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sithlord7768
03-20-2006, 01:05 PM
hey,

I just completed my conversion on my ESB force fx...it is now an EP3 Force Fx modified with luxeon 3 star white...well i had an issue...during a troop my blade looked very dull and almost white!...and at one troop where it was in a darker area i looked like a was holding a pink saber...not too impressive for darth!

so I made some adjustments....

I made a new color disk out of a cheap store bought flashlight that came with a very dark red lense and a dark blue lens as well...I also very carefully cut the tip of my blade, fastened a morror supplied by the wonderous custom saber shop...and re glued it in place...that worked great for making the saber red in the dark...it looked great as a matter of fact! but it still looked pink in the daylight...so what to do what to do????well I bought myslef some red tissue paper and painstakenly inserted it inbetween the diffuser and the plastic tube! all problems solved...check it out....also notice how I changed everything i could to make it look more ROTS...

natural light no flash saber on
http://www.501neg.com/photos/albums/userpics/10199/normal_sabermodification1.JPG
lights off slow shutter speed on tripod
http://www.501neg.com/photos/albums/userpics/10199/normal_sabermods2.JPG
hilt shot in ambiant lighting no flash saber on
http://www.501neg.com/photos/albums/userpics/10199/normal_sabermods3.JPG
hilt shot...saber on w/flash
http://www.501neg.com/photos/albums/userpics/10199/sabermods4.JPG

John "JD"
SL/TK-7768
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The Beast
03-20-2006, 03:24 PM
cool man[:D]

Yo, i´m a newbee so please be patient.

Nightwing
03-20-2006, 03:29 PM
Awesome!

A little messy-lookin', but it does look very episode 3-ish. Shouldn't be too hard to clean it up.

UltraSWG
03-20-2006, 04:18 PM
You can make a "day glow" blade out of colored acrylic for those trooping days. And it will still light up nicely. It just won't take very hard dueling, but who really duels while trooping?

Here's a link:

http://www.delviesplastics.com/colored%20cast%20rod.htm

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Firebird21
03-20-2006, 04:23 PM
Try going to your local music instrument store and get some colored gel... Use it as you defuser and you should be golden.

I will now get some links for this post...

Gels (http://www.americandj.com/product.asp?ProductIDNumber=335&cat=Gels)

method to use (http://www.thecustomsabershop.com/sabers/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=454)

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xwingband
03-20-2006, 04:35 PM
Where would they have colored gel in an instrument store?[?] I'm an avid trumpet player and I've never seen that.

EDIT: ah... that's lighting junk. That's the stuff they'd have in a "music" store that has more guitars than anything else.[:p]

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Firebird21
03-20-2006, 04:40 PM
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by xwingband

Where would they have colored gel in an instrument store?[?] I'm an avid trumpet player and I've never seen that.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">

Sorry, my local Gordon's Music sells instruments and DJ Equipment.

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xwingband
03-20-2006, 04:44 PM
Edited while you posted...[:p]

Sithlord, are you the same one from TFN? I thought I recognized the saber.[:D] You might want to check in on all the guys loving that Rubies suit in misc topics.[:)]

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thestr8metaledge
03-20-2006, 05:25 PM
sweet saber...and for the record, seeing that Spaceballs quote at the end made my day lol

sithlord7768
03-21-2006, 09:38 AM
yes the very same...ill check that! lol

John "JD"
SL/TK-7768
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Tiberius172
03-21-2006, 10:25 AM
You might try Translucent Spraypaint for models. It goes on easy and hardens to where it will not scratch off. I'm pretty sure it has a bonding agent that combines with the plastic tubing. You should be able to find this at any good hobby store for $3-$4 a can. I put this on my outer tube as my diffuser was Mylar but I suppose you could spray your diffuser prior to putting this in the outer tube.

Below are pics of my Blue saber blade done with this. The good thing is it allows the light from your LED or EL wire to still pass through and if anything I think it makes it a richer color.

Tiberius172

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-1/1141993/LowLite2.jpg
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-1/1141993/Pictures2001.jpg

GeluKhanGharr
03-21-2006, 07:15 PM
Tiberius, have you comapred the light intensity between the colored/painted blade and a simple, diffuser only blade? Just curious

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Tiberius172
03-21-2006, 08:29 PM
Not yet. I just got in a Red and Blue LED from Tim so I will do a comparison and try to posts the results.

I would speculate that at night there might be a slight loss of illumination intensity with the colored blade but not a lot especially as bright as the 3w LED's are. In the Daylight, it's not really going to be an apples to apples comparison because you're going to have the colored blade that will showup "colored" even without the LED on. Hmmmm...??? Interesting.

TIberius

sithlord7768
04-03-2006, 12:30 AM
interesting options

John "JD"
SL/TK-7768
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Do-Clo
04-03-2006, 07:01 AM
Another option to consider for color during daylight is to use a colored tube for your blade. This will give a nice looking blade without being lit and in darkened conditions when you light it up your whole blade will glow.

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