screen accurate TFA Gaflex

[ken]

this is the last one i promise 

so ive finally finished the saber and all is to my liking take a look at the pictures below 

Specs:
Graflex 2.0
Sound board:NBv3
LED: tri cree RB/RB/B all wired in parallel
2W 28mm high base speaker
Goth3D Graflex Padawan Chassis
Wannawanga: clamp card/D-ring/stainless steel clamp cover (cover is weathers with heat coffee and shoe polish)
Kr-saber: sliding tab thumb screw/ brass contact strips on the Graflex pins
Saberbay: slotted retention screw
Parks-1.0 shine though glass eye
TCSS: soft touch ESB notched grips (i liked these more)
weathering all done by me over about a year im kinda picky lol

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ive noticed that there are a that in the films that there isnt a screw holding the clamp in place so i flipped it over but put the cover on the correct way to get the long hold against bare metal (hope that makes sence)

these last few photos i took for fun and wanted to share them here with you awesome people
i took some cool ESB and TFA style pictures in the snow that i thought would be cool


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 if youve scrolled down this far thanks for looking and MTFBWY 

[Scottm2815]

Love it, the weathering is fantastic and the pictures in the snow are really fun :) Nice job!

[dr.djcolegrove]

Where did you get the pics in the snow....did you go to Hoth?   

[Kanjiklub]

What did you do to weather it. How did you use for the grim in between the grips? I have a Korbnath 2.0 ESB I am converting to a TFA. I want to look like this. This looks like to photo in the TFA visual guide. Great Work!!!

[ken]

What did you do to weather it. How did you use for the grim in between the grips? I have a Korbnath 2.0 ESB I am converting to a TFA. I want to look like this. This looks like to photo in the TFA visual guide. Great Work!!!

i used a combo of aluminium black and matt black model paints if you can id try to use heat and a very small amount of aluminium black and be careful with how you do it cause its hard to remove it if you dont like it and do the rest by dry brushing with the matt black paint the hardest thing to get right was the clamp color

[Kanjiklub]

Thanks

[jbkuma]

Beautiful work, thanks for sharing.  I'm sure someone was telling you it was good enough while you were certain there is no "good enough."  I salute your passion!

[ken]

Beautiful work, thanks for sharing.  I'm sure someone was telling you it was good enough while you were certain there is no "good enough."  I salute your passion!

thanks in the end im very happy with how it turned out im hoping to get my hands on a MPP and a kylo too i love the sabers from the films

[Gallandro]

Very inspriational!  I'm just in the starting process of my first Graflex project.  Your dedication to detail shines through, and your shopping list for the finishing detail pieces is similar to mine.  Fingers crossed that TGS ships their replicas in January as planned.  Glad to see that you got those contact strips in there and let all the brass dull down properly.  I read on a forum somewhere that the Graflex 2.0's S-curve on the emitter end didn't match the original.  After scouring the internet and looking at every picture of original Graflex I could find, I don't see any issues.  They look the same to me.  Has anyone here ever compared them side by side?  Of course there are earlier and later editions of Graflex 2.0 also.

[ken]

ive never heard that but fromwhat ive seen the curve shape is correct and ive seen pictures of them side by side i this Graflex 2.0 is part of the fiest run ive heard that some of the sabers from the fallowing run are not as good so im glad i bought it when i did but i am looking forward to seeing what the Romans kit and the TGS one will be like

[EXAR KUN]

Love it! Awesome weathering and very cool pics

[ken]

Love it! Awesome weathering and very cool pics

thanks means a lot coming from one of the masters   

[dr.djcolegrove]

nice weathering!  not overdone and looks great!

[ken]

thanks for the kind words