cannibal869
08-24-2013, 07:33 PM
Hey all,
I think the way this all started was that FJK and Aayla Secura at FX were talking I guess about doing a conversion of one of her MR / Hasbro sabers. Somehow, I got mentioned and she contacted me soon thereafter about helping to convert her Darth Maul saber.
For this build, I wanted to try something a little different - an internal Goodman-esque internal free floating chassis... The original idea was to have a totally independent internal core that could almost be slid halfway or entirely out of the hilt. If you slide it half way, you get to see the internal crystal chamber (similar to the Mara Jade saber I made for Brian earlier).
Anyway, hopefully, you'll get the general idea after seeing the pics...
SPECS:
TCSS DM conversion kit
PC 2.0 with Revenge soundfont and custom boot clip
R.I.C.E. access port
DR - DR - A Tri-rebel (DR-DR main blade with amber FoC)
7.4V 14650 battery pack
momentary tactile switches
GLAMS:
What's that, Han? you need Darth Maul's saber to free yourself but you can't reach it??
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/DM2/468656DB-5EA9-47EB-8F27-51F837E24092-15361-000002A63A91D9B9_zps70f9bcb4.jpg
Close up chamber detail
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/DM2/B82075B5-8A58-4C95-9820-D043A88F589A-15361-000002A62E51F46F_zpsd58496eb.jpg
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/DM2/23F1282D-C458-41BD-8598-3CB600A4EA53-77128-00000E0CB99CF476_zpsd249514b.jpg
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/DM2/1361A531-613C-432A-8EAB-1F48FFE76653-77128-00000E0CBFD437B8_zps28b06325.jpg
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/DM2/3EA85243-755A-423D-9DF9-B569E08560A2-77128-00000E0CC5D73737_zps37be0b48.jpg
FoC
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/DM2/E849AF54-18C2-4366-B1E1-B08FBF00E741-77128-00000E0CCB173771_zpsfd1a27f1.jpg
deep red blade
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/can
nibal869/DM2/C066F158-AD5C-452F-8F8E-FDEA34EDBC8E-15361-000002A8C226C916_zps580aff30.jpg
FoC
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/DM2/F2C0B949-7E7F-48AF-ACDA-0531CAE8B691-15361-000002A8CF6E1D48_zpsaaba9d94.jpg
selected build shots:
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/DM2/648857C0-CD7E-4342-B68C-E288FA805CF9-73256-00000D725DE1AC48_zps88bac682.jpg
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/DM2/ED7300E8-E043-4989-96E2-A548AAF42CC6-58910-00000ACFDA999074_zps9432e057.jpg
what can I say? Slothfurnace and Goodman have good ideas....
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/DM2/80DB2547-BDBF-486B-A3D2-9A45ADCA230D-58910-00000ACFD34CDD1E_zps71c0c66f.jpg
Video forthcoming
Hope you all enjoy!
-C
I think the way this all started was that FJK and Aayla Secura at FX were talking I guess about doing a conversion of one of her MR / Hasbro sabers. Somehow, I got mentioned and she contacted me soon thereafter about helping to convert her Darth Maul saber.
For this build, I wanted to try something a little different - an internal Goodman-esque internal free floating chassis... The original idea was to have a totally independent internal core that could almost be slid halfway or entirely out of the hilt. If you slide it half way, you get to see the internal crystal chamber (similar to the Mara Jade saber I made for Brian earlier).
Anyway, hopefully, you'll get the general idea after seeing the pics...
SPECS:
TCSS DM conversion kit
PC 2.0 with Revenge soundfont and custom boot clip
R.I.C.E. access port
DR - DR - A Tri-rebel (DR-DR main blade with amber FoC)
7.4V 14650 battery pack
momentary tactile switches
GLAMS:
What's that, Han? you need Darth Maul's saber to free yourself but you can't reach it??
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/DM2/468656DB-5EA9-47EB-8F27-51F837E24092-15361-000002A63A91D9B9_zps70f9bcb4.jpg
Close up chamber detail
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/DM2/B82075B5-8A58-4C95-9820-D043A88F589A-15361-000002A62E51F46F_zpsd58496eb.jpg
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/DM2/23F1282D-C458-41BD-8598-3CB600A4EA53-77128-00000E0CB99CF476_zpsd249514b.jpg
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/DM2/1361A531-613C-432A-8EAB-1F48FFE76653-77128-00000E0CBFD437B8_zps28b06325.jpg
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/DM2/3EA85243-755A-423D-9DF9-B569E08560A2-77128-00000E0CC5D73737_zps37be0b48.jpg
FoC
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/DM2/E849AF54-18C2-4366-B1E1-B08FBF00E741-77128-00000E0CCB173771_zpsfd1a27f1.jpg
deep red blade
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/can
nibal869/DM2/C066F158-AD5C-452F-8F8E-FDEA34EDBC8E-15361-000002A8C226C916_zps580aff30.jpg
FoC
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/DM2/F2C0B949-7E7F-48AF-ACDA-0531CAE8B691-15361-000002A8CF6E1D48_zpsaaba9d94.jpg
selected build shots:
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/DM2/648857C0-CD7E-4342-B68C-E288FA805CF9-73256-00000D725DE1AC48_zps88bac682.jpg
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/DM2/ED7300E8-E043-4989-96E2-A548AAF42CC6-58910-00000ACFDA999074_zps9432e057.jpg
what can I say? Slothfurnace and Goodman have good ideas....
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/DM2/80DB2547-BDBF-486B-A3D2-9A45ADCA230D-58910-00000ACFD34CDD1E_zps71c0c66f.jpg
Video forthcoming
Hope you all enjoy!
-C