jedi_master_adam
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I made saber 14. There has been interest in showing how I made it so here is a build thread. I wanted to do something a little different so I thought a cut away saber would be nice.
I went to the Dollar Tree and walked up and down each isle looking for anything I could make a saber body from and anything that looked like it would be part of saber guts.
Here is what I ended up buying.
The receipts
The parts
Main body parts
Incense Stick Holder
Incense Holder cut
Flashlight 3
Flashlight 3 cut
Flashlight 4 parts
Bottle Pourer disassembled
Baster Cut
Saber body put together
Saber body cut in half
All saber body parts
Saber cut and assembled
Saber whole after the cuts.
Number 6 Mechanical pencils
Pencils disassembled
Pencil Grip cut for saber grips
Baster, Pourer, and Pencil parts emitter
Emitter partially assembled
Added flashlight parts, candle parts, and more pen parts, and silver paint
Test placement for grips
Next I took apart different items for the interior guts of the saber.
Watch
Watch disassembled
Number 8 Mechanical Pencils
Mechanical Pencils disassembled
Grips cut and spread over pencil tube
More pencil parts
Blue and clear jewelry beads
Gold floral wire and colored paper clips
Paper clips make good wiring
Toy car disassembled
Close up of Car parts
Car wheel and battery
Glued together to make the top saber button
Pedometer parts
Clip light parts. I originally wanted my crystals to light up but could not fit the batteries in the saber.
More clip light parts
Playing around with internal placement ideas
Power cell and crystall - using bead, pen parts, pourer parts and flashlight parts
Added blue crystal with a cut paper clip that I removed the colored coating from.
More pencil parts
Pencil parts cut
Plastic disk from flashlight lens
Gold wire cut
Wire into pencil parts
Wire and pencil parts into lens
More test fitting
Time to start painting external pieces
I didn't like the paper texture of the Incense tube so I went and got a thin plastic place mat.
I glued the placemat to the tube and held it with paperclips as it dried.
I then trimmed the matt to the Incense tube primed and painted with metallic silver paints. the Finish was much smoother.
Placing the painted saber back together.
I Painted the shelf liner silver and folded it over an placed in the back part of the saber. Hid the edge of the liner with part of the watch band.
Then I started adding internal parts
I just played around with various arrangements until I found something that I liked and then glued it down.
I decided I didn't like the wires going along the length of the saber so I took them out and later added them in other places. I added more various parts from the things I disassembled. I tried to use small metal pieces like the watch clasp and the cars wheel axles.
I painted all the plastic parts either silver or gold and glued everything down.
Well that is pretty much it. It was fun making the saber and it was a great contest. I want to say a big thank you to all who were involved.
I went to the Dollar Tree and walked up and down each isle looking for anything I could make a saber body from and anything that looked like it would be part of saber guts.
Here is what I ended up buying.
The receipts
The parts
Main body parts
Incense Stick Holder
Incense Holder cut
Flashlight 3
Flashlight 3 cut
Flashlight 4 parts
Bottle Pourer disassembled
Baster Cut
Saber body put together
Saber body cut in half
All saber body parts
Saber cut and assembled
Saber whole after the cuts.
Number 6 Mechanical pencils
Pencils disassembled
Pencil Grip cut for saber grips
Baster, Pourer, and Pencil parts emitter
Emitter partially assembled
Added flashlight parts, candle parts, and more pen parts, and silver paint
Test placement for grips
Next I took apart different items for the interior guts of the saber.
Watch
Watch disassembled
Number 8 Mechanical Pencils
Mechanical Pencils disassembled
Grips cut and spread over pencil tube
More pencil parts
Blue and clear jewelry beads
Gold floral wire and colored paper clips
Paper clips make good wiring
Toy car disassembled
Close up of Car parts
Car wheel and battery
Glued together to make the top saber button
Pedometer parts
Clip light parts. I originally wanted my crystals to light up but could not fit the batteries in the saber.
More clip light parts
Playing around with internal placement ideas
Power cell and crystall - using bead, pen parts, pourer parts and flashlight parts
Added blue crystal with a cut paper clip that I removed the colored coating from.
More pencil parts
Pencil parts cut
Plastic disk from flashlight lens
Gold wire cut
Wire into pencil parts
Wire and pencil parts into lens
More test fitting
Time to start painting external pieces
I didn't like the paper texture of the Incense tube so I went and got a thin plastic place mat.
I glued the placemat to the tube and held it with paperclips as it dried.
I then trimmed the matt to the Incense tube primed and painted with metallic silver paints. the Finish was much smoother.
Placing the painted saber back together.
I Painted the shelf liner silver and folded it over an placed in the back part of the saber. Hid the edge of the liner with part of the watch band.
Then I started adding internal parts
I just played around with various arrangements until I found something that I liked and then glued it down.
I decided I didn't like the wires going along the length of the saber so I took them out and later added them in other places. I added more various parts from the things I disassembled. I tried to use small metal pieces like the watch clasp and the cars wheel axles.
I painted all the plastic parts either silver or gold and glued everything down.
Well that is pretty much it. It was fun making the saber and it was a great contest. I want to say a big thank you to all who were involved.
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