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Post by Starkindler (The Naked Jedi) on Feb 6, 2006 12:51:37 GMT -5
Just putting an idea out there since I haven't the money for a "genuine" display.
there are two cheap options.
first (the one I'm using) is to simply use an empty CD-R spindle (100 count). They have a wide enough base to not tip over even with a slid metal duelling hilt. Just slip the "business end of your hilt over the spindle and your set.
Second would be to use a "doll stand" from most hobby/craft shops. THey ae inexpensive (@$5-6) and could hold the hilt upright (though there might be an issue of overbalancing.
if I can get a pic up of mine I will.....looks nice.. I might even be able to set up an LED or two to loght it....
Reality often interferes with what would otherwise be an idyllic delusion.
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Post by tanzanlinnear on Feb 6, 2006 12:58:18 GMT -5
I find that sword racks can work quite well for larger collections, individual sabers can look nice when mounted on the acrylic stands used to display plates  |
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Post by Olos Nay on Feb 6, 2006 14:37:15 GMT -5
For wall hangers, I came up with the idea of using door stoppers... its cheap and looks kinda good. see for yourself  |
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Post by Mon-Jas Charan on Feb 6, 2006 16:56:56 GMT -5
I find a simple wire wine rack works.
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Post by Starkindler (The Naked Jedi) on Feb 6, 2006 20:10:19 GMT -5
great ideas.
Thanks for sharing!
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Post by Ldi-Ovef Te_Azi on Apr 17, 2006 1:36:34 GMT -5
i like the wine rack idea, i can put sabres on it, and i have a place to keep my wine.
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Post by Ky-Wan Zann on Apr 17, 2006 2:50:24 GMT -5
the wall stoppers and the wine rack are nice, I use Doll stands
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Post by tanzanlinnear on Apr 17, 2006 7:46:29 GMT -5
If you want to display the sabers individually, then I still recommend the perspex plate stands that are available, as that allows you to display them reasonably close together (or seperately) but still be able to appreciate each one individually without the details of another intruding on the first |
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Post by Ky-Wan Zann on Apr 18, 2006 2:52:58 GMT -5
Tanzan, can you post a pic of what they look like?
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Post by tanzanlinnear on Apr 18, 2006 9:20:12 GMT -5
Tanzan, can you post a pic of what they look like? Sorry for the delay, my phone and PC aren't synching like they used to since I dropped it (the phone) but here's a pic that shows a few of the sabers on individual stands. For those interested, the sculpture behind the Quinlan Vos saber is carved soapstone (which I suspect is what the material General Grievous' is made of was inspired by) and the painting on the wall is an abstract piece I did last year.  |
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Post by Theyrenotdolls (Den Dragonson) on Apr 18, 2006 18:01:23 GMT -5
this is what i use...... i dont have pics of mine right now, but i got the idea from RLSA sabers.com website: www.rlsasabers.com/g-style.htmthey're just robe hooks...you can get em at walmart i think they come in brass, chrome and brushed nickel colors. |
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Post by Ja'Dae Bahnkuu on Apr 18, 2006 18:16:36 GMT -5
I went to walmart and got a CD/DVD tower. i spaced it out so that each shelf could support a set of towel hooks and cut out inserts in the walls of the Tower for the sabers to slide through. after that is was simply a matter of paining the display black and re-lining the edges of the tower with a vynal adhesice to make the rough edges disapear. It Holds all six of my sabers on it. When I get a new Digital Camera, I will post a picture of it.
The tower cost me 20 bucks, the towel hoods were 10 dollars a set and the paint and vynal were 15. So, it was just under a hundred bucks to create a piece of furniture for my house. I love it, and GF thinks im crazzy. lol I guess she will just have to suffer hehe
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Post by Olos Nay on Apr 18, 2006 21:35:17 GMT -5
this is what i use...... i dont have pics of mine right now, but i got the idea from RLSA sabers.com website: www.rlsasabers.com/g-style.htmthey're just robe hooks...you can get em at walmart i think they come in brass, chrome and brushed nickel colors. I was wondering what those were. I was looking in the scott towel holder section and things like that. Thanks for the hint. |
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Post by Theyrenotdolls (Den Dragonson) on Apr 18, 2006 21:54:01 GMT -5
look in the hardware section with some of the plumbing stuff...toilet seats, etc.
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Post by Ldi-Ovef Te_Azi on Apr 23, 2006 0:51:33 GMT -5
i think the wine rack would be cheaper
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