Beat Saber themed double saber parts check (time sensitive)
Hi! Sorry I'm in a rush to get this project done. I was caught up on my end with various things but I'd sincerely appreciate if I can finalize this build by the 17th so I can order parts ASAP (i.e. when my credit cycle resets).
My con is on May 16th and I'm desperately trying to throw together my first (and second) saber for a blue/red Beat Saber themed cosplay. I've pored over hours of videos and *thankfully* I have a fairly solid background in electronics so actually wiring things isn't my biggest concern, but rather whether I have all the parts that I need and if I need to order other parts from the store. I'd prefer to order everything from TCSS because then everything will come (hopefully) in one package, except for maybe the CNCed parts, but all the tiny bits will come in one package I guess.
Note that I'm not concerned about money at this point. I just want to make a sick saber and I need to make sure I get all the parts in time for the con (I'm willing to pay a premium for powder coating process to make sure it's delivered in time).
For BOTH sabers, my parts list includes:
Crystal Focus Sound Module v9
MHSv1 Hilt Style 2 (POWDER COATED ONE RED AND ONE BLUE)
MHSv1 Blade Holder Style 3
MPS Pommel Style 6
MPS Clip
MPS Insert Style 6
18650 Single Cell Holder
Premium 28mm speaker
MHSv1 speaker mount for 28mm speaker
0.5ohm 3w resistor
6 wire quick connector
For RED saber, my parts list includes:
1" Thin Walled Enhanced Red
Tip for previous part
Red/Red/White Cree Star LED
For my BLUE saber, my parts lists includes:
1" Thin Walled Enhanced Blue
Tip for previous part
Blue/Blue/White Cree Star LED
OTHER Parts:
TrustFire Li-Ion 18650 batteries x several (to last the con)
All in one charger x a couple (so I can charge multiple at once after con, which lasts 4 days)
All available sizes of heat shrink tubing
Synthetic Grease
Again I'm no stranger to electronics so even though this may be my first saber I'm not going to get *too* confused with that aspect of things.
On top of that, I'm thinking of getting white electrical tape to create the "strips" of white that exist along the Beat Saber sabers, which is why I wanted the tinted walls to begin with (also because if the sabers are off, they'd still look like Beat Saber sabers, but I'd like for the whitish glow effect to still be present when pictures are taken, so I'm not sure if I should go with white for the blade or not and just use a Dremel to etch in the vertical lines along the saber blade so that they diffuse light differently when on).
Please let me know if this is a complete parts list or if there's anything else I need to add. On top of that, I desire to create a custom sound font for Beat Saber specifically, where I can switch between two soundfonts. One will make regular light saber sounds when moved but when it hits a surface it makes a note cut sound effect, and another where motion makes the note cut sounds and a clash makes a wrong note sound effect.
I tried to find a good resource that strongly compared and contrasted between the sound cards but I decided on going with Crystal Focus because there's room to upgrade it if I so desire to in the future.
Again this is a time-sensitive thing so PLEASE your help is sincerely appreciated!!!
I'm seriously hoping I can get all the parts within the next three weeks so that I can work on the cosplay. Please please please let me know if there's any way I can speed any part of the process up because I didn't even know TCSS existed before someone at the maker space wanted to "save me a headache" and by then I was just starting my job.
Thank you so much!
