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It's been a few months, but I haven't abandoned the build. We're going to be heading to LA's fashion district to find fabric for the robes in the next couple of weeks. For now, I'll be prepping the helmet and force pike at our squad's armor party this coming weekend. Helmet is fiberglass and basically ready, but there's a very small crack from shipping, and the inside is unfinished. Planning on fixing that and sanding down the inside for paint prep at the armor party.

Also including some pictures of the force pike parts. I should be attaching the emitter tip and hilt assembly to the primary pool stick this weekend. After that I'll work on making the grips and then prepping for paint.

http://imgur.com/a/b8nXM

Hopefully I'll get this thread more active as I ramp up my guard production.

Nice use of the pvc piece to make to parts.

I'm really happy with how well that particular part fits. I need to Dremel out a bit of the inside of the piece where the pool stick connects, but after I do that the stick should slide in snugly, helping make a nice connection.

On the shower knob side, the sizing is pretty good. I was going to use a rubber ring to help make a seal, but I'm debating if that is needed now. A nice helping of glue should do the trick, and I've got a long screw that will extend from the knob, through the pvc and into stick which will help hold the whole assembly nice and tight.

Some of the older pictures shows a different knob, but I ended up finding the one in the taped together picture and it looks almost perfect. It won't be exactly the same as the movies, but all things considered, it'll look damn close. Looking forward to getting it all together.

Time for another quick Force Pike update.



Used the Dremel to take off the tip and ferrule of the cue. I set the tip back on there for reference.



Holding the emitter up to demonstrate the fit.



Test fitting of the emitter. After this shot I glued it, it's curing now.



Used the Dremel to hollow out the PVC fitting to allow the butt cap to fit inside of it. I had previously removed the bumper.


Once the emitter tip is done, I'll use a long bolt or screw to fasten the pommel assembly in place. I'll be using glue as well, but I'd rather have the screw in there to make sure everything stays where it should be. I also need to fill the Rasp in with some sort of putty. The last thing (before paint/tape) I need to figure out is the handle area.