I've always liked the thin neck sabers from the movies, so I figured I'd make something similar to Luke's hilt from ROTJ.
Alas, plans change and instead of making a hilt closely resembling Luke's ROTJ hilt, I did a mashup of the LS6 and Obi-wan's MKIII. Since I didn't use the accent pads on the first Crystal Focus hilt that I built, I decided that I needed to make use of them this time around. Also had a PLI for Box1 lying around so I figured that I'd incorporate that into the build too.
Not gonna lie, this was hands down the biggest pain in the ass build I've done so far. Used the dremel so much, and at times I wasn't even sure if the way I visualized putting the chassis into the hilt would work.
When I cut a bit off the end of a brass rod to use as the button in the PLI for Box1, I could barely manage to get it mounted the way I wanted so that I could use it as an aux button in the MHS ribbed/choke combo.
Yet somehow, it all worked out and turned out very nicely; almost as good as I hoped it would when I visualized it in my head.
Not perfect, but I like the way it looks and the heft of the hilt in my hand.
Most importantly, I'm proud of myself for finally finishing it!
