More Obi Cut-away madness from Howard.

[jariksolo4]

Perhaps one of the most impressive pieces of art I've come across on this forum. Simply Incredible man.

 

[Boba Frett]

Fantastic work Howard :thumbsup


Cant wait to see it done

 

[DL 44 Blaster]

FRIKIN' REDICULOUS.............

It's obvious why you need to stain your deck....all your disposeable time is spent making your props :lol

I can't wait to see the finished product.

Steve

 

[hydin]

holy crap.

dude that is AWESOME.........

i never thought of anyone trying to make these, and man you are off to a hell of a start.

chris

 

[tk421mv7]

I think he's actually building a working one...

 

[jrschmd]

Very nice. Obi's is probably my favorite saber and what you've done makes it just that much cooler.

 

[Darth_Nickel]

Howard,

All I can say is wow??? When you are finished, would you be willing to do another. I don't think I could EVER pull this off. It looks amazing....

Thanks

 

[Sporak]

Wow, and another...
Brilliant work my friend.

"Where does he get those incredible Toys?"

 

[Jedi Lawja]

Daaa-aaamn. That's beautiful. But.. gears? Only thing I can think a saber would need gears for is if it has more than one crystal for variable blade length, and we've never seen one of those in the movies. You sir are a true craftsman and artiste.

Jay

 

[OldKen]

for those of you that havent seen the one he made a short while back heres the link again. yes it is amazing.

http://www.yourprops.com/view_item.php?movie_prop=4420

 

[cayman shen]

Originally posted by Jedi Lawja@Mar 16 2006, 04:07 AM
Daaa-aaamn.  That's beautiful.  But..  gears?  Only thing I can think a saber would need gears for is if it has more than one crystal for variable blade length, and we've never seen one of those in the movies.  You sir are a true craftsman and artiste.

Jay

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You know, the gears are the first thing I liked about this saber. It gives it that old-fashioned Time-Machine feel. Classy.

 

[rmschneider104]

The craftsmanship on the board never fails to surprise me.

 

[jason1976]

WOW. This has always been my favorite saber, and I was thinking of putting guts in my parks version, but this is just amazing. The detail is just stunning, and the gears are such a fun idea.

Jason

 

[Howard]

Thanks for all the kind comments guys.

I've been working on this on and off - but we're busy with our new baby girl, and my son's been very ill, so time has vanished.
Saying that - I picked up some sheet copper today in a new model / craft store in the city, which I plan to use in the 'booster' section.
The emitter Tanzanite crystal has been replaced, as it wouldn't transmit enough light. There's now a lab grown diamond in its place. The 'grenade' section is now complete, as are the neck and emitter.

I should have a few pics to post Sunday or Monday.

Edit:

The sun's bright so here's a pic.

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Cheers.

Howard.

 

[DARTH SABER]

What can i say Howard. You've done it again.

I can see some of the influence from your earlier "victorian ray gun" projects.

:thumbsup


DS

 

[Killdozer]

STELLAR.

It's SUCH a work of art. I'm seethingly jealous of its future owner.

KD

 

[temponaut]

Truly beautiful. :thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup

 

[nash]

this is just amazing. ive seen a few graflex cutaways but never this.. wow......

 

[Howard]

Here's the unfinished primary (quartz) crystal housing.
This will sit in the booster section of the saber, just short of the 'energy guides' component pictured in my first post, which will be in the clamp section.

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Howard.

 

[jason1976]

How do you turn it on, and off? It looks great BTW.

Jason