Spideyfett
Well-Known Hunter
Great points D.
the previous C4 shot shows a ROTJ (AOSW exhibit) gauntlet with what seems to be a "copperish" tip....and the picture here also shows the MOM exhibit, as seen at FIDM exhibit with a ROTJ gauntlet with a "copperish" tip.....Pic below.
but you are both right, what can't be explained is the corrosion factor...that's why I think it's a copper alloy, kinda like a penny.
Exactly, I think everyone I know is just tired of painting them
1. I believe that at least some of the ROTJ rockets are brass. But, The ESB definately has always looked to me to be copper....There is something about it that looks different....in every shot!!!!! Now either it is made from copper, or it is made from brass, but with a patena of some kind on it to turn it a darker color. It definately does not have the common gold/yellowish color of machined brass. Now that different color can still be achieved with a brass tip. I believe it was Bobamaker that weathered one or the brass ones from one of our makers very nicely to the point where it did look kinda coppery. However, the ESB rocket tip does not look weathered at all IMO based on pics. It looks to be bare metal hot off the lathe to me...and it is darker than brass.
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the previous C4 shot shows a ROTJ (AOSW exhibit) gauntlet with what seems to be a "copperish" tip....and the picture here also shows the MOM exhibit, as seen at FIDM exhibit with a ROTJ gauntlet with a "copperish" tip.....Pic below.
but you are both right, what can't be explained is the corrosion factor...that's why I think it's a copper alloy, kinda like a penny.
Thats how i've done mine in the past too!! And, the one pictured above diefinately looks like copper to me. That doesn't necesarrily mean that it is...but it sure looks like it.
Exactly, I think everyone I know is just tired of painting them