Luke V2 Throne Room Paint Reference Thread

[molasses flood]

Found some more screen grabs from YouTube. Anyone have them in higher definition? View attachment 1811071
View attachment 1811073
View attachment 1811074
View attachment 1811075

Could anyone grab a pic of this in 4k? View attachment 1811454

 

[molasses flood]

Not sure how I accidentally messed up the images but it should be fixed now hopefully.

 

[Media Man]

Awesome! Comparing the hand off from Vader to Palpatine we can see how much paint is left by the cone knob which is good.

 

[DaveP]

Awesome project Kevin! I started making up some stencils for a production version at one stage but never had the chance to finish them. To fill in the blanks, I took the current day references and used "Minimum" filter in PS (Or is it "Maximum"?!?) to expand the remaining paint to match the available production references. Just an idea for any missing references. The clamp and pommel certainly do move around all over the place like you say. So it's really a case of personal preference, and which scene you're wanting to replicate. They're different again here:

Not a great reference for the paint, but shows how the clamp and pommel are at completely different orientations throughout production.

Oh, and last time I checked (admittedly a while ago) Firefox browser still worked for screenshots.

 

[Media Man]

Pinning down a production V2 is certainly challenging, but everyone has been so helpful! Could not have started this on my own!

 

[Gregatron]

Awesome project Kevin! I started making up some stencils for a production version at one stage but never had the chance to finish them. To fill in the blanks, I took the current day references and used "Minimum" filter in PS (Or is it "Maximum"?!?) to expand the remaining paint to match the available production references. Just an idea for any missing references. The clamp and pommel certainly do move around all over the place like you say. So it's really a case of personal preference, and which scene you're wanting to replicate. They're different again here:

View attachment 1811526

Not a great reference for the paint, but shows how the clamp and pommel are at completely different orientations throughout production.

Oh, and last time I checked (admittedly a while ago) Firefox browser still worked for screenshots.

From a practicality/comfort standpoint, having the d-ring positioned 180 degrees away from the clamp (as in the Ewok Village photo) makes the most sense. This is is also how the Graflex sabers were oriented, so that the clamp box wouldn’t dig into Hamill’s leg.

The wonky alignment of the V1’s ring doesn’t work so well, to say nothing of the use of a tri-ring instead of a d-ring.

And, loathe as I am to praise anything from THE LAST STRAW, at least that version of the prop has the tri-ring clocked at 90 degrees from the control box.

 

[SCREAMINYELLOW]

This is likely old news to most, but just in case, you can get frame-by-frame 4K screenshots here:

StarWars Screencaps.com

Hundreds of thousands of high quality screencaps of movies, perfect for fanart, role playing, fan sites, and more. Don't see a movie you're looking for? Request it and we'll add it for you! :-)

starwarsscreencaps.com

 

[Media Man]

Thank you I'll check it out!

 

[thd9791]

Just because of the suggestion on the last page, wanted to reiterate our best info suggests the body of the V2 is all one piece, especially the booster and clamp area. There is a chamber bored out for the DC motor behind the clamp, and space for the driveshaft running up the neck. This is how it's held together today, with the separate emitter, that wasn't designed to spin. It did not spin in ANH on screen, just the blade and whatever fitting they made. It does today because the separate emitter is held to a round steel shaft, and we don't know how or when the emitter setup changed.

 

[Gregatron]

Just because of the suggestion on the last page, wanted to reiterate our best info suggests the body of the V2 is all one piece, especially the booster and clamp area. There is a chamber bored out for the DC motor behind the clamp, and space for the driveshaft running up the neck. This is how it's held together today, with the separate emitter, that wasn't designed to spin. It did not spin in ANH on screen, just the blade and whatever fitting they made. It does today because the separate emitter is held to a round steel shaft, and we don't know how or when the emitter setup changed.

Oh, yes, I keep forgetting that. It’s the CLAMP that’s changing position.

 

[Media Man]

Oh, yes, I keep forgetting that. It’s the CLAMP that’s changing position.

It likes to dance all over the place.

 

[Media Man]

Off topic but does this part look weird to anyone? Like something is attached to the booster?

 

[Media Man]

I've started to update the first post with most of the various references.

 

[Media Man]

Any suggestions to improve the way I have it organized at the moment are appreciated. I'll work towards figuring out the orientation of all the pictures soon. It's hard to tell what is where in relation to the cone knob.

 

[Poikilotherm]

 

[Media Man]

Wow wow wow! I've been meaning to find some BTS. Thanks!

 

[thd9791]

What the hell is the first one from Poikilotherm is that Warwick Davis?!

Thank you for finding the black and white footage I mentioned earlier!!!

 

[Media Man]

What the hell is the first one from Poikilotherm is that Warwick Davis?!

Thank you for finding the black and white footage I mentioned earlier!!!

If I remember right it's from a clip of the cast saying goodbye to Warwick. Can't find it at the moment but remember it clearly.

 

[Poikilotherm]

What the hell is the first one from Poikilotherm is that Warwick Davis?!

Thank you for finding the black and white footage I mentioned earlier!!!

Yes, Warwick Davis, the shot is from the TROS documentary at the 2 hour 37 minute mark.

 

[Media Man]

Here's a rough image to help know how much paint is where on the emitter face.