Spice Mines of Kessel Vader ESB - By Caine

[Caine Drathul]

Spice Mines of Kessel MR Vader ESB


Here is the fourth in my "Spice Mines of Kessel" series, this time a Vader ESB. For those of you who don't know much about this series, the backstory is that the saber was somehow lost on Kessel during a battle, and somehow ended up in the Spice Mines, where it sat and stewed for long period of time before it was found by a Force sensitive slave, who repaired the saber and escaped. Of course, with limited resources to repair the saber, it wasn't going to look pretty, just functional enough to get to freedom. I took great liberty to make this hilt look as battered and re-thrown together as I could, without going too overboard. I love making sabers like this, without a care in the world as far as keeping it pristine. It duels very well, as I just used it tonight in our town's annual Lights On Parade, where myself and my school's demo team set our saber's ablaze with some really cool dueling performances (but that's another thread ;) ). This saber is a soundless stunt.

MR Vader ESB hilt
TCSS Metal Blade holder
Special Kessel Spices weathering and corrosion
Melted grips to give a corroded look and feel
Mesh pommel insert
3.7V Li-ion 18650 Battery solution with recharge port in the lower grip section
(2) red blinkies under the bubble strip
White accent LED in the pommel
Mesh pommel insert
5W LedEngine Red LED (a nice crimson color)

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YouTube Vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xOyeHDDS8g

[bk_renesis]

A weathered (marinated) vader!!! Very cool.

[cannibal869]

Thumbs up Caine!!! Nice job!

[Caine Drathul]

A weathered (marinated) vader!!! Very cool.

Haha, marinated. PERFECT way to describe the hilt...I was looking for the right word :D

[equinox13]

that looks really awesome! i bet it feels great in hand too. ^_^

[dgdve]

Leave it to Caine to make me drool over a "soundless stunt" saber... Bravo Caine Bravo!!.. And helping out the kids (2 thumbs up) although I'm still pulling for you to join the dark side!!

[RevengeoftheSeth]

Cool ;) I should do something like this with my busted up Vader ESB (I messed up the clamp when trying to repair the soundboard in it).

[Knighthammer]

Looks good, I like the weathered look of it.

[iamdrake]

Nice concept and series.

[Kaiozero]

Very Nice weathering and blinkies

[Skottsaber]

What's not to love, Caine?
Love the grips, the Ledengin, blinky bubblestrip, weathering...

And I also love how the bladeholder is seen as clean through the holes up top, as if it was a replaced part as in the backstory. Awesome :D

[Caine Drathul]

What's not to love, Caine?
Love the grips, the Ledengin, blinky bubblestrip, weathering...

And I also love how the bladeholder is seen as clean through the holes up top, as if it was a replaced part as in the backstory. Awesome :D

Thank you, kind sir!