Arkhan's Wormwood: The Reveal

[Arkhan]

Well, the miscellaneous finishing tasks, display stand and final battery charge have been completed.
As such, I present to the Saber community:

Wormwood

MHS Components from Emitter to Pommel
HASBRO Darth Maul FX Soundboard
Seoul P4 White LED at 1000ma
Custom Solar Flat Black Powercoating by Strydur
Custom Fluting, milled and chamfered choke and pommel by Strydur
Choke Mounted Illuminated raw Quartz Crystal Chamber
Mirror-Polished Trim Rings fore and aft
Mirror-Polished Covertec wheel
Mirror-Polished Switch Box
In-Pommel Recharge/Kill Port with custom dual accent-LED low-battery indicator
4.8V NIMH battery pack with TCSS premium speaker in ported mount
Chrome-Plated Momentary AV switch with Pololu LV switching board
Chrome hand-crafted shroud retained by Box4 and Covertec
Auxillary Momentary Clash activation switch
Custom Safety Green BladePlug
Safety Green 1" thick-walled blade with tinted Bullet tip, poly diffused
Trans-white 1" thin-walled blade with rounded tip, poly diffused
HandCrafted Aluminum Keychain with Kill plug quick disconnect
HandCrafted wooden display stand in GunMetal Fluorescent Green Gloss

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http://i901.photobucket.com/albums/ac216/rorykost/Wormwood/th_WormwoodCovertec.jpg (http://s901.photobucket.com/albums/ac216/rorykost/Wormwood/?action=view&current=WormwoodCovertec.jpg)http://i901.photobucket.com/albums/ac216/rorykost/Wormwood/th_Wormwoodpommel.jpg (http://s901.photobucket.com/albums/ac216/rorykost/Wormwood/?action=view&current=Wormwoodpommel.jpg)http://i901.photobucket.com/albums/ac216/rorykost/Wormwood/th_Wormwoodkeychain.jpg (http://s901.photobucket.com/albums/ac216/rorykost/Wormwood/?action=view&current=Wormwoodkeychain.jpg)http://i901.photobucket.com/albums/ac216/rorykost/Wormwood/th_Wormwoodpommellit.jpg (http://s901.photobucket.com/albums/ac216/rorykost/Wormwood/?action=view&current=Wormwoodpommellit.jpg)
http://i901.photobucket.com/albums/ac216/rorykost/Wormwood/th_Wormwoodpommellit2.jpg (http://s901.photobucket.com/albums/ac216/rorykost/Wormwood/?action=view&current=Wormwoodpommellit2.jpg)http://i901.photobucket.com/albums/ac216/rorykost/Wormwood/th_Wormwoodbladepluglit.jpg (http://s901.photobucket.com/albums/ac216/rorykost/Wormwood/?action=view&current=Wormwoodbladepluglit.jpg)http://i901.photobucket.com/albums/ac216/rorykost/Wormwood/th_Wormwoodsafetygreenbladelit.jpg (http://s901.photobucket.com/albums/ac216/rorykost/Wormwood/?action=view&current=Wormwoodsafetygreenbladelit.jpg)http://i901.photobucket.com/albums/ac216/rorykost/Wormwood/th_Wormwoodsafetygreenbladelit2.jpg (http://s901.photobucket.com/albums/ac216/rorykost/Wormwood/?action=view&current=Wormwoodsafetygreenbladelit2.jpg)
http://i901.photobucket.com/albums/ac216/rorykost/Wormwood/th_Wormwoodtranswhitebladelit.jpg (http://s901.photobucket.com/albums/ac216/rorykost/Wormwood/?action=view&current=Wormwoodtranswhitebladelit.jpg)http://i901.photobucket.com/albums/ac216/rorykost/Wormwood/th_Wormwoodtranswhitebladelit2.jpg (http://s901.photobucket.com/albums/ac216/rorykost/Wormwood/?action=view&current=Wormwoodtranswhitebladelit2.jpg)http://i901.photobucket.com/albums/ac216/rorykost/Wormwood/th_Wormwoodcrystalchamberlit.jpg (http://s901.photobucket.com/albums/ac216/rorykost/Wormwood/?action=view&current=Wormwoodcrystalchamberlit.jpg)

Here are videos part 4 and 5.
Arkhan's Wormwood Part 4: The Reveal (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WGtLguaN4M)
Arkhan's Wormwood Part 5: Blades Illuminated (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkZEq-QJTRQ)

Also, the previously released 1, 2 and 3.
Arkhan's Wormwood Part 1: The Hilt (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up12OEaPvxA)
Arkhan's Wormwood Part 2: The Electronics (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPC6AD8Fv7o)
Arkhan's Wormwood Part 3: The Keychain (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alVQOPEP-zc)

I would like to thank JayGonn, FenderBender and Acerocket for allowing me to ask a few questions
and bounce an idea or two off them. I'll also including LDM as an inspiring force.

My goal on this saber, beyond building it the way I wanted it, was to end up with a saber that was worthy of the pros.
A saber that had JGJ, Vader's Vault or LDM been commissioned to construct, would have met with their satisfaction.
I know I'm satisfied with it, and I hope others gain some enjoyment or insight into their own saber projects from it.

[Ronan]

Thats surely different, good example on what you can do with TCSS parts and some ingenuity!

Now if only the owner had real proper guns and not AK's... :lol:

[jjshumpert]

im diggin the plug arkhan, mind if i ask your process/parts?

[Jay-gon Jinn]

Wow, very nicely done! That's a helluva lot nicer than the first MHS saber I built!

[Arkhan]

I had the benefit of watching videos, reading threads and asking questions from experienced pros. You may not have.

[Andro]

Wow, very impressive. I absolutely love the set-up of this saber. It's also incredible for your first saber. Well, well done!

[Rafalema]

Impressive. Most impressive.


:cool:

[jin starkiller]

very impressive ..great job

[Lawrs1]

What can I say apart from what has already been said, very impressive, I like it lot. keep up the good work

[beggarsoutpost]

Very nice build man... And a great use of the parts and services that Tim offers in the store....

[Caine Drathul]

I had the benefit of watching videos, reading threads and asking questions from experienced pros. You may not have.

And don't forget that Jay-Gon was one of the experienced pros that you watched and learned from. ;)