Anakin Starkiller’s Darth Maul Assembly Tutorial Thread

[Halliwax]

Wicked cool buddy! Thanks for sharing! I had to do a double take when I saw the thread bump

 

[BobasBounty]

I got my two Darth Maul lightsaber kits from Anakin Starkiller earlier this week and decided to make the shorter unused version of Darth Maul's lightsaber first. I had to use a hacksaw to cut down the main body halves. Below is a pic of my test fit. I will need to weather the emitters and do some touch up painting where I made the cuts but here it is so far. I may also paint the red knobs with a brighter red. Let me know what you think.

Below is a pic of the original prop (from Parts of Star Wars) for comparison.

- Andrew

 

[Halliwax]

I got my two Darth Maul lightsaber kits from Anakin Starkiller earlier this week and decided to make the shorter unused version of Darth Maul's lightsaber first. I had to use a hacksaw to cut down the main body halves. Below is a pic of my test fit. I will need to weather the emitters and do some touch up painting where I made the cuts but here it is so far. I may also paint the red knobs with a brighter red. Let me know what you think.View attachment 1600912

Below is a pic of the original prop (from Parts of Star Wars) for comparison.
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- Andrew

OMG!!! This is genius!!! Freakn love this idea!!!

 

[BobasBounty]

Thanks. It was a fairly simple conversation. Cutting down the main body parts was the most nerve-racking. I had to be very careful to keep the cuts straight. I used masking tape (a lot of it) as a guide while cutting and so I wouldn’t scratch up the paint. I used a rubber washer where the two main parts join. I may go look for a slightly thinner washer though. The one I used is a bit too thick. I also noticed that the two main body parts are weathered differently so I will need to address that. Other than that I am pretty happy with the outcome.

 

[7-11 Jedi]

I just bought one of these and put it together thanks to the tutorial as well! It’s a great piece!

 

[BobasBounty]

Off topic, but love the vintage figures.

 

[7-11 Jedi]

Off topic, but love the vintage figures.

Thanks! ‘Tis but a smidgen of my actual collection.

 

[Halliwax]

Great photos guys!!

 

[BobasBounty]

I got the other Maul lightsaber together. Decided I couldn't wait. This one went together very easily. I went with a larger diameter o-ring to hopefully minimize the stress on the rubber. Below are the two versions next to each other.

I used the larger o-ring. They went on smoothly and stay on pretty tight. Can't remember where I got them. I found them in my tool bin.

 

[el toro]

Hope this threads not too old to consider this a necro post. I picked up one of these kits on sale a few weeks ago, man I’m glad I did. Thanks to this tutorial it took about 15 minutes to put it together. Im planning do the paint mod on the knobs, and to recreate the emitter ends as seen on the hero prop that was auctioned in December on PropStore, including the inscribed cataloging numbers. Problem is the Prop Store photos don’t clearly show the entire thing. Does anyone happen to know or have photos of the complete line of numbers?

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I posed this same question in the thread here. But some of the others dismissed the numbers as being either a master replicas copy or just regular scratches. To be fair, it wasn’t easy to see the numbers there, but I knew someone else had to see what I was seeing or have a clearer photo. Nice to see a clearer picture to confirm my original thoughts.

 

[Gregatron]

After two years, my O-rings went kaput, so I replaced them. Easy enough--just a quick trip to Home Depot and an pack of them for $3.00.

 

[Saberhoarder]

Hey guys, I just jumped on this run (Srz kept you waiting, huh ) Didn't even know this was a thing.
Since I'm from europe I wanted to ask if these parts are the right? I'm quite lost with inches, coming from the metric system.

 

[Anakin Starkiller]

You should be able to get away with just ordering the rod. For the washer, you can use a metric equivalent from your local hardware store

 

[Saberhoarder]

You should be able to get away with just ordering the rod. For the washer, you can use a metric equivalent from your local hardware store

Thanks. I ordered the rod for now. 16 bucks shipped to AT is ok.

 

[Jay888bee]

Hi guys, I’m late to the party on this one!! Just ordered one but I’m having trouble getting hold of the 3/8-16 threaded rod here in the U.K. Please can anyone here in England guide me to where the managed to obtain one?
Many thanks.

 

[Saberhoarder]

Hi guys, I’m late to the party on this one!! Just ordered one but I’m having trouble getting hold of the 3/8-16 threaded rod here in the U.K. Please can anyone here in England guide me to where the managed to obtain one?
Many thanks.

I ordered this one as backup. It's stainless steel and 36". Gonna take that with me maybe I find something similar locally.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00G3PEUD4/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

 

[mgenovese312]

Few years late to the game but had to get one for myself! Super easy build thanks to Halliwax’s instructional video.

Any paint recommendations for the emitter?

Did everyone weather their washers too?

 

[Halliwax]

7578 flat black is what I used

Rubbed some aluminum black on the washers then buffed them off

Little spritz of black brown acrylics and I called the emitters done

 

[mgenovese312]

Painted and weathered the washers. Had to modify the center to get the two halves to line up correctly too. Thanks for your help and tutorial videos my dude!

 

[Gregatron]

Just came across this.