Scratch TOR Gladius with CFv7 by LDM

[Lord Dottore Matto]

LDM's Scratch-Machined TOR Gladius with CFv7

Well, this one has been tantalizingly sitting on my build log for nearly a year so I finally just decided to finish it. I used the hilt to beta test the CFv7 and figured that it deserved to be my first CFv7 saber for public consumption. This saber started life as a plain aluminum tube. Machine-fu was employed to craft it into my vision of a Gladius. A few have been done previously and this one is my take on it. The fellas at Force Relics helped me out with the 3D design of my double-box set up and it is printed in stainless steel. The red main switch is stained polycarbonate machined by me. The Aux switch is hidden in the second (smaller) box. The grip is wrapped in a gorgeous textured brown leather and the saber is matte weathered overall. I finished her off with a slightly offset CT wheel (yes, on purpose to avoid he box hitting the leg). The Crystal Pommel is color-matched to the blade. The font set is the full CFv7 stock set and each has a different blade and FoC color tuned via RICE. The RICE port is hidden inside the pommel and behind the Machined resonance chamber. She is small-ish over all (basically a 1:1 replica) at 10.75" long. I am very proud of this one and I hope folks like it.

Particulars:
100% Scratch LDM Gladius hilt
Crystal Focus Saber Core v7, 3.7V Hack (Stock font package, font and blade color listed below)
Custom BH/Optics Module
12mm red Ring AV switch (main power) with Stained Polycarbonate button
Low profile/Hidden Aux Switch
Luxeon Rebel RGB
Triple-baked matte Weathering
3.7V (dual 14500) 1800 mAh pack
LDM 26mm HO speaker in Machined Resonance
RGB color-matched Crystal Pommel
Leather-wrapped grip
SS 3D printed boxes
Knurled Red-Cone Kill key


The BMT:



The HD BMT (From YouTube...was too big for photobucket):



The Glams:





The Blade/Font/FoC Combinations:

Font 1: "Nightfall" by LordBlako (TruPurple blade, Cyan FoC)



Font 2. Crystal Focus by Link (Aqua blade, white FoC)



Font 3. Nebula by Link (Arkai Yellow blade, Viridian FoC)



Font 4. Greymeat by Sekrogue1985 (SkyBlu blade, white FoC)



Font 5. Hoth by Madcow (IceBlu blade, VioletIce FoC)



Font 6. Revolt by LordBlako (TORange Blade, Arkai Yellow FoC)



Font 7. Shatterpoint by Madcow (OSPP Blade, Violet FoC)



Font 8. TFU2 Kamino by Nightstorm (Aqua Blade, ROTJ Green FoC)



Font 9. TOR Crucible by Nightstorm (Emerald Blade, Violet FoC)



Font 10. TOR Malign by Nightstorm (BloodRed Blade, Arkai Yellow FoC)



Font 11. Shoto by Madcow (Asoka Mustard Green Blade, Light Blue FoC)



Font 12. Youngling by LordBlako (Consular Blue Blade, Violet FoC)



TORange and OSPP are TM's of Vader's Vault. Used by permission. TruPurple, Aqua, SkyBlu, IceBlu, VioletIce, Viridian, Arkai Yellow, Emerald, BloodRed and Asoka Mustard Green are TM's of LDMCustomSabers. Used by Permission.

[amwolf]

Sweet saber... I'm diggin' the reveals and grooves. I bet that it's got a nice feel to it, given the heft of that printed box. And that's... a lot of fonts...

[Starwinder]

Awesome work as always LDM! This hilt design is probably my favorite from SWTOR, and yours is right on the money, especially with that control box. Sweet colors too.

[Silver Serpent]

That's a wonderful saber there. The square box doesn't look like it'd be all that comfortable in your hands, but it looks great.

I do like that you put the video up on Youtube instead of Photobucket. Videos always seem to load much better for me on Youtube.

[Sevinzol]

I like the weathering and the leather grip but the big square box in the middle of the hilt does not look like the rest of the saber. It looks like it will dig into your hands. Was it supposed to be some kind of battle salvage? quickly patched after a fight?

[Lord Dottore Matto]

I like the weathering and the leather grip but the big square box in the middle of the hilt does not look like the rest of the saber. It looks like it will dig into your hands. Was it supposed to be some kind of battle salvage? quickly patched after a fight?

It is a replica of a saber from TOR, lol. You'd have to ask the game's designers

[Batosai]

a really nice saber (as always^^), especially I like how you tried to hide the aux button, it doesn't interfere with the rest of the design.

[Lord Dottore Matto]

a really nice saber (as always^^), especially I like how you tried to hide the aux button, it doesn't interfere with the rest of the design.

Thanks man. A nice carbide tipped 1/8" end mill lost it's life to make that hole, but I agree that it was worth the $38 sacrifice