NewRepublicJedi's 2nd Saber "Finished!"

[NewRepublicjedi]

Well my second build is finished, below i have included three pictures. The first is the original render i did in photoshop. the second is the finished saber next to the printer render i used as a ref through the build. and lastly is a short video on the saber. The build was a blast, and it took over 9 hours straight to wire and fit everything into the saber. i did all the polishing my self with a buffer kit and some wet-sanding paper from Home Depot. Here are some of the stats.

6v circuit
Blue P4
07 Hasbro/Fx board
Type 2 PLI
2 Av switches

This is the Original Render.

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/67802_177005262328089_100000558487697_501225_15024 76_n.jpg

Here is a pic of the saber finished next to a printed render i did in Photoshop.

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/198906_203615699667045_100000558487697_684860_4995 932_n.jpg

Here is the youtube video of the saber.


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

[Knighthammer]

Very good render to final product. Seems responsive as well.

[Picky]

Compliments, I like a lot the PLI!

[Azmaria Dei]

very well done. i especially love the sleevework towards the emitter.

[dgdve]

I love how the PLI is windowed.. very good job on the build!

[sekrogue1985]

Love the PLI. very nice saber!

[Crystal Chambers]

Nice! Looks clean. Funny how the wall looks pink/purple on cam. I have a p4 blue and haven't seen that in any of my pics. Must be the UV quality of that LED and your cam picking it up.

[jin starkiller]

very well done...very clean build

[Azmaria Dei]

Nice! Looks clean. Funny how the wall looks pink/purple on cam. I have a p4 blue and haven't seen that in any of my pics. Must be the UV quality of that LED and your cam picking it up.

yeah the P4 blue puts out a lot of UV. write some stuff on a paper with a yellow highlighter and it'll glow bright when they're near. ^_^

[NewRepublicjedi]

Thx for all the replies, yeah I have to say the recessed PLI is my favorite part of the saber as well. It wa also the hardest part to get right. To do it I cut out 5 of the 7 ridges in a ribbed and groves extension. Then I mounted a peice of 4mm plastic card "the stuff uses in model building" as the non conductive ledge for the PLI to sit on. Once it was done I attached the PLI in place with a peice of double sided tape so I could move it around and get it aligned with the window I had cut.

This P4 Blue is by far the brightest iv seen in person. The walls in my house are a cream/tan color so there has to be pink pigment in there somewhere >.< my guess is it reacts with the uv! On a side note a natural weathering is happening on the black grip section form playin with it that is kinda cool. I'll have to take more pictures later.

[Darth Midian]

That's a nice looking saber, very sleek.

[Camarius]

i like how well you produced your saber compared to the render grats on the finished product!

[face palm]

very nice build. me gusta