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Thread: Kouri's Kylo Ren Scratchbuild

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    Default Kouri's Kylo Ren Scratchbuild

    I'd started this build back when the Force FX hilt was near-impossible to find at MSRP and the US Flamberge was the only ready-to-ship crossguard design. Figured I'd knock out a PVC crossguard for MegaCon.

    Aaand then life hit.

    Less than a week to go, so knocking this build out.

    Here's where things started. A single piece of 1" conduit running from bottom, through the coupler, through to the emitter end. Didn't want to split the pipe - I wanted at least the main blade to be duel ready. Here the thinner side blades were taken from a cheap knockoff Crossguard saber.



    Slowly made time to detail the hilt. Carved a thick shroud for most of the emitter detailing. A thinner piece of shroud for the handle. Some machined bits for the pommel.


    After a fair bit of back and forth, I sorted out a design that sacrifices some hilt strength to make room for a Hasbro Blade Builder Kylo Ren board and a quick-change 18650 battery. Main blade will be a Tri-Cree Red with Single Cree Red side blades.



    Bottom shroud slid off. Bottom window will *just* fit the BladeBuilder board. Darn thing's going to run the full-width of the pipe, so it'll be screwed in place. For anyone else wanting to use the board, I'd steer clear, since the only metal hilts it'll fit into are the larger 1 3/8" ID Force FX hilts. Bit of red bladestock's just to represent the in-pommel detailing I'll be working on later.

    Top window will house the 18650 battery holder. No recharge port in this setup, since I want to be able to swap batteries quickly if the saber dies half-way through the day.

    I'll be modifiying the design of the hilt with a thumbscrew that will secure the handle-shroud in place, covering the electronics.

    And here's where the detailing wrapped up before electronics went in.. Machined a few bits to detail up the handle.

    Here are the side LEDs being installed:


    Heatsink is a 3/4" copper endcap. 7/8" ID, 1" OD. Single-Cree Red star. 20mm lens and holder slide right in. C-clip made from some leftover bladestock. Clip stays pretty well on its own, but added a touch of hot glue to keep things locked in place.


    Main LED is a Tri-Cree Red.


    Hilt with most of the detailing complete and demo blades installed:


    Handle shell slid off exposing the electronics. Funny enough, battery winds up about where the canon power cell is located:


    And a quick shot of everything lit up:


    And a demo video with saber ignition and retraction:

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BFuwkzlsnjQ/

    A few more details to glue on, then it's ready for paint. I'll snap a bunch of pictures of the painting process to get a write-up done after the convention.

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    That is an awesome build my friend
    "Peace is a lie. Perhaps the greatest of them all. Peace, or a lack of change equals Death. If the waters of a pool cease to move, and become stagnant, the waters poison themselves, and kill all who drink from it. Chaos, on the other hand, brings great change. Should the pool be over taken by a river, life springs anew.
    -Lord Malyce, Exile of Sith, First Warrior of Sands

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    That's some excellent work. I can't wait to see it painted. Forgive me for saying but, personally, I would put bullet tips on the side blades.

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    Ah, no need to forgive. Part of the build is a full set of bullet-tip red day-blades, so I'll have things in order in a couple of days.

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    Wow this is awesome! The detailed bits really makes this saber. The bladebuilders soundboard sounds plenty loud and the chassis setup is quite nice.

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    Fantastic job! Looking forward to seeing it in its final form.

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    Had sprayed a base coat of black earlier in the week. Spent last night on detailing:



    I've got a photo for each pass of detailing, so I should be able to knock out that painting guide after the con.

    Just need to glue on the red wire and make some day blades.

    EDIT: This shot was taken mid-paint, but shows off the circuit detailing I added to the rear window:

    Last edited by Kouri; 05-25-2016 at 06:49 AM.

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    Dude i can't believe how awesome this turned out!! Captured the kylo look SO well- love the circuit detailing in gash, all the little grip details, and the exposed wire . Amazing work.

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    Thanks a bunch! Just got the faux wires installed:



    Onto the day blades~

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    Very well done. Looks great.

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