Samurai7 and Anakin AOTC-inspired padawan sabers

[cannibal869]

Howdy Saberfans,

I have a colleague who has two young sons - ages 6 and 4. The older of the two is more into SW than the younger but they both have constructed their own lightsabers (out of customized cardboard tubes) and have even started to make videos of themselves dueling with one another.

Well.... I couldn't really just let that stand, so I present to you a pair of customized sabers for these two padawans...

First up is one I am calling the Samuari7 - for the younger sibling:

MHSv2 hilt with custom knurling, pommel insert piece, and textured black powder coating
PC 3.0 soundboard with single cell hack
RGB Tri-Cree
inner (scrap blade material) polycarbonate chassis
RGB 5mm crystal pommel LED

http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/Lightsabers/3751D117-0EA2-40B3-8309-8FB625A74434_zpsgvoahqwh.jpg (http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/Lightsabers/3751D117-0EA2-40B3-8309-8FB625A74434_zpsgvoahqwh.jpg)
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/Lightsabers/4968BE25-A263-46D1-919A-AC3068CB7CD2_zps1wpbjsi3.jpg (http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/Lightsabers/4968BE25-A263-46D1-919A-AC3068CB7CD2_zps1wpbjsi3.jpg)
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/Lightsabers/DC1BAE6A-9142-4E7E-86F9-BDDCB6B4A10A_zpsijj8fil0.jpg (http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/Lightsabers/DC1BAE6A-9142-4E7E-86F9-BDDCB6B4A10A_zpsijj8fil0.jpg)

selected in-build pics:
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/Lightsabers/201E35A8-3EA4-467F-847A-1A9FC6DA82DC_zpst5j2cwor.jpghttp://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/Lightsabers/232953A3-7339-41FE-856B-DA5DF08CD713_zpsdj0libit.jpghttp://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/Lightsabers/D887C3A7-1047-4FD1-BADD-A88D47283DBF_zpsi5xzceun.jpghttp://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/Lightsabers/321BD46F-A945-428B-B763-5EAE2BDF7DAA_zpsfjkwfnen.jpg

It's sort of unreal how alive and comfortable this saber feels in the hand...possibly one of my favorite dueling form factors to date.


The older sibling gets this following saber - his favorite character is Anakin / Vader, so I made him an AOTC themed MHSv2 based saber:

customized MHSv2 (and v1 parts) with custom flat black and textured black powder coating
PRIZM soundboard
RGB tri-Cree
5mm red and green accent LEDs
(R)GB 5mm crystal pommel accent LED
customized recharge port in the covertec knob


http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/Lightsabers/72589F63-0694-487D-87DC-03749EE3B131_zpsqv1nwkyf.jpg (http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/Lightsabers/72589F63-0694-487D-87DC-03749EE3B131_zpsqv1nwkyf.jpg)
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/Lightsabers/DBA75F67-65E6-40B5-B2F7-D5AF8D93BB50_zpswm6xhmrk.jpg (http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/Lightsabers/DBA75F67-65E6-40B5-B2F7-D5AF8D93BB50_zpswm6xhmrk.jpg)


and finally the two side by side:
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/Lightsabers/0B10C199-15A6-42C4-ACC9-343C31C94D0A_zpsawjusvxg.jpg (http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/Lightsabers/0B10C199-15A6-42C4-ACC9-343C31C94D0A_zpsawjusvxg.jpg)
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/Lightsabers/30157959-6B3D-44AC-9BE5-E3A9EB8EAD1D_zpsat8iozum.jpg (http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/Lightsabers/30157959-6B3D-44AC-9BE5-E3A9EB8EAD1D_zpsat8iozum.jpg)
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/Lightsabers/AAFC510C-E17E-4829-8712-B07E616265DB_zpsnwdtk4cd.jpg (http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac29/cannibal869/Lightsabers/AAFC510C-E17E-4829-8712-B07E616265DB_zpsnwdtk4cd.jpg)

thanks for looking!
Cheers,
-C

[Miraluka]

Veeery nice work. I'm especially loving the samurai7. I wish my dad had such generous colleagues. =]

[darth_chasm]

Awesome work. I really like your take on the Anakin.

[AckAck]

I really like these! And I love what you did with the blade holder on the Samurai7. Very nice indeed.

I love that holder to begin with, and the slots are just nice when all lit up. Very nice sabers. :)

[Starwinder]

Awesome work on these Cannibal! It's amazing to see how much you were able to pack into these mostly MHS V2 hilts as well.

[snilam]

Great looking sabers as always Cannibal. I made a couple of v2 sabers with that choke body combo and you are right it feels awesom e in the hand. Feels very agile, quick and manueverable for sure.

[Ty_Bomber]

I love the custom box on the Anakin! Great job all around.

[Quixotic Jedi]

Awesome work! Really like the cut outs in the Samurai 7 emitter and I'm super jealous of your super clean wiring, Hope my wiring looks that good eventually.

[cannibal869]

thanks eveyone! Still have some last minute tweaks to make but hopefully these will go to their new owners within the next couple of weeks...

[Denz]

Excellent builds. The designs capture the familiar feel of SW but yet are your own. Very well done!

-Denzil

[Scarecrow]

How lucky are these kids? And what an awesome guy for doing this. I'd be stoked to own one of these. Great job!

[JakeSoft]

These are both awesome. I especially like the Anakin AOTC. You don't see those done all that often. Very good job. Thanks for sharing!

[MandoJoe]

That Samurai7 reminds me of some of the highly customized sabers over at RandomSabers back in the day. I love it. The Anakin is also fantastic. It's very identifiable, and looks great.

[Forgetful Jedi Knight]

Great work as usual Cannibal!