GeluKhanGharr's clear blade film

[LAN-ED-TUL]

i think corbin just rolls up the film and shoves it in poly c. i have one of his strips, 3 inches wide rolled it and stuck it up the polyc and those super bright pics of the vader saber i posted, remember them?, thats with corbins film stuck in a polyc tims blade. no other diffuser than that.

You dont know the POWER, of the dark side...

[Cyambin]

I was about to build one with iridescent film but you beat me to it. Dang. [8D] Well now I know where to get the good stuff.

[Madcow]

Here's a pic of my saber using PCV film I got at Michaels. I cut the film intp 34" x 30" sheets and buffed them with steel wool in a pattern that means more light is diffused in the dim spot.


Only problem is that the shiny look of the film reflects ambient light.

MC



You want to go home and re-think your life

[Usernames suck]

I just tried this a couple of days and I can't figure out why it won't work. Could you post some pics of you putting it together MadCow?

The opression of the Sith will never return, you have lost - mace windu

[xwingband]

What's not working? Wrap it around a dowel and shove the stuff in.[]

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[Usernames suck]

oh i was using smaller than a dowel rod. I knew i should have used something that 3/4' in diameter. Thanks

The opression of the Sith will never return, you have lost - mace windu

[taekwonno]

Wow thats damn near as bright as those Hyperdyne blades.

[supertrogdor]

I'll post a comparison pic when I get a chance, but I found a substantial difference in brightness between Michaels shrink wrap and the clear celophane (which i believe was polypropylene) that I used in my most recent experiment. I got it from a florist shop and for the price of a junior bacon cheeseburger they gave me 4 yards. The difference in the two films was astounding.
Cheers

[supertrogdor]

michaels shrink wrap
picture taken in a room with 1 halogen lamp on the lowest powered option (roughly 20%) for the bottom 4 pictures, shrunk down in this image


florist shop celophane
the afore mentioned lamp was turned on to full power, otherwise the only thing that came through was light from the saber, but the detail here allows for the more evenness of the blade lighting to be seen, still a dim spot, but nowhere near as bad as it was

there is also a couple extra shots of the hilts detail

ill happily take any questions or comments
cheers

[supertrogdor]

got Tim's diffuser tube in yesterday, time to do some more comparison pictures