Anakin Starkiller V2 + V3 Builders kit Tutorial
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russellsch
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Yeah baby! I can't wait to see what you do with this!! I just finished mine up... but it's static. No motor or long blade. Definitely agree with Markus, "Details about the blade please".
You the man!
You the man!
Nope. That is the electric motor your hearing inside
The v2 is very heavy now, now with the emitter attached the way it is, it explains why the v3 emitter isn’t straight on it
Awesome...details about the blade please
It’s fiberglass, it’s super light and strong, when they whack each other they make the same sound you hear in ANH
Fooling around with this, I have no doubt this is what they used on set
When I removed the grips the bottom handle section of the club fits PERFECTLY with the nipple
I whacked the blade up against a tee yesterday because I wanted to see if the blade would bend. And it worked great
My gut is telling me this is it
One thing I did have to do was make a brass bushing for in between the windvane and emitter
It was little too sloppy for my taste after watching the Vader duel you can see the emitter spinning all over the place
The bushing really helped
I was really hoping to have a video last night of it together and working but that damn wire lol
I’ll explain everything and share my parts list once I get her up and running again
Trying to find a off the shelf bushing so you don’t have to make one
You could probably make on with out a lathe, but you need a 11/32 drill bit, a hack saw and a large file
TheUnchosenOne
Active Member
I've been planning to get a couple lengths of polycarbonate tubes for my V2, just for fun, and have been planning to eventually make an ANH-style V2 (although that will likely be waiting until I can get my hands on a hilt from the second run, OR if we get a third somehow), and here you are making a motor and everything. Dang but this is really cool!
This has been a top secret mission of mine since 2015 when Dan did his first run.
I was fooling around with a old electric motor from a remote control car. It was too big to fit inside. Didn’t want to machine the inside of the first generation v2
When he released the FX version I then knew I could get it done. I have a bunch of broken power drills
I keep them encase I drop on and need to replace body parts or switches. I took all of them apart looking for a motor, and once I found one I started fitting things together to make it work
The blade I wants very light, these golf clubs are perfect! Super super light weight
TheUnchosenOne
Active Member
A drill seems like the perfect choice for a motor. I don't know if we know anything about what they used in ANH, but ripping open a drill to steal the motor sure seems like something they might have done, which for me personally is part of the fun of projects like this
I decided on a drill because it seemed the ripped up RC cars I used didn’t have enough torque
I figured with the drill I know how much torque the drill has so I felt confident it would work
I sure would like to know what they originally used. I imagine it was a big beefy motor since the batteries were worn on the belt.
I will say, the whole rotation was based on a flat sided blade (square) so it will flicker. I think Kurtyboy did a Luke ANH bladed one at some point. I'm not sure if you'll notice the round blade spinning?
VERY excited about this. Yea, I think adding a bushing is the way to go, the emitter being set on a shaft would make it succumb to any movement of the shaft itself
VERY excited about this. Yea, I think adding a bushing is the way to go, the emitter being set on a shaft would make it succumb to any movement of the shaft itself
If you watch Guinness the emitter is wobbly, but when I first booted this up it was extra wobbly
The bushing really helped, I can’t say I believe I see any triangle/square blades in any of the pictures
I am willing to bet they originally made triangle/square blades for the flicker but for some reason abandoned that idea
I truly believe there was these weird blades kurtboy did an amazing job on his build and
He was the inspiration for mine
I think the round blades were used and possibly to get it to flicker added a black stripe down the side?
We’ll see once the scotchlite comes in
russellsch
Master Member
Holy cow, I've never seen that image at the beginning of your video before!!
Can't wait to see what you do with this
Can't wait to see what you do with this
