White hilts?

[jedipadawanjb]

I was wondering because my lightsaber is made out of pvc and I suck at painting altogether is it against the rules to have a non-metalic lightsaber that isn't even painted metalic if you look at some of the concil members lightsabers you will see that some of them look almonst pale, also just for a answer reference a jedi on the council Ki-Adi-Mundi has a lightsaber that kinda looks white. I will try to put a link: www.thelightsaber.com/history3a.htm

[Perrin Khalon]

I just finished my new saber made out of pvc and sink pipe, and at the half was point I toyed with the idea of leaving the pvc white. It looked cool especially with the metallic parts. I actually might do it in the future. But I don't see any reason why you can't have a white saber hilt. I guess the council would know better. But if you want some instructions on painting pm me.

[Shatir Lavan]

I'd say that Ki-Adi Mundi's sabre is actually polished chrome, it just looks white because the graphics program used to make the picture probably doesn't do metallics very well. But I would say that plain PVC should be good if done right. Make sure to either cover up or remove the code and other printing on the side. Also, is the white PVC the thick kind or the thin kind? If it's thin, you might have troubles just because that stuff cracks so easily.

[jedipadawanjb]

just to claify if you looked at some of the other liughtsabers there you will see that some of them (bout 5-7) are the exact same as that one. anyway I saw pics (can't remember exactly where) that showed his lightsaber and many others that were a pale color and they were not sabers from photoshop or anything they were real. I think that it might have been starwars.com try searching the database.

[Shatir Lavan]

I wasn't trying to dispute what you were saying, only that the source you gave showed metallic sabres. I have no problem with you making a white PVC sabre, I think it could look pretty cool. As for finding pics, you can do your own research. If you want to show me the pic you saw of Mundi's pale sabre, you can find it yourself. The one he's holding in his databank pic looks very sub-metallic to me.

[Leda EmBorr]

The white you are seeing on those sabers is a highlighting effect to make it look like polished metal. I've never seen a white lightsaber, but that doesn't mean there aren't any. I don't see any reason why you can't leave it white. Try it, see how it turns out!

[jedipadawanjb]

yah we covered the fact that the lightsabers seen there aren't white but if you noticed they use the same saber for about 6-7 other people. also i can't remember exactly where I saw the white lightsaber but it was pale, besides I already started on the saber and am hoping to get it finished by CIII.

[Shatir Lavan]

The reason the sabres are similar is because they are clan sabres. Jedi with close family-like bonds as seen between masters and apprentices make a sabre as a symbol of closeness with another Jedi. That's why it appears so many people on that page are sharing one lightsabre: they model their own after their master's or peers'.

[jedipadawanjb]

that may be true but these aren't just look alike they are the exact same.

[Shatir Lavan]

I took a second look, yes they are the same hilts with variations in the crystal colour. But it also says that they are clan sabres, so what point were you trying to make?

[jedipadawanjb]

I don't want this to turn into an argument over such a little detail, but for the example I said (Ki-Adi-Mundi) it doesn't say clan saber, anyway the whole point of this topic is so I can learn if people think that a white lightsaber would be ok (not the blade).

[Ki-Ade Rane]

white is a nice color also Ki-Adi Mundi's saber is chrome.