Thick Walled Blade Comparison Pictures

[Lord Maul]

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There isn't really any comprehensive set of pictures on these forums that compares the major blade diffusers (Corbin, TCSS, Ultra, Xwing). I posted these pictures on FX-Sabers a while ago and figured I'd move them here too.

Camera Stats/Picture angles
My camera is a Canon PowerShot SD800 IS. For exposure there are 5 settings; +2, +1, 0, -1, and -2. I think that -2 provides the best representation of the actual blade brightness, so that is what I use. There are 3 different camera angles in the pictures. Full blade, top 1/3 of the blade, and looking from the hilt up to the tip of the blade. Each picture is taken twice, once with flash and once without.

Saber related stuff
For these pictures I used 3 different luxeon sabers and 3 different blade types.
The Corbin blade is a double wrap. All the blades are 36" long. All blades are thick walled polycarbonate.

Anakin ROTS Royal Blue (Corbin, TCSS, Ultra/GeluKhan)
MHS 5W Green driven off Ultrasound (Corbin, TCSS, Ultra/GeluKhan, Xwing) VS Stock MR Luke ROTJ
Darth Maul 3W Red (Corbin, TCSS, Ultra/GeluKhan, Xwing) VS Stock MR Vader ESB

The Anakin only has three blade types because I didn't have a Xwing blade when I still owned that saber

Blade Info

• Tim's (TCSS) blade diffuser- A milky white diffuser that is similar to the MR
• Gelu's film (polypropylene)and Ultra's film (Acetate) - Gives a very even blade. Similar to cellophane gift wrap.
• Corbin's film (polycarbonate substrate)- Gives a distinct coring affect and is used mostly in conjunction with his driver board available in the store.
• Xwing's blade - 1/16" thick nylon tubing with Gelu's film rolled up inside. Very even blade and lights up all the way to the edges which eliminates the "light in tube" effect.

Now onto the pictures.


DARTH MAUL VS. STOCK MR VADER

Corbin Blade




TCSS Blade




Ultra Film/GeluKhan






MHS 5W GREEN VS. STOCK MR LUKE ROTJ

Corbin Blade




TCSS Blade




Ultra Film/GeluKhan





ANAKIN ROTS WITH ROYAL BLUE LED
Corbin Blade




TCSS Blade





Ultra Film/GeluKhan







A HUGE thank you to Lord Dottore Matto and Maverick J. Smith for editing the pictures for me. Without them I couldn't have posted these.