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I may be able to get a couple more staffs, I'll post here when I know for sure.
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Quoted from DeathHimself:I really don't wish to take/kill any business on Mike, but making a staff is fairly easy to do.
He is right, these are not that hard to make, actually he is the one who I got all the info from to make them. I just had access to multiple figures and staffs and figured I'd make them for people who didn't want to try. If anybody wants pointers on how to make them on their own, I linked the led info earlier and have pm'd several people with basic instructions on how to do it. I will hopefully be able to make up a few more full figures and also a few more staffs only.
It is definitely a great mod for the game.
Quoted from Hdmike444:I may be able to get a couple more staffs, I'll post here when I know for sure.
I've always wondered why the plural of staff is not staves. Same reason why the plural of roof is not rooves I suppose. Crazy English language.
Quoted from ThatGuy:I've always wondered why the plural of staff is not staves. Same reason why the plural of roof is not rooves I suppose. Crazy English language.
It is...
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/staves
and it is...
If you're going to correct somebody's grammar, it would behoove you to research the singular form of the noun first, then find the rules defining its use in the plural form. You skipped right to the plural use, and as such, have made a grievous error. My friend Mike is quite correct in his use of "staffs" for the plural, and as a musician I can tell you that while "staves" is fine when talking about multiple lines of music, you wouldn't refer to your employees in different buildings as your "staves." You'd sound like a moron. A full explanation below (the item in question is #6, the plural is directly below):
staff1 [staf, stahf] Show IPA
noun, plural staffs for 1–5, 9; staves [steyvz] Show IPA or staffs for 6–8, 10, 11.
1. a group of persons, as employees, charged with carrying out the work of an establishment or executing some undertaking.
2. a group of assistants to a manager, superintendent, or executive.
3. a member of a staff.
4. Military .
a. a body of officers without command authority, appointed to assist a commanding officer.
b. the parts of any army concerned with administrative matters, planning, etc., rather than with actual participation in combat.
5. those members of an organization serving only in an auxiliary or advisory capacity on a given project. Compare line1 ( def 38 ) .
6. a stick, pole, or rod for aid in walking or climbing, for use as a weapon, etc.
7. a rod or wand serving as a symbol of office or authority, as a crozier, baton, truncheon, or mace.
8. a pole on which a flag is hung or displayed.
9. something that supports or sustains.
10. Also, stave. Music. a set of horizontal lines, now five in number, with the corresponding four spaces between them, on which music is written.
11. Archaic. the shaft of a spear, lance, etc.
Quoted from ThatGuy:Nice! I guess I never had to guts to write it or speak it.
And for good reason. You didn't want to look like an idiot. 
Also acceptable: roofs. You're right...the English language IS crazy...with multiple uses and rules.
roof [roof, roof] Show IPA
noun, plural roofs.
1. the external upper covering of a house or other building.
2. a frame for supporting this: an open-timbered roof.
3. the highest part or summit: The Himalayas are the roof of the world.
4. something that in form or position resembles the roof of a house, as the top of a car, the upper part of the mouth, etc.
5. a house.
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Not sure how to price yet, I only made one. I'm going to try a batch and see how it goes. I probably won't have them done for a few weeks as I leave next week on vaca for two weeks. Well see how much time I have before I go. I'll post progress here.
Quoted from judremy:How much and will you be making a staff for Saruman?
I haven't thought about a saruman one I'm focused on these first, but maybe in the future. I suppose this could be used for either though. I might try on my game first to see how it looks.
Quoted from judremy:How much and will you be making a staff for Saruman?
I haven't thought about a saruman one I'm focused on these first, but maybe in the future. I suppose this could be used for either though. I might try on my game first to see how it looks.
Quoted from Hdmike444:I haven't thought about a saruman one I'm focused on these first, but maybe in the future. I suppose this could be used for either though. I might try on my game first to see how it looks.
Ok ok... You didn't need to say it twice. 
I don't know if the Saruman one needs to light up, but I hope someone will cast weapons for these figures as a few of mine don't have any (Aragorn, Saruman, Gandalf).
Casting would definitely be a process. I used small wood dowels I had that are a little over a 1/16" and put the led on them then built up the tip with glue to look like the original. Then painted white. It's a process but looks pretty good when it's done. I hope to put some more time on them tonight. I'm trying to do a batch of five at once to see if it speeds up the process.
Well I just finished gluing up three more, I broke one led. They will be painted tomorrow and ready to ship by the weekend. I was thinking $50 shipped in the us. Pm me if interested, if I have more interest I'll make more. Just to be clear these are not the original gandalf staffs, I made these with small wooden dowels and glue, and tried to replicate the shape as best I could. You can just superglue them into gandalfs hand and run the wire down through the playfield behind him. These do look great lit up In my opinion. I will post more pics when they are done. They should be ready to ship by Saturday or Monday. If I can't ship out by Monday, I'm away on vacation for two weeks and will resume making more and ship out when I get back.
I also should have three more complete gandalfs with lit staff as well. These are $115 shipped in the us.pm me if interested in these as well. I should also be getting a few more in later. I'll let everybody know.
Also to let everybody know these come with alligator clips soldered on so they can be hooked under the playfield to a GI bulb. If you want no clips I'll take $5 off. They will all come with 4' of wire which is enough to get up into the back box or pretty much anywhere under the playfield.
Quoted from jazc4:I got one from Mike. Shipped fast and secure. Haven't had time to install but should be quick and easy. Buy with confidence.
There's always time for mods
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Quoted from wolowizard:did you use a resister in line with the wire ?
There is a resistor built in to the nano led
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