Re: Duelling Tutorial with your FX's

[The Abbot]

I wish I had a back yard  :-[lol

Good article,the force fx sabers look beautiful man,even in the light.

[Yoda]

Everyone thank Bigdog for getting those up, You'll need to do a lot of scrolling back and
forth to see it all, but once he has time to resize them and put them in an article.
It will be easier to understand and see the whole picture, so to speak.
But this will help for tonight.
I hope you all find it imformative and easy to understand.
And feel free to ask questions of course.
always
MERIDIAN
P.S.
Don't forget to check out the thread about the shirts (the latest shirt picts are in there now as well)

[The Abbot]

Dam im glad i seen those pics..I just changed batterys in my Anakin and woooooo I forgot how brite it was..lol
Guess I needed a battery change bad..

[Yoda]

Yes New Batteries make the Saber glow round!

I like the Energizer Titaniums, and Duracell MAX and
they seem to last for a long time in the new 3 cell models.

My son "the Sith" in the pictures made me a techno StarWars Song remix that I played
over and over while working on the tutorial and It really made me feel as though I was
working on choreographing a movie scene.

Hope everyone has fun, and remember DON'T HIT TO HARD, JUST "TAP" THE BLADES!
and you'll find in time you'll really pick up speed and it starts to become second nature
with practice.

always
MERIDIAN

[The Abbot]

Wow thats your son? He looks older then you.

[Yoda]

Well I'm 32 and he's 14 so I was young when he was born.
Wait I'm still young. I think.
MERIDIAN

[UberJediVK]

Meridian... all i have to say is AWESOME!  :)

This way, we will all try to look like actual jedi knights... rather than the Star War Kid  :D

[trexy]

wow,thats gr8,
thx a lot meridian and bigdog!

[Farewell]

Great tutorial. Only thing Im missing is learning the twirls and spins and all the cool-looking stuff to impress the audience.

Also I can see a need of anothe tutorial with Darth Maul FX release.

[Mr.Griffin]

Some nice example pics! ;D

[grogTM]

thanks meridian for the great job!....and because I'm Italian I'm the only one here who can say "BRAVO!!!!! BRAVO!!!!! BRAVO!!!!!" :D

[Darth Eunice]

YAY!!  ;D
now when my saber comes i could show off my dueling skills
(if i have any)

[Yoda]

Hello Everyone

When it comes to doing your spins and fancy moves remember this...

You can come up with what ever you like as long as your attacks and defenses
land in the appropriate areas 1 through 6.

If you look at the bonus feature at the bottom "Rage of my son the Sith"
You'll see Him spinning and coming at me as I the go to the motion of blocking
Him.
Your Fight style is up to you just remember the more you practice how to meet each
others blades at the appropriate defense points then you can really Choreograph
what ever you want, much like the fight scene I laid out as an Example.
How Jedi and Sith take turns Defending.

It becomes a Dance and the better you get the more fluid and natural it will
feel when duelling each other.
The defense moves are best practiced alone at first so you get used to putting
you Saber where it belongs.
AND REMEMBER DON'T HIT or SWING HARD, just give it a tap to register the
sound and that's enough.

always
MERIDIAN

[DarthShlick]

Thanks for all the info at the beginning of page 1 Meridian, I have added it to my favorites under the name "Important stuff about the sabers".

[Yoda]

Hello there
No problem as I really enjoyed creating this for everyone.
If you want to know more about where I was trained go to www.swordplaystudios.com

always
MERIDIAN
P.S. they didn't have this website back when I was in training over 7 years ago.