Wednesday 4 September 2002

  • OK, well I bought a blue, a green, a red, and a violet Hasbro lightsabre today.  These newfangled ones are tough when struck together.  There's even a warning lable on them which warns against thrusting them into objects or people becuase they are designed to lock open and will not collapse back in like the old style sabres.  That should arm those who forget or don't know to bring their lightsabres to CopperCon.  I couldn't find a doublebladed in the new style, but I don't think I will bring mine.  It just wouldn't hold up to the new style sabres.  Look how poorly it held up in lineup fights. 

    I've been given the official panel writeup:


    FAM01 Lightsaber Duels
    Young Jedi (or Sith) of all ages will be instructed in the art of the
    lightsaber and will have the chance to duel. As befits elegant weapons
    from an elegant time, duels will be light or no touch.


    So I guess they decided upon an instruction part before the duels begin.  I'm not sure if that means instruction upon the rules of the contest, or if they actually expect instruction--helmet blinded and all!  I guess I'll find out Thursday when I show up to the convention.  Tomorrow I go shopping for japor snippet carving supplies.  Wish me luck.

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  • Japor snippet carving supplies are easy enough.  :)   Grab some Sculpey at a craft store - it's a sculpting clay that you bake.  Make the little snippet thingy with the carvings in it, bake it, then use a dark brown paint with a thin brush to fill in the designs.  Presto.  :D

    Sounds like I'll be bringing my blue toy saber to con, too.  ;)

  • Yeah, I was leaning either towards Sculptey or trial sized bars of soap.  One one hand, Sculptey would be the easier substance for shaping.  Most people have an oven at home they could use to bake it, or have their parents bake it for them if they're underaged. 

    However, Sculptey wouldn't have the real feel of wood carving.  If people carved bars of soap they'd be closer to the real thing.  Bars of soap also have the added benefit of being completed at-con.  People like a sense of completion that doesn't require additional work when they get home. 

    As an amature ceramicist I'd prefer the Sculptey, but I think our Programming director was thinking more on the lines of the soap.  Here's the official wording of the panel:

    FAM02 Japor Carving

    Carve your own snippet of japor. Whether making a pendant to bring fortune, or just carving your favorite symbol, carved japor pendants are all the rage in galactic circles. Due to the scarcity of japor wood in this system an alternate substance (such as soap) may be used.
    I'm thinking of using Sculptey anyways.  I guess I'll find out tomorrow when I really go shopping.  :)

  • So, what did you end up going with?  :D

    I was under the impression that japor was more like ivory than wood, but I'm probably wrong.  So, you might be able to use something really light and easy like balsa wood.  Or, Sculpey has a really nice sealant/gloss that comes in a flat finish - that would probably add to the genuine feel of the snippet.  **laugh**  Too many ideas...  ;)

    I'm excited to come to con tomorrow!!  WOOHOO!!

  • Well, it's definately wood according to the novelization.  I'm still pushing for Scuply, but as you may have read by now in a more recent weblog entry I may still have to go with the soap.  We'll see.  The panel is 10am Saturday, so I might still have time to influence things.  I'm not sure how many people to expect, so I'm not really sure how much Scuply to purchase.  I picked up some, but if we get standing room only then I may not have enough.  We'll see.

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