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/a...psgvoahqwh.jpg
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps1wpbjsi3.jpg
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/a...psijj8fil0.jpg
selected in-build pics:
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/a...pst5j2cwor.jpghttp://i882.photobucket.com/albums/a...psdj0libit.jpghttp://i882.photobucket.com/albums/a...psi5xzceun.jpghttp://i882.photobucket.com/albums/a...psfjkwfnen.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/a...psqv1nwkyf.jpg
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/a...pswm6xhmrk.jpg
and finally the two side by side:
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/a...psawjusvxg.jpg
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/a...psat8iozum.jpg
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/a...psnwdtk4cd.jpg
thanks for looking!
Cheers,
-C