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*Secrets Long Forgotten* (A fanfic by padawan feline and lunetta)
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Jal-Dar Camori
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Feb '00
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6/3/00 7:09am
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Re: Cheapest Custom Lightsaber EVER!!
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We've done our lightsabers almost the same way for our fanfilm. We used plumbing pipes for the handles and broomhandles for the blade (yes, it hurts if you miss a block). We too did two copies of every hilt, one detailed for closeups and just plain "hangin' in the belt" scenes and one with the blade for the fighting scenes.
This seems to work out very well for us.
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lokmer
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Mar '00
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Date Posted:
6/3/00 12:50pm
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Hat's off! they look really nice. One problem though: I hope you have spares on hand for when (not if) the blades break.
-Lokmer
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Melvil
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May '00
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6/3/00 1:00pm
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Hey, those look pretty good. They do need some deatil to make them look better though. I made a custom saber hilt a while ago (See picture at bottom), but sold it because it looked "too" much like Vaders. So now I'm working on an even more custom saber hilt. The first one I made for 15 bucks, which is pretty good I would say, Although being the son of someone who owns a hardware store might have helped a tad....=) When my new one is done, I will probably post pictures of that too.
http://www.wordsmithdigital.com/saber/images/fromvisitors/Melvs_Saber.jpg http://www.wordsmithdigital.com/saber/images/fromvisitors/Melvs_Saber.jpg
I got instructions on how to make it here: http://www.wordsmithdigital.com/saber/ http://www.wordsmithdigital.com/saber/
-Melvil
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Saeed
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May '00
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6/3/00 1:04pm
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I hate to disappoint you, Jaycen_Kayde, but your lightsabres - nice though they are - are NOT the cheapest custom lightsabres around...
My sabre, as pictured in the following link, has to take that title from you...
http://www.filmsrus.f9.co.uk/ttcse2.gif http://www.filmsrus.f9.co.uk/ttcse2.gif
It took less than half an hour to make, and only cost me £0.00, that's roughly $0.00, in US Dollars...
Funny how you spend so much time on SFX animation, and yet the sabre takes all the credit! ...intrigued?
Saeed TTC
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Batman
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6/3/00 2:08pm
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Ok Saeed , how did you do that? That sabre looks pretty nice, for something that cost nothing. Comon, you have to tell us how you did it.
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Saeed
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6/3/00 5:23pm
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...Hehehe
What? And spoil the surprise...?
Saeed TTC
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Han_Duet_1
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6/3/00 8:21pm
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*grabs saeed by the neck and lifts him of the ground* TELLLLLLLLLLL UUUSSSS!
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Jaycen_Kayde
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6/3/00 8:36pm
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ALRIGHT...ALRIGHT. I SUBMIT!!! BUT DARN IT, MY SABERS ARE THE CHEAPEST ONES THAT COST SOMETHING Free sabers don't count
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Jaycen_Kayde
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6/3/00 8:39pm
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Trust me, this pipe won't break, but just in case, I do have spares, yes.
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Geneva,Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by lokmer:
Hat's off! they look really nice. One problem though: I hope you have spares on hand for when (not if) the blades break.
-Lokmer
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Saeed
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6/4/00 5:37am
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Geneva,Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Han_Duet_1:
*grabs saeed by the neck and lifts him of the ground* TELLLLLLLLLLL UUUSSSS!
"aaaggh...We intercepted no transmissions...this is a consular ship...on a diplomatic mission....aaarrghh" <SNAP>
Saeed TTC
PS Guys - if you bothered to read the other threads, you wouldn't even need to ask...
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Darth Duality
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6/4/00 11:58am
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Saeed, quit teasing. You're not *quite* playing fair, and I KNOW IT!
Dave
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Darth Bane, Sith Lord
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Which thread???
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Saeed
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6/4/00 1:01pm
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Geneva,Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Darth Duality:
Saeed, quit teasing. You're not *quite* playing fair, and I KNOW IT!
Dave
Indeed. I hate being teased as well...
Truth is, I'm surprised no one spotted this when checking out the pic in the link I posted. I thought people get the 'joke' earlier.
Ladies and gentlemen, girls and boys, we are witness here today to a first in SW fanfilmdom, and quite possibly in the official films as well...
The picture posted was a clip from my soon to be released film, The Terran Conflict . Not being the richest SW fan around, I don't own a toy lightsabre, and a friend said he would lend me his for shooting purposes...unfortunately, he forgot.
Well, as they say, neccesity is the mother of invention, and I did the only thing I could think of at the time - I created a CG sabre from scratch, and blended this in with my live action. This also made it easier to have the sabre floating to my hand in the following shot...
I'm sorry if I dashed anyone's hopes, I just saw the title of this topic and couldn't resist throwing in my 'two cents'.
Well, there you go. I'm spoiling my own film by giving away all the secrets before release...tut,tut tut...
Saeed TTC
AKA The Jedi With No Name (or should that be No Sabre?)
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Han_Duet_1
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6/4/00 6:33pm
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A CG saber??? well gosh darn diddely.
I'd have to go out and by a CG program (hundreds of dollars) so for me that isn't the cheapest saber.
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Saeed
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6/4/00 7:12pm
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Geneva,Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Han_Duet_1:
A CG saber??? well gosh darn diddely.
I'd have to go out and by a CG program (hundreds of dollars) so for me that isn't the cheapest saber.
Actually, I modelled it almost entirely at work during lunch hours and evenings, so it cost me nothing.
Why not try it yourself? What's that? still at school...?
Schools these days have more access to computer hardware/software than I have even now... try telling your teachers it's for your 'science project'.
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[This message has been edited by Saeed (edited 06-04-2000).]
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