I figured I would break my lurker status here and start posting some of our work. We've been wanting to do this saber for a while now, and had a customer from the 501st request it. So we downloaded the USE content for our TFU game and studied it in action. I actually had my wife move the camera around in game while I sat right up at the TV and sketched the saber out in the different views and noted certain key design elements. One thing I noticed right away is that the game saber only has 3 claws. I had seen some versions out there with 4 and since our customer wanted the most accurate, we went with the 3 claw design. I machined the claws out of aluminum bar and cut slots in the emitter to mount them in. I left a raised ring on the top of the emitter then turned down the shroud material to match the O.D. of the ring. The shroud ears are hand cut. I needed the tolerances around the claws to be super tight so I did it by hand, and filed each slot until they cleared and fit each claw perfectly. The game shots show two black button looking things on one of the claw shrouds, and our customer wanted a lighted switch. Our normal anti vandal switches don't come in black, so we went with a different switch close in size that was black and lighted. He also requested that there be some accent LEDs on the hilt, but none are on the saber in the game, so I recessed 4 3mm LEDs in one of the shroud ears and placed the aux switch in line and mounted low pro as to blend in with the accents. The game saber also had a crude leather wrap on about 4 inches of the hilt. We found some glove quality leather scraps and cut a long strip from it and secured the starting side with one of the shroud screws then wrapped it around to cover the rest of the shroud screws then finished it off with a tie leaving a small tail like in the game shots and concept art.
Quick Specs:
16" long hilt from pommel to claw tips
Plecter Labs Crystal Focus Sabercore v4.31
LEDengin 10W Red with Flash on Clash
Li-Ion battery pack with in hilt recharge
Soundfonts: Madcow's Korriban, Novastar's TFU Starkiller, Madcow's Vader, Novastar's EPIII Sidious, Madcow's Maul, Novastar's Blackstar
Pics:
The chassis (always forget to take pics of these
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Rotating speaker mount for SD card access.
Video:
YouTube - Vader's Vault - Custom SithStalker from the Force Unleashed
Quick Specs:
16" long hilt from pommel to claw tips
Plecter Labs Crystal Focus Sabercore v4.31
LEDengin 10W Red with Flash on Clash
Li-Ion battery pack with in hilt recharge
Soundfonts: Madcow's Korriban, Novastar's TFU Starkiller, Madcow's Vader, Novastar's EPIII Sidious, Madcow's Maul, Novastar's Blackstar
Pics:
The chassis (always forget to take pics of these
:
Rotating speaker mount for SD card access.
Video:
YouTube - Vader's Vault - Custom SithStalker from the Force Unleashed
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