Galen Marek sink-tube Starkiller

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this is my first ever attempt at a custom lightsaber. doing sink tube + PVC inner
i have very minimal tools and skills at my disposal and i admit that this is a bit ambitious for my first one, but i'm trying to replicate, as best i can, galen marek's lightsaber in the force unleashed.

i'm using roland at http://ro-lightsaber.blogspot.com/ as my inspiration and modeling as he has some very high resolution pictures of the one he machined.

here are some pics of what i have so far.
i started with the electronics and crystal for the exposed crystal chamber, but that i'm going to come back to.
i need to get some more doo-dads (screws/hardware) to continue there.

so i went onto the hilt.

started with a 1.5"x12" sink tube
dremeled the tip off, then shaped the s-curve emitter
then i made my own template for the rest of the upper emitter section, dremeled that out.
that's pretty much done for the base shape. i still have to drill the holes for the activator box and knobs.

next i'm moving onto the base section of the hilt.

for the chassis i'm using PVC.
i plan on using some kind of adhesive padding to stick on the interior of my sink tube parts to make it more flush against the PVC when i mount them together.

here's a few pics of what i have so far though:

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