Alas, some bad news. I painted both the emitter and pommel, and they came up looking quite good, if a bit dull - not as shiny as shown on the spray paint lid. Unfortunately, as I was screwing the emitter back into the sabre, the paint started scraping off, even after 3 coats, a gloss coat, and being cured in the oven
![Angry](http://saberforum.com/Smileys/default/angry.gif)
So I've just stripped the emitter back to the aluminium, will maybe give it another go down the line, as I'm thinking of sending it back and getting it upgraded to Emerald.
I also changed the pommel painting, I thought a whole band of gold was a bit boring, so just painted the bumpy bits!
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