Annihilator by Crystal Chambers

[Crystal Chambers]

Hey Guys

Here's my contest saber as many of you got to see during the contest. This is a personnal build that I really wanted to do for some time. It is currently my favourite. Something was missing till I saw the new pommel that Jaygon designed and was added to the store. Once I saw it, the ideas for ways to mod it came like crazy and it fit as a great design solution to the sith idea I had. Looking at the amount of contests build this pommel it's obviously becoming quite popular.

Tim did an amazing job on the custom work and flat black powder coating. I'm to happy to provide another example of his services. I'm really happy with the grip and how your hand goes over the switches easily, and the covertec blocks you hand fom sliding down the hilt . The choke and pommel is great as a second hand grip for a 1.5 handed saber. It balances great and spins nicely.The grey stripes are actually sign vinyl. I love the finish and how it looks with the semi polished aluminum and flat black. It's kinda semi gloss. I did this as a reference to Vader's armour as the inspiration overall is what if Ahsoka stayed on the darkside from her experience in that weird force place where she attacks Anakin and they both continue down a dark path together.

I lost my chassis pics but the insides were really tight as you can see and I ended up soldering things in place with barely enough lead to get access to solder. Otherwise once I took my time sizing up the chassis to make the most out of the space, the rest went really smooth. My cam turns it yellowish but while testing on video it came out nice and even white core. The deep red LEDengine is also proven popular by the amount of contest sabers that feature it. It is bright when overdriven and comparible to my Liberty build just posted that runs a lux 3 cyan overdriven, or my blue p4 with US.2.5.

Saber name: Annihilator
Specs:
MHS parts and overlay with custom work and flat black powdercoating by Tim at TCSS
Custom pommel insert and aux switch
Custom blade plug
Calibrating crystal killkey
Petit Crouton Unlocked V1.3 With Madcow's Korriban font
2 TrustFire Protected 3.7V 900mAh 14500 Lithium-Ion batterypack
Reverse sound with sound venting under overlay and removeable speaker for SD card access.
LEDengin 5W deep red driven at 1500ma
Green LED sequenced by the PC
Two Red LEDs in pommel, One blinking one solid
34" thickwalled trans white blade with 6 feet of clear wrap and modified mirror

Now for the fun stuff. Pics!
I really like how the first one came out. The only thing I did to this was add the lens flares and logos. This is actually how it came out which I think looks epic and like a painting which I might actually paint someday. I took the letter from a heavy metal band and you've probably seen my logo by now. Otherwise I was rushed last minute with pics for the contest so they could've been better.

http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad28/Karentoomuch/Ann1Ac.jpg
http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad28/Karentoomuch/Annihilator/Ann4.jpg
http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad28/Karentoomuch/Annihilator/Ann5.jpg
http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad28/Karentoomuch/Annihilator/Ann3.jpg
http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad28/Karentoomuch/Annihilator/Ann2.jpg

Looking forward to all your feedback. "Don't under estimate the power, of the darkside.":evil:

[Borax]

Fantastic job CC ! I liked this one as it is really clean and simple and just looks battle ready. indeed the the 5w ledengin is popular lately :) i actually blew one up while building blood wyrm and the new one came just in time lol. I like the pommel section on this one a lot. I will have to say that i am not a fan of the cord plug, but its not bad. i would say however i think if you can get the white writing off of there it would help ;) all over a great build and i look forward to the others you have waiting in the wings!

[ARKM]

Cool saber.

[Loachri MacTalabh]

Give me an A! A
Give me an W! W
Give me an E! E
Give me an S! S
Give me an O! O
Give me an M! M
Give me an E! E
Whats that spell? Awesome!

It looks like it fits in your hand like your were born with it.

Great Job CC

[Knighthammer]

Awesome custom detailing. I also have to say that now that I've done some shroud work, I can appreciate a great looking shroud job a lot. Good to see you back in saber building CC.

[bk_renesis]

two words...

LOVE IT!!!

the darkside is always so appealing to me!

[Tarrell]

This appeals to my inner Sith, another fantastic saber crystal, job well done.

[Crystal Chambers]

I'm really not going to complain about THIS double post.:)

[Darth Midian]

That's really cool. I really like the use of a choke in the pommel section of a saber. You've done it again, great job.
You also have alot of great design elements in your sabers. Everything in your designs just flow & compliment one another.

[Yoshi-Taka]

Looks like pure evil. I swear, I've only seen a couple of your sabers and I don't think you can build a bad one!

[stegasp]

Very, very cool build! I didn't expect this to be your build when I saw it in the contest... I didn't think you had a drop of dark side in you! Great Sith saber, CC.

[Crystal Chambers]

Very, very cool build! I didn't expect this to be your build when I saw it in the contest... I didn't think you had a drop of dark side in you! Great Sith saber, CC.

muah haha...the darkside has clouded your vision!:twisted:

I knew if it wasn't overlay or paint crazy it would throw everyone off...then again I don't like to stick to one style too much anyways.

[Aradian Valentine]

Well, I love the pommel end of the hilt, breaks the lines up just so and brings me into the technical process of a saber.
The overall look is pure function, I imagine the wielder of this saber is ready to get down to business; the business of death.
best,
-AV

[stegasp]

muah haha...the darkside has clouded your vision!:twisted:

I knew if it wasn't overlay or paint crazy it would throw everyone off...then again I don't like to stick to one style too much anyways.

Well, I think your cunning Sith ruse paid off! Hard to sense, the dark side is!