Darth Bane by ArmonFire & e57

[eastern57]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbabrk5OdGM

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[Spidergate]

That is one amazing looking saber. Great Job!

[equinox13]

ok that is really cool. how did you do the detailing/carving?

[eastern57]

ok that is really cool. how did you do the detailing/carving?

sharpie. dremel. paint. sand. viola.

(sharpie to draw the lines, dremel to carve it out, the whole part was painted, and the excess was sanded - leaving only the grooves filled in)

http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn260/eastern57/Bane/?start=all

[iamdrake]

nice work

[Knighthammer]

Love the shape to it

[cardcollector]

Beautiful engravings! I'll bet that took a loooooooooooong time. ;)

[eastern57]

Beautiful engravings! I'll bet that took a loooooooooooong time. ;)

Wasn't too bad. I do darn near everything the hard way... so I'm used to it... kinda rock-headed like that.

[RevengeoftheSeth]

Did you use the diamond tip engraving bit for the dremel? How difficult was it to etch?

[eastern57]

I used the little ball looking head. It's hard to keep steady (for me, at least), but it cuts easy enough.

[RevengeoftheSeth]

Yeah I've used that before to engrave PVC. Good to know it works on aluminum. It is pretty difficult to control.

[Keladis]

Awesome saber, I really like the inner chamber

[Gin Malinko]

i really like what you did with the engraving, and the inner chamber.
i would really like someone to make a curved darth bane too. that would be cool but the only problem is that there isnt enough description to get a good idea of what it looks like :\

[eastern57]

Drew K calls it "hooked".... enough so that he can hang it on his belt. I picture that being a relatively straight hilt but with a hook end. Kind of like some of ALW's hilts - those have "hooks", or "curved claws" rather. So not so much angled, but with that hook feature. Zat makes sense?

[cannibal869]

Good stuff there!

[Gin Malinko]

fair enough lol

[Crystal Chambers]

Another creative approach...keep them coming. Is that an MR board? Does the RGB for the "chamber" light the blade too? The grips on that look awesome and comfy too! I don't really like the engraving but you did a great job. I'd be tempted to weather the engraved areas so that it's not such a bright aluminum colour. Sith sabers make me want to weather them more then Jedi sabers too.

[eastern57]

It's a CF v4. The prolite is rigged to be FoC in the chamber, but it's not connected. And the main LED is a Lux3 Red which is mounted on the extended part past the polyC. And it IS very comfy.