equinox13's MHS5 build

[equinox13]

still waiting on a lot of parts, which i'll list, but i feel i have a lot done so far. here are some pictures and a video of everything so far.

Here's the basic setup for the crystal chamber - a slotted double male (marked so i know which end is which since i want the paint dusting to line up later), 2 cut up blade bases from hasbro econo sabers, and 2 tubes for the wires. the wires were quickly replaced with 22AWG transmission copper wires.


Inside of the upper part - 3 LEDs (2 blue & 1 rainbow) wired in parallel and epoxied in.


The switch box and covertec button in a nice faux woodgrain pattern. The box is resting against the start of the crystal.


Not a very good picture, but this is the 'crystal' after initial shaping. I epoxied layers of scrap acrylic together and stuck them in a vice for a few hours. i had to glue tabs to each end later for the mounting. the second picture is after final shaping and some polishing. it looks good lit up like that so i think i'll leave that last tiny bit of polishing wax on it.


and here's everything in a short video all assembled with the pommel and crystal chamber fully assembled. i put some gundam type vent things inside the chamber to add a bit of flair to it as well, though they're hard to see... The pommel has a thin piece of plastic plating to diffuse the LED in it.


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EDIT:: forgot to list parts still on the way...
- blade holder 13, 16, or 19 - all were ordered but still deciding
- main hilt body parts - pseudo Mara style
- MR Sith board
- Skott's FD 1.0
- RGBW Cree LED and resistors
- thumbscrews