Mandalorian making a lightsaber

[Raviel]

Title says it all, i am a member of the mandalorian mercs and am now looking to try my hand at making my own lightsaber. I never was a big fan of the way of the jedi. but but a buddy of mine has a custom one that he carries on his armor and it does look very nice.

[Azmaria Dei]

i can agree with that. a jedi or sith saber is a good trophy/tool for any merc/bounty hunter/mandalorian.

so what are you thinking of building? have you checked out the MHS Builder? it's in the menu bar at the top of the page. welcome and good luck!

[Raviel]

thank you for the welcome, as for the saber i have already used the builder program here and bought most of the things that i need i am just working on either buying a premade 7.4v battery pack or am going to make it myself and then cuting all the crome sink pipe for an overlay for the saber lol and then theres the powder coating i need to figure out XD this is way harder than making mandalorian armor

[Big_Furry_Oaf]

I'm interested in seeing your design. Do you think you'll make it a Mando or Jedi design? I think an ancient Jedi lightsaber would be a good trophy, though a lightsaber that has been gutted and made mando would be cool too.

[Rafalema]

I think that a saber with a blade color to match your armor would be the greatest, and the hilt should have some weathering as well.

Good luck on your project, make sure to take pics of it and your armor once you're done!

[Raviel]

to be honest i wouldnt know what a mando lightsaber would look like and the design well i am pretty much winging it as i go =] the blade color is amber becuase well my armor is red but i didnt want a red ligth saber, if anything i wanted to make it have the same color scheme as my weapons which are "steampunk" colors like everyone tells me gold, brass, silver, copper but for this i kind of want to keep the crome and black/aluminum look to it so it pops out more

[Big_Furry_Oaf]

You cold maybe make a shroud to resemble the T-Visor around the emitter. Or cut out the skull design seen on Boba Fett's shoulder. Or work in that diamond pattern that sets between the chest armor pieces. Or you could include a Pawawan braid to the pommel, as sort of an homage to Boba Fett.

[Raviel]

intresting concept i was already planning on having somthing hanging from my pommel

[pointoforigin]

As a fellow Merc, I'll caution you on using a saber with your kit. Usually, as soon as someone sees a lightsaber, they think "Jedi" so it's not so good to have one. If you do use it with your kit, it's best to have a very damaged looking one - "I took this after a fierce battle" kinda thing. You WILL be frowned upon by the Mercs if you use one with your kit.

There is no such thing as a Mandalorian lightsaber.

Though Amptrooper comes close with his Mythosaur engraved shrouds.

All that said, if you want to make a saber for the purpose of making a saber, by all means go for it! It's probably comparable in difficulty to making a set of armour, I think. Of course, it depends how far you go with the design, how intricate you make it, what electronics you put in it... all of that.

[Big_Furry_Oaf]

I'd say a Mando with a Jedi lightsaber isn't unlikely. The Clone Wars series showed one and George Lucas has a direct hand in that. Though it was used by a Mandalorian commander, was a family heirloom, a very rare kind of lightsaber and a trophy from a major battle, it did happen. It may not be too common but there is precedent.
If it fits in your character, I see no problem with it. Especially if it's one from the Mandalorian Wars. We've even seen a few instances of warriors wearing lightsabers in the prequel-era with Aurra Singh, Grevious and Pre Vizsla (a top bounty hunter and 2 top generals).
I also don't see a problem with a Mandalorian modifying a lightsaber after he's won it. With few exceptions, you can't construct one unless you use the force to align the crystal so I doubt you could BUILD one from scratch. Modifying it, painting the exterior or placing a shroud over it wouldn't be far fetched.
I don't think EVERY Mando would/should have one. The logic of using one in battle against a Jedi isn't very sound. They do seem to like trophies, however.

Also I've tried to build Mando armor. I've built a lightsaber. Saber building is way easier.