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Ok I am wanting to build a starkiller blad from TFU 1. It will be my second build and plan on taking my sweet time on it. I have seen pictures of it and people who have made it, but... I want to makre it and not buy it. I need help and Ideas for it weather its from MHS parts or hardware store parts. I know I will need a dremal parts and im cool with that but any help would be great. and sorry if this topic is in the wrong area.Thanks
This is the right section ;)
Firstly, you could try looking at what is in the store, and seeing what you can mix and match to make it, use some reference photos to identify components.
Also, there is somebody currently building a starkiller saber on FX-Sabers right now, so you might be able to get some ideas from his thread.
I think I have a Idea for the hilt, but still stumped on the pummel... and the biggest challenge would be the crystal chamber ugh... Im not good at finding small parts or crystals like that Im stumped lol My first build was about 200 bucks, so im estimating this one around 300 but its no big deal just want to take my time with it...dang chambers.
The pommel is pretty simple. Just use a style one. Getting a sloped pommel like the Vader's Vault version would be really hard without a lathe, so most go with a simple flat pommel.
As for crystals, there are acrylic ones in the store, or you could try to find a local crystal store for a quartz crystal.
true i will look for a crystal or stained glass store, any Idea on where to look for a basic chamber build? like mounting and stuff.
i'm building one myself actually. but it's going extremely slowly. as stated in the thread, i have a 9 month old daughter who takes up quite a bit of my time. plus i'm addicted to Call of Duty. that doesn't help either. HAHAHAHHA.
i plan on taking on the bunny ears, pommel and black strips on the hand grip next.
http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com...en-Marek-style
Roland has made a nice one. I would study his design.
http://ro-lightsaber.blogspot.com/20...ightsaber.html
the outside is nice and doable ive got a idea of parts I need for the hilt, but that crystal chamber is to complex lol RO does nice work though. I need basic chamber photos or tutorials. thank you all so far for the help.
yeah, that's actually what i linked in the thread that i linked to, lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sunrider
that's what i'm using as my model. especially because he has such high resolution photos of his design.
you guys are great, ghost and i deals on the crystal chamber, I was thinking some small copper tube 2 washers and a small air hose you conector, and the crystal of course.
well, i don't know if it'll help much or not, but my last crystal chamber was 2 of pommel insert style 10, some brass rods and nuts to hold them in place just right (i secured them in 2 places), and a nice crystal sandwiched between them. i then glued some tiny japanese hobby mesh over it all and called it good. here's a picture of the semi-finished product.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1567589/Ligh...409_123058.jpg
Bras have rods? :p
mine do. big thick steel ones.Quote:
Originally Posted by Skottsaber
will the pummel insert style 10 fit inside of a MHS Hilt snuggley?
it fits inside of the smaller inner diameter parts smoothly. things like the MHS gear, pommels, double male slotted, and ribbed parts. for the rest, minus chokes, use the chassis disks.
Finally got your pic to load it's nice but I'm looking fir a longer one, but I can make it longer right?
of course. i wanted a tiny one in that saber, so that's why it's so small. the double male slotted part in the store is nice and long, and if you cut out one of the sections between the slots, you'll have a good starkiller window AND the saber will still be really strong in that area.
Here's a link to my thread for the crystal chamber I built for my first MHS build, which is a starkiller saber. I hope it helps with ideas.
http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com...-1st-MHS-build.
thats a nice chamber keep up the good work. I get my parts prob weds so I will build my fist saber then Ill work on my starkiller. i ordered a lot of 26 crystals on ebay for 99 cents lol but it coming from china so I paid 10 bucks shipping, not a bad deal still I guess.
That does sound like a pretty cool deal on crystals. I don't know if you saw the Starkiller I built, but here's the link to my thread. I built my Starkiller out of MHS. I hope this will also help with some ideas for your Starkiller. http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com...irst-MHS-Saber.
your saber look amazing. If you dont mind me asking the reflex templet...did you just print it out and put it on the tube or did you have to modify it besides adding the extra near the cryustal chaber. Thanks all this info is awesome and reaserch is key to getting the right look for me.
Thank you. The template just gives you the shape of the S curve & all the holes near the emitter end of the saber. I had to draw the rest of it out on graph paper. After I printed out the template I also had to blow it up by 5 or 7 % so it would fit around the MHS sleeve Material. Good luck with your build.
im not great with computers do you have that ready and can you email it to me? thats if you still have it saved... thanks.
I sent you a PM
i have some ideas. i have 3 8-32 (i think that's the measurement) threaded rods that i'll use as the supports. probably paint them copper/brass-ishQuote:
Originally Posted by Gregorybear1986
and i found some 1.25" plastic washers that i'm going to use for the base and top.
i also already have a quartz crystal that's the perfect size. i found some grommets that i'm going to use to hold the crystal in place, and i'm still looking for some accent features to make it more "mechanical" looking like the "roland" style starkiller.
i'm going to end up using quite a bit of hot glue i think in the crystal chamber setup.
I thought it would be hard but I think it will a easyish build idk ill see lol
Ghost what do you plan on using for the activation box? I was going to use style 1 but I dont know if its long enough...
look in the bottom right corner of your posts and you'll see the words "Edit Post", "Reply", and "Reply With Quote".Quote:
Originally Posted by Gregorybear1986
"Yes my master, what is thy bidding?" lololololololQuote:
Originally Posted by Azmaria Dei
i prefer "Mistress" if you want to get super formal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gregorybear1986
if i end up going with a box from TCSS it'll definitely be style 1.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gregorybear1986
i might try to take it on myself though. we'll see how difficult it'll be.
I think Tim's chassis disc's (painted) could make a good base for your chamber.. most starkiller type chambers seem to have the crystal fixed in one side(with an led under it) with a piece of copper/brass pipe up to the other end (not my fav design) but I'm guessing its game accurate (sry I'm old I never played the games). sooo I'd start there.. look around the store. I'm sure a great starkiller saber could be made 100% tcss
it will be 100 tcss except for the bunny ears, knobs, and pummel, they will be custom by me.
Ok so I got my drawing made up. The box style one will be perfect and all I need to know is, will the covertec clip fit the mhs sleeve
it'll have a tiny gap in the centermost part of the curve. it's pretty close that you might not notice it though.
ok awesome, how about the rubber grips?
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Originally Posted by Gregorybear1986
If the fit bothers you, you can always take a piece of sandpaper and lay it over a piece of sleeve tubing, grit side up, and run the Covertec button (not the clip ;)) over it, up and down the tube, till you get the curvature to match. You won't see that part against the hilt, since you'll end up removing some of the anodizing on the black ones.Quote:
Originally Posted by Azmaria Dei
If you're going for an accurate, or semi accurate Starkiller hilt, there's no rubber grips on it, they are more like plastic or metal bars.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gregorybear1986
But if you're set on using rubber grips, I don't imagine there will be a problem, since rubber is flexible.
i will ruse rubber grips and cut them if need be because of metal is to slippery.
how do i add pics? I got a crystal I want to show... but I cant add ther pic. wtf help sorry off topic
Read this thread:
http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com...ost%20pictures
That's an old thread, but the info still pertains. Though now you can re-size photos right on Photobucket. Keep your pictures at 800 x 600 or smaller.
You can now also add attachments right from your computer. Click on the Insert Image button and see your 2 options for posting pictures.
http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1303238517
figured this crystal would be good.
You know, if you had Tim do some custom work for you on a Choke1 you could get a respectable crystal chamber that would still be strong, and covered by the shroud on the top side wouldn't look half bad either. Like this one we did a while back:
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...nder/070-2.jpghttp://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...nder/073-4.jpg
Or this one:
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...nder/099-3.jpg