Question: What is the Process for Making a Lightsaber?

[Kami Meran]

ive mad a butt load i'll help if needed.

looks like you plan for a Nagatina type polearm.
and beskar is usable in small ammounts.

 

[Rakieh Atur]

[member="Thurion Heavenshield"] [member="Kami Meran"]

Well, I suppose all I can do now is hope that any mistakes I've made have been minor

Indeed. Naginata or Yari was definitively the route I was going for, if not a stylistic mix between that and traditional HEMA weaponry, such as the Ahlspiess or the Halberd.

 

[Vitha Na'iv]

[member="Rakieh Atur"]

Nice do you do HEMA as well?

 

[Rakieh Atur]

[member="Vitha Sat-thuron"]

A little bit. We have an ARMA community down where I'm from. I spend a good portion of my time studying shield and spear play

 

[Vitha Na'iv]

[member="Rakieh Atur"]
Nice been wanting to do HEMA. Been doing sports fencing though and they have a rapier section once you've proven to be safe with saber and epee. It's pretty historic but focuses more on the sports side of it.

 

[Rakieh Atur]

[member="Vitha Sat-thuron"]

Yeah, I hear you. I tried to get into fencing, but... well, the rapier just isnt my jive.

HEMA is all good though. It's nice to be able to see the techniques that survived throughout history, and theorise about what they might have been before then. I in particular find an interest in the application of the spear and shield in Danish warfare. You can see some of the possible techniques in Norman spear play, but no hint as to where they originated or what they might have been

 

[Kami Meran]

always wanted to do HEMA and Talhoffer anyway as long as the Beskar is at a low level it should be ok. but i'd use Cortosis

 

[Rakieh Atur]

[member="Kami Meran"]

I'd have to disagree with you there. My experiencing with how such things play out here isn't much, but shorting out the blade that strikes the spear would defeat the purpose I think: especially if the opponent is skilled enough to use that short against me, a risk I wouldn't want to take. I would have even opted not to do the beskar if I wasn't concerned about someone chopping the spear in half while I'm trying to keep them at bay.

 

[Kami Meran]

[member="Rakieh Atur"] no problem. i can sell you beskar but phrik is lighter.

 

[Rakieh Atur]

[member="Kami Meran"]

I'm actually finding the weightiness Beskar to be quite appealing. It would allow for me to mimic traditional fighting techniques that would require such weight (bashing with the pommel, as I suppose is the appropriate term for a lightsaber-esque weapon).

But I appreciate your advice. Truly. I apologise if I'm coming off as difficult.

And I'd be glad to buy it off you.

 

[Vitha Na'iv]

I'd go with Bes'kar as well. The ability to bash someone in armour and use it like a quarterstaff is extremely appealing. Plus you don't need a buttspike to do serious damage to someone on the ground.

 

[Rakieh Atur]

Also considering that if I wanted a sauroter it would have to be another beam of deadly light... yeah, the beskar is appealing. Having a sauroter would, I think, limit the range of motion, which is a no-no for me. I would need as much range of motion as possible

 

[Kami Meran]

problem is a Beskar bar would be akin to this in weight.

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and no problem.

 

[Rakieh Atur]

[member="Kami Meran"]

You make a good point... that would be extremely heavy...

 

[Kami Meran]

[member="Rakieh Atur"]
not extremely heavy but look up a Pinch bar.