Madmaxx presents his Opus

[Vlad Doon]

This is an awesome saber. IMPRESSIVE. Thanks to share this technique with us

Congratulations again, gold medal

[nartules]

Hoo wee doggy, that dun there is a perty little thing you don got an dur made. I tell yer, youm city boys sure know how to live it up. Perty, just plain perty.

Great work

[Nichos Seastrider]

I kept forgetting to post a reply, but I didn't this time! This is stunning. I've got all the parts for putting my saber together, I've just been trying to make the time to do so. What's been holding me back has been the design for the salt-water etching I was going to do. Seeing the etching done, especially as well done as this, is making me want to get off my duff and finally get mine together.

[madmaxx]

The etching was all done free hand with a nail polish brush.... So that should tell you how easy it was.i didn't have a real design I just let the brush free on its own

[Kevin Starwaster]

The etching was all done free hand with a nail polish brush.... So that should tell you how easy it was.i didn't have a real design I just let the brush free on its own

The design was always there, on the hilt. All you did was etch away anything that didn't belong, eh?

(paraphrasing the old bit about carving an elephant out of a block of stone...)

[madmaxx]

Lol that's about the size of it yes

[Crystal Chambers]

Nice job. I'll have to give it a go myself. I'm guessing you went with the submerged, larger battery version correct?

Sounds to me like letting the tools do the type work they do well naturally.

[madmaxx]

thanks Crystal and yes the submerged version was my choice....It was like watching grass grow but i had never heard of the idea before and was surprised at the ease it was to do.A great example of trying new things i guess

[shmoetech]

double posting......man i love this saber!!!!!!!!!

[YoRn Mangers]

Hello good Sir, Props on a beafitul saber. I was curious as to the technique you used to weather your etching.