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TOPIC: Phoenix 12w Indigo Viridium
Phoenix 12w Indigo Viridium 4 days 13 hours ago #15480
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Ok, maybe a 4th hilt when the time comes.. But still not going to deter me from the Vengeance. That is on my must have list.
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Phoenix 12w Indigo Viridium 4 days 11 hours ago #15482
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That indigo looks great w/every saber i've seen it with, very nice! Interesting to hear you're anticipating the release of the Vengeance too, there's been quite a bit of buzz about it over the last few days on the Facebook pages (official SF & Custom Saber)
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Phoenix 12w Indigo Viridium 4 days 11 hours ago #15483
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I JUST placed an order for my 3rd saber in the last 6 weeks and I will pause my collection at 3 sabers until later on to see a few upcoming releases I'm interested in drop. The collection may peak and plateau at 5 or 6.
Is your retention screw station in place? Mine isn't. Much easier to wield without though. I've been considering just adhering the shroud to the body. |
Phoenix 12w Indigo Viridium 4 days 10 hours ago #15486
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NeBosa wrote:
I JUST placed an order for my 3rd saber in the last 6 weeks and I will pause my collection at 3 sabers until later on to see a few upcoming releases I'm interested in drop. The collection may peak and plateau at 5 or 6.
Is your retention screw station in place? Mine isn't. Much easier to wield without though. I've been considering just adhering the shroud to the body. That screw is probably the only real flaw to the design in my opinion. It's find with mine, but my biggest gripe is how it digs into the hand when your spinning it around. ~ TD |
Phoenix 12w Indigo Viridium 4 days 10 hours ago #15488
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Saw an interesting way to deal with it the other day... someone took a rounded smooth LED cap off of something else and put it in where the black knob was, making a nice, smooth little nudge, and adhered the shroud itself to the hilt with gorilla glue. Not sure if you'd want to take the "this is never coming off" approach to the shroud, but if so, sounds like a neat idea to me.
 They even had the little rounded cap thing clear, so it lit up when the blade was on, looked pretty awesome. I've no idea where they got it tho..
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Phoenix 12w Indigo Viridium 4 days 9 hours ago #15489
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I think I know what you're trying to describe in the clear cap.
I remove the shroud retention knob all the time. The light coming through with the blade on is kind of cool. Way easier to wield with the screw gone as well. Functionality returns. I find the shroud still doesn't slide or shift around much at all. However, I still want to do some things to mine before I adhere the shroud to the body permanently. |
Phoenix 12w Indigo Viridium 4 days 9 hours ago #15490
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These sabers are beautiful. Something about the indigo is so intriguing. Its not really purple, but not blue either. In person do these look more blue or purple than the photos? I'm not really a fan of purple but I can see myself ordering a saber with this color.
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Phoenix 12w Indigo Viridium 4 days 8 hours ago #15492
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TD's pictures are perhaps the best, true-to-life pics of the Indigo I've ever seen. It's really a case of what you see there is what you get.
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Phoenix 12w Indigo Viridium 3 days 19 hours ago #15506
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Knytiri wrote:
TD's pictures are perhaps the best, true-to-life pics of the Indigo I've ever seen. It's really a case of what you see there is what you get.
This one is probably the most accurate of the photo's regarding Indigo. 
When your up close the blue is more dominant and then it shifts as you get to the top with the addition of the red coming in. It's worth noting as I've noticed viewing in a mirror from various distances, the further back you view these... the more they have a solid look to the blade as opposed to the two tone color up close. As for the photography of these in general. I use the Nikon D750 DSLR with a 50mm prime lens in conjunction with camranger to better dial in the manual settings. ~ TD |
Phoenix 12w Indigo Viridium 3 days 6 hours ago #15544
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One final note on the Phoenix, is that it maybe comfortable to hold but NOT swinging and spinning it whatsoever.
Having some time with it tonight, I'm really not liking how the black sides of the emitter is not flush with the aluminum. In all honesty, that's more of a design flaw on a practical side... Let alone the issue with the thumb screw. As much as it's nice to look at, it's a shame I'm going to have to find someone interested in buying it so I can get something I can use comfortabally. Hunnymoon is over with this design and it's more of a piece to sit on a stand as a collection or casual cosplay. Any serious use will eat up your hand unless your wearing gloves. And I don't intend to wear any gloves with my hilts going forward. ~TD |