:** August 16, 2016, 09:23:14 AM »

so the clamp finally came in the external mods arent technically finished i still need the transistors to come in but im so pleaed with how its looking i wanted to share it with you lovely force users
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