keysaber?

[sithhed]

just a really random Q,but has anyone thought about merging a keyblade with a lightsaber?

[galen marek]

nope, don't know how you'd get the light to travel throughout the key shaped blade so that it resembles a lightsaber/keyblade combo, or how you'd get the blade shaped like a key.
what you could do is have the shaft of the key as the lightsaber blade and attach a wooden or plastic piece that resembles the teeth of the key onto the end

[RevengeoftheSeth]

Wouldn't be too hard if you made an LED string that went through the key portion.

[galen marek]

you'd need about 150+ LEDs and the diffuser would be pretty hard to make

[X]

you'd need about 150+ LEDs and the diffuser would be pretty hard to make

Not really if use a foam diffuser like Makototsai does for his sabers. I think the hardst part would be bending the poly-c into the key shape.

[Sairon]

I've seen some japanese katana sabers, and they used acrilic sheets and a led strip to achieve a katana that lights up. So I'm gussing find that same sheeting, cut your design, and make that led stirp and your set. I however don't know how well it would stand to dualing though.

[galen marek]

ah fair enough

[sithhed]

I was just thinking about making a normal lightsaber,then glueing on a plastic piece that looks like the key teeth.

[RevengeoftheSeth]

you'd need about 150+ LEDs and the diffuser would be pretty hard to make

Depends on how big you make the key. A standard saber need about 50 LEDs. Adding the key part couldn't require more than another 50.

The hard part would be fitting the polycarb tubes together rigid enough to not snap off or break.

[Sairon]

No matter how you make the blade it's not really going to be dualable, unless you know how to make a mould and pour the polycarb and make it hollow. Even said that I wouldn't dual with it. Thus thats why I think the acrylic sheets would be best, more uniform and easier to do.