Vae Victus

[Jagahati]

Here is my newest saber. This is the second one I have made if you don't count my girlfriend's, it is just a simple MHS saber with my powder coating so I didn't post pic's of it.

This one has a two layer shroud cut from two different thicknesses of 1.5" sink tube. I used a Dremel to make all the cuts and then filed and sanded the shroud pieces by hand.

I then powder coated the shroud and MHS pieces 2 different types of black, one a super gloss black and the other a matte black. I think the effect turned our rather well.

The internals are a US 2.1 powered from two trust fires. A accent Led was wired parallel to the main LED you can see it under the second part of the shroud. The LED is a Lux III Amber, I may switch it out for a red or red/orange in the future though because I am not totally happy with the color.

My camera has a "Feature" to auto adjust the color levels of pictures, as such I apologize for the picture quality and differences in lighting. With features like these who needs bugs. Anyway here are the pics.


http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt51/Jagahati/Vae%20Victus/Side.jpg
http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt51/Jagahati/Vae%20Victus/th_Top.jpg (http://s597.photobucket.com/albums/tt51/Jagahati/Vae%20Victus/?action=view&current=Top.jpg)http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt51/Jagahati/Vae%20Victus/th_Back.jpg (http://s597.photobucket.com/albums/tt51/Jagahati/Vae%20Victus/?action=view&current=Back.jpg)http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt51/Jagahati/Vae%20Victus/th_Underside.jpg (http://s597.photobucket.com/albums/tt51/Jagahati/Vae%20Victus/?action=view&current=Underside.jpg)http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt51/Jagahati/Vae%20Victus/th_Front.jpg (http://s597.photobucket.com/albums/tt51/Jagahati/Vae%20Victus/?action=view&current=Front.jpg)http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt51/Jagahati/Vae%20Victus/th_Front3.jpg (http://s597.photobucket.com/albums/tt51/Jagahati/Vae%20Victus/?action=view&current=Front3.jpg)http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt51/Jagahati/Vae%20Victus/th_Front2.jpg (http://s597.photobucket.com/albums/tt51/Jagahati/Vae%20Victus/?action=view&current=Front2.jpg)http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt51/Jagahati/Vae%20Victus/th_Blade.jpg (http://s597.photobucket.com/albums/tt51/Jagahati/Vae%20Victus/?action=view&current=Blade.jpg)

All and all I am pretty proud of how it turned out and am looking forward to my next one.

[JediMasterDak]

Sweeeeeeettt saber Jag!!!!!!!! I've said that before but this diserves it also!! Awesome job :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D <--- (Lots of smileys for this coooool saber!)

[Titoshi]

very nice shrouds. Was there a sale on the swiss cheese emitter? It seems like most of the latest creations have used it and used it pretty well. Nice saber!

[cardcollector]

Sweeeeeeettt saber Jag!!!!!!!! I've said that before but this diserves it also!! Awesome job :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D <--- (Lots of smileys for this coooool saber!)

You always have lots of smilies. Period.;)

Great job on the sinktube. It looks great!:cool:

[Mat Katarn]

i agree with titoshi. that's a rockin shroud. rock on, sir

[Maven]

Looks good, do you have a picture of it in normal, bright light? i kinda want to see the details... looks awesome!

[Goltar Bias]

That is one sweet piece of work. Your shroud work on that thing is incredible.

[Jagahati]

I tried some close ups but the didn't come out like I wanted (they blurred probably because I moved DOH!). Ill try some more tomorrow when the sun is out.

[cannibal869]

Dude, agreed..... rock on!

[ARKM]

Nice shroud.

[Barmic Rin]

Nice work dude!

[Kal El Rah]

That's just excellent, love the emitter/shroud setup.:D

[Sairon]

Excellent saber, the shroud looks very well done.

[Jagahati]

Okay I took some more pictures. The plan was to take them outside in sunlight but that didn't work out due to a few "Scattered Thunderstorms". I did however take some better picks under normal light conditions.

I also received my new Red Orange LED from TCSS (Thanks for the fast service Tim!) and installed it. I like it red much much better.

You can see the accent LED in a few of the pictures. It is amber/orange and although you cannot see them there are in fact 3 other accent LED's inside the hilt. This is because eventualy the choke that is under the second "Grill" in the upper part of the shroud will be cut up a bit and a crystal chamber installed. When the other choke gets back from the machinist and I get it installed ill throw up a few more pictures.

Anyway that is enough rambling from me so on to the PICS!

http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt51/Jagahati/Vae%20Victus/th_Photo0187.jpg (http://s597.photobucket.com/albums/tt51/Jagahati/Vae%20Victus/?action=view&current=Photo0187.jpg)http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt51/Jagahati/Vae%20Victus/th_Photo0188.jpg (http://s597.photobucket.com/albums/tt51/Jagahati/Vae%20Victus/?action=view&current=Photo0188.jpg)http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt51/Jagahati/Vae%20Victus/th_Photo0189.jpg (http://s597.photobucket.com/albums/tt51/Jagahati/Vae%20Victus/?action=view&current=Photo0189.jpg)http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt51/Jagahati/Vae%20Victus/th_Photo0190.jpg (http://s597.photobucket.com/albums/tt51/Jagahati/Vae%20Victus/?action=view&current=Photo0190.jpg)http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt51/Jagahati/Vae%20Victus/th_Photo0191.jpg (http://s597.photobucket.com/albums/tt51/Jagahati/Vae%20Victus/?action=view&current=Photo0191.jpg)http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt51/Jagahati/Vae%20Victus/th_Photo0192.jpg (http://s597.photobucket.com/albums/tt51/Jagahati/Vae%20Victus/?action=view&current=Photo0192.jpg)http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt51/Jagahati/Vae%20Victus/th_Photo0193.jpg (http://s597.photobucket.com/albums/tt51/Jagahati/Vae%20Victus/?action=view&current=Photo0193.jpg)http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt51/Jagahati/Vae%20Victus/th_Photo0194.jpg (http://s597.photobucket.com/albums/tt51/Jagahati/Vae%20Victus/?action=view&current=Photo0194.jpg)http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt51/Jagahati/Vae%20Victus/th_Photo0195.jpg (http://s597.photobucket.com/albums/tt51/Jagahati/Vae%20Victus/?action=view&current=Photo0195.jpg)http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt51/Jagahati/Vae%20Victus/th_Photo0196.jpg (http://s597.photobucket.com/albums/tt51/Jagahati/Vae%20Victus/?action=view&current=Photo0196.jpg)

[Darth Zadin]

well done:mrgreen:

[Rhyen Skytracker]

Awesome job. Keep up the good work.