Can you imagine how silly the fire fights would have been if the blaster bolts had traveled as slowly as a puff of smoke? Han could have shot first, taken time for some coffee and a doughnut, Greedo could have had a last cigarette, maybe called his wife and kids, made peace with whatever gods the Rodians worship, and still pulled off a few shots at Han before getting "smoked".
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Haha, okay, granted. If there were a way to keep a cohesive beam of basically transparent smoke and run the focal point of the light along it, it would look a lot spiffier; but for proper lasers the best bet is probably still Nerf and lax con security.
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I've tossed around the idea of using whatever small device they use in model trains to make a small puff of "smoke" as an effect for a steampunk type lightsaber. Never got around to investigating it though.
Model train smoke coils take a few minutes to heat up, in my experience. They wouldn't be suited for a saber.
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The heating element in the ecigs was a disappointment, but the propylene glycol works very well. The trick would be to make or discover a fast, low voltage, high temp heating element. I bought one of those cold heat soldering irons many years ago. It never satisfied me as an actual soldering iron, but perhaps it could be dissected for use in this fashion.
Anyone tried the zerotoys.com blasters? I have no idea the warmup on them, but it doesn't Seem to take long.Originally Posted by TimeRender
It's not supposed to be cheap or easy. It's an ordeal.
But if you're not here to make a light saber the hard way, just follow this guide and stay out of the way.
If you're lost, here's a directory of all the most pertinent threads - it'll save sorting through the rubbish, thank the mods for braving it for us.
If you have a question, there's a solid chance it's answered here. Not too much to ask you to check ONE page for your question before posting, is it?
Oops tongue has been bitten...
Otherwise interesting read on the fx! Got me thinking now...
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