Replica Sabers

[Tradeliphine]

Vintage Graflex, lux III Royal Blue, Luke ANH sound, crystal chamber lit with Luke ANH strip LED, chassis, etc

Lit up






crystal chamber and chassis





Custom grips

[Madcow]

I've finally finished this.

It's half MHS parts that I modified, with an emitter section I machined myself.
- Blue single rebel on a star
- CF 4.1
- Amber indicator LED and red low batt LED under bubble strip
- 4.8 v. NIMH Battery










And a quick video:


MC

[dhorton01]

MHS pommel, gear piece, grenade (modified), emitter is from ebay(possibly saberkit?) 1/2" copper pipe/fitting, piece on neck is made from sink tube, luxIII, Vader ANH MRFX board, 3/4" blade w/ corbin and clear diffuser.

[eastern57]

Ki-Adi Mundi

- LEDEngine 5w Blue
- 1x Li-Ion 18650
- Momentary tactile switch under LED bezel
- Scrolling bar-graph
- No sound (stunt)










Demo vid:




eastern57

[Pullo]

MHS, sinktube & custom overlay combination.
Luxeon 3 Green on a MR Luke ROTJ Board.

[Lord Maul]

MR Sound (jedi board)
Blue 3W (very nice light blue)
1" blade
Switch in the bike valve
CR123 batteries



This picture shows the pommel. Sound holes are in the smallest band on the pommel.



With the blade in it. The blue is darker in the pics than in real life.

[eastern57]

LUke ROTJ V2 by eastern57

Specs:

- Modified MHS parts... all parts available at TCSS (minus cf+bat)
- CF V4.1
- 14670 x2
- TCSS bubble-strip bar-graph (heavily modified)
- PolyC neck w/semi-faded neck
- Characteristic V2 Weathering (clear-coated)
- Compatible w/ either 7/8" or 3/4" blades


vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE-kTOXF17U


pics:

[Lord Dottore Matto]

Ya'll knew I would do this. This started as a Korbanth Jade and I added a few cool LDM-ish features. The hi-lite is the Purple translucent Pommel insert that ups the Crystal Pommel's game. The Optics module is also a feature of which I am exceedingly proud and it contains the best TruPurple LED I have ever done. I also decided to keep the 3/4" blade because of the scale of the hilt itself.

Particulars:

Ultrasound 2.5
TruPurple LED
Violet Acrylic Crystal Pommel
Hidden 1.3mm Recharge/Kill
4.8V NiMH battery solution
TCSS HO speaker
"under the LED" switch

The Video



The Glams







The Build

[runner4life]

this is my Obi Wan styled wood hilt...Only equipment used was a chisel and a hammer. I was 15 when i made it so almost 3 years ago now.

Considering it was made out of an old curtain rod which had grooves the entire length i tried my best to make it look half decent.

[Jonitus]

I suppose this saber fits here better than anyplace else. Replica of the saber seen in The Force Unleashed carried by Galen Marek.

Specs:

Custom hilt made from original plans
Custom crystal chamber
Makototsai V2 red blade and Super One sound card
18650 Li-Ion battery pack with PCB
In-hilt recharge

I'm a couple parts shy of totally finishing up. Minor details are all that is needed to call this one totally done, so forgive me if I have jumped the gun just a bit.

Based on my original plans, this saber was modified slightly to accommodate the Makototsai V2 blade and Super One sound card. Since the blade and sound are integrated into a single unit, build techniques for this saber were slightly different. No trying to figure out heatsinking an LED, no worrying about leaving room aft of the crystal chamber for sound...none of it was a concern here. I based this saber around a continuous length of 1" copper pipe, since larger material for the base would have been wasted space. The rest of the saber went around this pipe, and it gave me the opportunity to have REAL copper for the emitter and band along the grip section.





As usual, I was concerned with details. How could I set this Starkiller apart from the others I had built? How indeed. I made the crystal chamber a focal point of this saber. Check out the in=progress pics:




Those vertical rods you see were wrapped with nearly 6 linear feet of thin copper wire each. The crystals are modified acrylic drop points. I could have gone with real quartz, but for the look I wanted, a synthetic material was a better choice. Now, compare to the finished chamber:




The chamber has a nice look to it, and the use of copper balances with the minimal amount of it on the outside of the saber at the emitter and the grip band. I used replica t-track grips on this saber, and they have a nice feel. Maybe these particular t-tracks are a bit softer compound than others, but they don't bite into the hands. Enough of this, though...how about some lit shots?








I have a bit of work left to do - a bit of weathering, a couple screws, a control box cover to make. Not a big deal. I am 99% happy with this saber. The 1% is minutia - the LED illuminating the crystal chamber is not as bright as I would like...and it blinks instead of being steady. Also, there is no Covertec - but no need, since the blade CANNOT be removed Otherwise, this saber turned out great. Hope you like it as much as I do.

*ripped from my post at FX-Sabers - sorry...too lazy to make it unique here*

YouTube video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uXYWrSpoGM