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  1. 12-14-2016, 09:12 PM #1
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    Default Li'l Billy - A Yule Side Saber


    Introducing Li'l Billy - A Yule Side Saber

    This is pretty a totally custom build with a dash of TCSS love.. The main body is a table leg from Home Depot that I cut, stained, painted and cored out. The emitter shroud is a modified holiday decoration.

    This is an Arduino based build, with a custom OS powering a candy cane stripe effect neopixel blade with matching ignition and extinguish effects, and sequentially triggered swing sounds to enable the playing the Jingle Bells tune. The font is YuleSide, a custom font I assembled from public domain sounds including sleigh bells, hand bells, whip cracks, and my own "ho ho ho."

    I wanted to get this done by today so I could share it with friends and family, and I managed to get it done on time thanks to timely shipping from TCSS. It could use a kill key, but for now I'll settle for disconnecting the battery between uses. This is by no means a polished build, but it is only meant to be a fun thing for the holiday season after which I'll gut it and use the parts elsewhere.


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  2. 12-14-2016, 09:59 PM #2
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    Brilliant. Totally, unrelentingly and unquestionably awesome! All it needs is an eggnog dispenser and it wouldn get my ever so rare eleven thumbs up!
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  3. 12-14-2016, 11:30 PM #3
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    Ha! Yeah, this is so brilliantly stupid and great! I love it! I thought the bow and holly were enough to put it over the top, but then I watched the video!

    Really creative sound font there. I love this kind of thing!

    Though I find it a shame to gut it for parts. Keep it as your own Christmas custom! Pull it out every year for a swing around! (ahem...)
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  4. 12-15-2016, 01:58 AM #4
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    Not sure what to say; a clashing of paradigms it is.

    That said, wonderfully beautiful in my humble opinion.

    Bravo!
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  5. 12-15-2016, 06:33 AM #5
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    That's the most hilarious and unique saber I've seen in a long time. Great job!
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    Awesome! Very unique ... and appropriately seasonal!
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  7. 12-15-2016, 07:14 AM #7
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    I'm glad you all enjoy it. I won't be getting rid of it after I gut it, but the electronics have another destiny and I can always refit it next year.

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  8. 12-15-2016, 11:07 AM #8
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    That is magnificent. May the Merry Christmas be with you.
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    Neat.

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  10. 12-15-2016, 08:20 PM #10
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    Seriously???
    That is AWSOME
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