Maul's WP-2 (Waterproof #2) Picture intensive

[Lord Maul]

I'm totally bumming this naming system off Jay Gon :D

This is my second waterproof saber. It runs a 3W Red/Orange LED off a 1000mA buckpuck. The blade is a thick walled corbin double wrap. In the bathtub pictures it is a thin walled PolyP blade, but that one started leaking shortly after those pics, so I swapped to a thick walled one. The power source is 4 alkaline AA batteries. There are some pictures in here with this saber's brother, WP-1. There are 6 holes on the emitter, all equidistant from each other. What a pain to drill

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n187/aluke_2006/Spectral%20Custom%20Sabers/WP-2/IMG_3641.jpghttp://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n187/aluke_2006/Spectral%20Custom%20Sabers/WP-2/IMG_3642.jpg
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n187/aluke_2006/Spectral%20Custom%20Sabers/WP-2/IMG_3643.jpghttp://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n187/aluke_2006/Spectral%20Custom%20Sabers/WP-2/IMG_3644.jpg
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n187/aluke_2006/Spectral%20Custom%20Sabers/WP-2/IMG_3659.jpg
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n187/aluke_2006/Spectral%20Custom%20Sabers/WP-2/IMG_3663.jpg
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n187/aluke_2006/Spectral%20Custom%20Sabers/WP-2/lightsaber001.jpghttp://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n187/aluke_2006/Spectral%20Custom%20Sabers/WP-2/lightsaber003.jpg

And here is my favorite picture of this saber...
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n187/aluke_2006/Spectral%20Custom%20Sabers/WP-2/IMG_3631.jpg

Onto videos.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n187/aluke_2006/Spectral%20Custom%20Sabers/WP-2/th_MVI_3639.jpg (http://s112.photobucket.com/albums/n187/aluke_2006/Spectral%20Custom%20Sabers/WP-2/?action=view&current=MVI_3639.flv)http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n187/aluke_2006/Spectral%20Custom%20Sabers/WP-2/th_MVI_3637.jpg (http://s112.photobucket.com/albums/n187/aluke_2006/Spectral%20Custom%20Sabers/WP-2/?action=view&current=MVI_3637.flv)
http://s112.photobucket.com/albums/n187/aluke_2006/Spectral%20Custom%20Sabers/WP-2/?action=view&current=MVI_3632.flv
http://s112.photobucket.com/albums/n187/aluke_2006/Spectral%20Custom%20Sabers/WP-2/?action=view&current=MVI_3633.flv
http://s112.photobucket.com/albums/n187/aluke_2006/Spectral%20Custom%20Sabers/WP-2/?action=view&current=MVI_3635.flv
http://s112.photobucket.com/albums/n187/aluke_2006/Spectral%20Custom%20Sabers/WP-2/?action=view&current=MVI_3636.flv

[Alcfalath]

And here I was led to believe Lightsabers shorted out in water ;)

Great work there LM :) And I love the videos. Just brilliant and oh so fun to watch :) pity they aren't a bit longer though.

Btw, for blade leakages, what about a flat rubber O-Ring inside the Blade holder (that wont obscure the lens), and the blade pushed up nice and tight against it creating a seal?

[Kal El Rah]

Another winner LM, just fantastic. :cool:

[Rhyen Skytracker]

Great job. Now you need to add a fishing reel to it. LOL

[DJMoonbass]

Man he could drown me with that thing! Better behave from now on.

[Novastar]

HAHHAHAHAHAH.... SWEEEEET!!

LORD MAUL, that is such ownage, I love it, hahahahah

It's kind of funny... I used to think "what's the point" about doing this kind of thing until I saw Ultra's vid of some of the things going into the swimming pool... and then just discussing it as being a possible thing to do in a more controlled way... and NOW we have Maul pretty much showing that it can be done in a way that sustains the saber at least a little while!

AWESOME.

It's true, some may say... "who's gonna need that"... but I say--a few shots of this will make 'em believers:

* Bad guy in costume with LED saber running...
* Good guy in costume with LED saber running after him...
* Bad guy sees pool/lake/water... leaps in!
* Good guy follows...
* They fight a bit underwater!!!
* A couple more shots of fighting in between getting breathes of air (whether left in the film or not!)
* Someone gets "killed"
* Floater!!
* Winner exits... shuts saber off...
* All done!

That video would be pretty epic for the LED saber community!

Great work, Maul. I would TOTALLY be down to film that stuff... thaass RIGHT!!

[Sairon]

I think this water proof saber is the better of the two, as for a movie idea (thanks novastar for the idea in your post) two people are dualing and one trips, falls, and splooshes into a pool where they have a duel and later one sees a floater.:D

[Lord Maul]

Thanks guys. Nova, you have a PM ;)

[Lawrs1]

Looks great LM even better than the first waterproof saber in my opinion

[Eco]

Awesome!
While not entirely practical, the waterproof saber stays, like my cereal, crunchy in milk. Er... doubt.

I would be all over making one of my own, as I live right on a river, but it's too murky. DX

Mind if I ask how you sealed the LED/Optics in the BH?

[sekrogue1985]

now what i want to see since you made two of them is a duel under water!

[Lord Maul]

All the videos I took of an underwater duel didn't really look good. The water distorts the blades too much, so you can't even see them.

[Kal El Rah]

How unfortunate, o well. :(

[Sairon]

All the videos I took of an underwater duel didn't really look good. The water distorts the blades too much, so you can't even see them.

Did you have the camera under water? If you did that it might help.

[Lord Maul]

I don't have a waterproof camera ;)

[Sairon]

Glass box, plastic box, plastic bag, try those...

[B5813]

A saber fight in pouring rain would look great. Like a takeoff from Obi's scene when he confronts Jango.

[kurtsea]

it would be awesome if you waterproofed a CF soundboard and had a sound font that sounded like Rain sizzling on the blade:mrgreen:

[Jedi-Loreen]

I wouldn't risk a CF for a water proof saber. :o And sound doesn't transmit well through water, anyway.

[mihunai]

Actually, sound goes pretty far through water.
It's the transition from water to air that kills it....

Sorry, i felt like being the nitpicker for a change :)

But you are right, it would be a change to see a CF go up in bubbles...

mTm

[Jedi-Loreen]

Actually, I think it would be a shame. :-P

[gundamaniac]

it would be awesome if you waterproofed a CF soundboard and had a sound font that sounded like Rain sizzling on the blade:mrgreen:

A soundfont like that already exists ;)

[kurtsea]

A soundfont like that already exists ;)

cool:D

[Swordlord]

This saber is great, Maul -- both in concept and execution. Just the fact that it sprouts so many ideas about what to do with it is a boon.

The only thing I'd change is calling it waterproof. Water resistant is safer legally, especially if you ever sell one. If you're pretty darn sure it won't ever leak, you can always modify it to "A light saber of superior water resistance".

Kit Fisto woulda loved this saber! Just sayin'...:)

[kurtsea]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZEq-whaptY&feature=related

kit fisto did lol