Swords

The fact that it IS A CUSTOM MANDALORIAN doesn't mean that one can't take advice from another.

What you have to say is well documented in this thread, just like everyone else's. No one is blocking out what you said, it's all in plain sight, for other's to read and take advice from as they see fit. Also, maybe I'm missing something here, but I don't see any advice from you in this thread. Maybe I missed it, and if I did, I'm not afraid to admit my mistakes, but all I see is you expressing your view of what "canon" is, nothing advice-like anywhere. Also, if you were speaking in general, and not reffering to this thread specifically, I'm sorry for my misunderstanding.

If you guys want to run around and cosplay with "swords" in Mando helmets, go right ahead, I have a blaster at my side.

We can't forget the main point of a hobby, which is to have fun. It's not fair to have someone trooping with a blaster when they'd much rather be holding a vibro-sword, just because another thinks it looks stupid. Just don't hang around them if you feel that strongly about it.

That's nice that you have your blaster, and you can keep it. No one's forcing a "sword" into your hands.
 
I had a chance to study an MR blade. It's basically a polycarbonate (read: plastic) with a string of LEDs in them.

Making something with a steel core -- depending on how thick and how much mass the blade will have -- might be too much for an MR blade to handle.

But it might be possible to vacuum form two halves of a cortosis blade and then glue them together such that it is hollow. The halves would have to weld very well if it is to take some impact from an MR blade. But anyways, that is how a lot of halloween costume swords are made.
 
I think a mandalorian with a sword would be awesome! You could get all up close and personal with the enemy before you start carving off limbs....lol. Any way, I don't know if this is any help, but it clarifies that Mandolorians (i know technically death watch) used blades (at least in this story anyway).

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And since every Mandalorian has his own specialty and expertise, there are sure also (vibro)swordfighters among Mandalorians, apart from the usual snipers, armorers, demolition or tech experts, to name only a few.

You might wanna see the concept of a Mandalorian swordmaster (Mandalorian Supercommando era) DarthKuk (or KukMan, he isn't on these boards) and I have worked on. Nothing for building a costume, it's just a character art for an OC from my Mando fanfiction:

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/42372821/
 
Yeah, and the abstract heat behind the blade would be over 1000F, so do you really want to argue the semantics of how jedi keep from setting themselves on fire? The fact of the matter is that IT's A CUSTOM MANDALORIAN, THERE IS CITED EXAMPLES IN MOVIES (see above pic), IN NOVELS, AND COMICS.

The perfect SW universe in your head isn't the same everyone else wants to be in.

Sheesh...
They don't set themselves on fire....because they don't hit themselves while holding it, it is a movie, if you want to argue over science, this isn't the place.

WHAT DOES BEING A CUSTOM MANDALORIAN HAVE TO DO WITH LIGHTSABERS????
(Just copying your use of the caps lock)
 
You guys brought it up...not me. I'm just correcting the miss-information that is being said here because people are basing custom Mandalorians off of the movies...and not the novels and comics. (which is where we actually learn *something* about Mandalorians at all.)

Do you mean Vibroblades or Lightsabers?

Yeah in SW a Lightsaber can cut through anything but another saber.
But you don't see me going to Ren Faires and fence people with my Luxeon.

Ok, so those are the first 2 responses made about lightsabers in this thread about what someone would like to do with their custom.

George Lucas canon is movie only. Boba Fett died at the Sarlaac.

Lightsabers also create an intense amount of heat, if you're "indestructible armour" was hit, the alloys would attract heat. I'd rather be stabbed than to have a piece of metal at such an intense heat on my body.

Now, why don't you reply to this post the way you replied to mine about arguing science? Because IT'S A MOVIE!

So your telling me that the back of the blade has less heat then the tip of the blade of a lightsaber? Is that why when Qui'Gon's hand were about 2 inches from molten metal in EP 1 he didn't spontaneously combust? Of course not...cause it's a movie like you said and I agree with.

The point of this is that we are on the Dented Variants board. Some of us build our armor based on the books, some on comics, some on movies, and some out of pure imagination. People coming in here saying this isn't movie canon or that isn't movie canon really hold ZERO weight in a place where nobody is building anything seen in "movie cannon". Thats why there are boards here devoted to Boba, Jango, and Zam, because they were canon.

The double teaming is getting old...
 
You guys brought it up...not me. I'm just correcting the miss-information that is being said here because people are basing custom Mandalorians off of the movies...and not the novels and comics. (which is where we actually learn *something* about Mandalorians at all.)





Ok, so those are the first 2 responses made about lightsabers in this thread about what someone would like to do with their custom.



Now, why don't you reply to this post the way you replied to mine about arguing science? Because IT'S A MOVIE!

So your telling me that the back of the blade has less heat then the tip of the blade of a lightsaber? Is that why when Qui'Gon's hand were about 2 inches from molten metal in EP 1 he didn't spontaneously combust? Of course not...cause it's a movie like you said and I agree with.

The point of this is that we are on the Dented Variants board. Some of us build our armor based on the books, some on comics, some on movies, and some out of pure imagination. People coming in here saying this isn't movie canon or that isn't movie canon really hold ZERO weight in a place where nobody is building anything seen in "movie cannon". Thats why there are boards here devoted to Boba, Jango, and Zam, because they were canon.

The double teaming is getting old...

agreed

i dont get why people have to bash others ideas on a custom board
i dont know what happened between novall, clayster, and gcn...but attacking everything novall says when it ven contradicts your best buddies is not a way to handle a situation online...its very immature and a bad idea on a forum full of friendly people...if you dont have anything nice to say, dont say anything at all...construcive criticism is great...but bashing and discussing ideas in a condescending manner is un-called for...ive seen certain poster decide it would be a good idea to start a ruckus in a friendly questionable thread...and that very same thread get locked/deleted for those actions taken...
im not here to make enemies...but some of you might be...if you want to look at me as an enemy then theres a simple "add ignore" feature you can do
 
You guys brought it up...not me. I'm just correcting the miss-information that is being said here because people are basing custom Mandalorians off of the movies...and not the novels and comics. (which is where we actually learn *something* about Mandalorians at all.)





Ok, so those are the first 2 responses made about lightsabers in this thread about what someone would like to do with their custom.



Now, why don't you reply to this post the way you replied to mine about arguing science? Because IT'S A MOVIE!

So your telling me that the back of the blade has less heat then the tip of the blade of a lightsaber? Is that why when Qui'Gon's hand were about 2 inches from molten metal in EP 1 he didn't spontaneously combust? Of course not...cause it's a movie like you said and I agree with.

The point of this is that we are on the Dented Variants board. Some of us build our armor based on the books, some on comics, some on movies, and some out of pure imagination. People coming in here saying this isn't movie canon or that isn't movie canon really hold ZERO weight in a place where nobody is building anything seen in "movie cannon". Thats why there are boards here devoted to Boba, Jango, and Zam, because they were canon.

The double teaming is getting old...
Allllllrighty thennn

Double teaming? I did no such thing in this thread, I was saying stuff, completely unrelated to GCN, you just love to associate us both. I am standing for something different than he is in here, and you just don't like it, we aren't "double teaming" as you call it.


Yeah it is a movie, and you are arguing over science here, since "IT IS A MOVIE" a lot of things aren't scientifically correct. They don't catch on fire....because..'ITS A MOVIE" and they don't touch themselves with the lightsabers while they are just holding them.


And to your reply to me on "canon" I didn't bring up canon, besides EU bringing up metals that can withstand one of the strongest things in the SW universe. You get hit with a saber...guess what? You die, or get hurt badly...that is what happens, so be it. In EU if they withstand hits from Sabers with duraalumsteelinium then go for it.
You love standing by the fact, that "IT IS A CUSTOM MANDALORIAN"
I can understand that, but I didn't say, "You can't use that, it isn't canon, so you need to leave" like you are making me out to sound like.

Oh yeah, you say we were double teaming eh? Well if you just scroll up, how many people took your side of things, and tried to shut me and GCN up?

Maybe you need to look for yourself, since your definition of "double teaming" is people agreeing.
 
Let's see...

First, Fett did not consider himself Mandalorian until he was officially named Mandalore. Even then, he still had serious doubts about it.

Beskar is just too dense for a lightsaber to cut through. It's not "Oh, give me a minute working on this, and I'll cut through it". No. Lightsabers don't go through beskar. Same with phrik. The difference is that phrik was more brittle than beskar, and would break with a strong enough hit, even from a lightsaber. Cortosis was extremely weak on its own, but it had properties that would short out the lightsaber by doubling back the energy field onto itself. When combined as an alloy with something else, it had a certain amount of lightsaber resistance, but could be cut through, and would not short out a blade.

Many Mandalorians use swords, even through the LOTF series. They actually didn't even use vibroblades that much, the thought being that by the time it was on, you'd be dead. There are exceptions to this, such as gauntlet-mounted blades, but most of the carried swords were just that: Swords, normally made out of beskar.

As far as making one, look into the carbon fiber blades that they have at randomsabers.com, and try basing it around that. I've got three of them that I use for choreographing fights for projects that my school does (a lot of theater stuff), and we haven't had any problems with them breaking, even when one got run over by the scissor lift.
 
Was not the point of this thread to help someone make a sword that they can mock fight against someone with a saber and not break it? Who really cares if it could "really be done" or not. Let's face it, all of this is make believe and considering this is a custom forum, ANYTHING GOES. I think this argument is ridiculous and unless you have something to add that will actually help the initial question, then I suggest you find a different thread to post in.
 
Hey hey.

I was wondering, is it possible to make a SW style sword that can be used against master replica's/other lightsabers... the material selection that is, so it would not break?

Has anyone done this before?

Thanks.

what i was thinking of doing was actualy adding a thin pvc pipe(maybe around 3' - 4') to fit into a 1" plumbing pipe(10 inches long) and use that as the lightsaber blade

i actually make lightsaber hilts out of those metal plumbing pipes...you can make a pretty decent hilt for about 5 - 10 bucks :)

but i think a pvc pipe would be alright against the MR sabers :)
me and my brother (for fun) duel with the MR sabers all the time...theyre more durable than they look...
 
what i was thinking of doing was actualy adding a thin pvc pipe(maybe around 3' - 4') to fit into a 1" plumbing pipe(10 inches long) and use that as the lightsaber blade

i actually make lightsaber hilts out of those metal plumbing pipes...you can make a pretty decent hilt for about 5 - 10 bucks :)

but i think a pvc pipe would be alright against the MR sabers :)
me and my brother (for fun) duel with the MR sabers all the time...theyre more durable than they look...
It isn't the blade material that isn't strong, it is the electronics inside, it is a string of LED's, and so if you duel too hard, you get the black spots, from an LED blowing out, or dying out.

I would just use some Polycarb dude, it is strong enough, and that is the material of the other sabers.
but it wouldn't look like a sword like you are wanting...so I don't know.
 
yeah, i heard that blotches of the sabers blotch out after some heavy dueling...

anyone ever check out buystarwarsstuff.com?

i think it redirects to their new site, but i remember them having a bunch of custom style lightsabers...ones that arent in the movies...theyre pretty much like the MR ones but you can actually remove the blade and just have the hilt...which i always wished i could do with the MR...

where do you even look for polycarb material?
 
Your better off in the long-run using a lazer style LED that shines up through the saber from the top of the hilt. It would be a little more expensive, but you won't have to worry about your LED string dying.

I had to send my MR Anakin saber back right after I received it because an LED was bad. That sucked..

There was a company that did custom sabers using this method, and you could take the blade on and off ect. I saw one at DCon last year and it rocked hard.

For the mando sword, probably making something using a vac former and then reinforcing the inside would be one of your best bets. That way you could make it as thin or thick as you wanted.
 
Your better off in the long-run using a lazer style LED that shines up through the saber from the top of the hilt. It would be a little more expensive, but you won't have to worry about your LED string dying.

I had to send my MR Anakin saber back right after I received it because an LED was bad. That sucked..

There was a company that did custom sabers using this method, and you could take the blade on and off ect. I saw one at DCon last year and it rocked hard.

For the mando sword, probably making something using a vac former and then reinforcing the inside would be one of your best bets. That way you could make it as thin or thick as you wanted.
www.customsabershop.com
You can get the Polycarb there, For a blade assembly kit.
 
1st off lemme say that i think a sword/dagger is a really cool thing to have on a costume. i think the second post by dungobeetle is a good idea, you have to have the center reinforced so it doesn't flyoff and hit someone :) i think cutting tow sintra sheets in the same shape of the blade and then melting them together around the core would work, then make a wooden handle, maybe wrap it in leather n such,

and another thing, has anyone ever played like the first 10 minutes of KOTOR ?

EU needs to stay out of the things already made into the SW universe.
Sabers can cut through anything, but another saber, and that is how it should have stayed.
A metal can't withstand it, just some comic book author decided to make something up and now it is "canon"

*plus the only canon that matters is what you consider to be canon

- out
 
1st off lemme say that i think a sword/dagger is a really cool thing to have on a costume. i think the second post by dungobeetle is a good idea, you have to have the center reinforced so it doesn't flyoff and hit someone :) i think cutting tow sintra sheets in the same shape of the blade and then melting them together around the core would work, then make a wooden handle, maybe wrap it in leather n such,

and another thing, has anyone ever played like the first 10 minutes of KOTOR ?



*plus the only canon that matters is what you consider to be canon

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Why thank you for your trollying input, it means a lot.

Have you seen that Mirax and Jodo Kast 3 have posted about this kind of stuff?

Thank you, come again.
 
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