Darkstar
06-01-2008, 07:55 AM
The Dawnstar is complete :D
After almost a months time of trial and error, (as is the case with most "firsts" of everything.) it is finally done. I'm using an Luxeon III cyan bin 1 (I got through a swap with Corbin.. Thanks again!), MR 616 soundboard with Erv's LED driver, 4AAA battery pack, a switch I bought from Radio Shack with it's red button removed, and a speaker I got from TCSS.
I painted the body pieces with Rustoleum Metallic Pale Gold with light gray prime coat. Except for the one section I left the natural silver to give a good accent. The grips I cut out from the tube of the 616 saber kit that held the electronics and I covered them with Plasti-grip rubberized coating and rubbed some of the edges off to give it a weathered look. The switch housing is also from the 616 kit from one of the hilt pieces. I placed o-rings at three sections where they connected to off-set the look a bit. And the two chrome pieces below the emitter is from a "Graflex" type flash holder. I believe it is a Kalart brand flash holder I got from Ebay.
Hope you enjoy the pics as much as I enjoyed building this saber. :D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v30/soopatroopa/customsabers/dawnstar.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v30/soopatroopa/customsabers/dawnstar2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v30/soopatroopa/customsabers/dawnstar3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v30/soopatroopa/customsabers/dawnstar4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v30/soopatroopa/customsabers/dawnstar5.jpg
After almost a months time of trial and error, (as is the case with most "firsts" of everything.) it is finally done. I'm using an Luxeon III cyan bin 1 (I got through a swap with Corbin.. Thanks again!), MR 616 soundboard with Erv's LED driver, 4AAA battery pack, a switch I bought from Radio Shack with it's red button removed, and a speaker I got from TCSS.
I painted the body pieces with Rustoleum Metallic Pale Gold with light gray prime coat. Except for the one section I left the natural silver to give a good accent. The grips I cut out from the tube of the 616 saber kit that held the electronics and I covered them with Plasti-grip rubberized coating and rubbed some of the edges off to give it a weathered look. The switch housing is also from the 616 kit from one of the hilt pieces. I placed o-rings at three sections where they connected to off-set the look a bit. And the two chrome pieces below the emitter is from a "Graflex" type flash holder. I believe it is a Kalart brand flash holder I got from Ebay.
Hope you enjoy the pics as much as I enjoyed building this saber. :D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v30/soopatroopa/customsabers/dawnstar.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v30/soopatroopa/customsabers/dawnstar2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v30/soopatroopa/customsabers/dawnstar3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v30/soopatroopa/customsabers/dawnstar4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v30/soopatroopa/customsabers/dawnstar5.jpg