Show your custom Lightsabers!

[AnubisGuard]

Wow, just wow. Some real art in here. I want in.....but im in the UK so limited on what and where i can buy

Try eBay. If you like the camera flash-based sabers, you can find that stuff all over. Heck, some of the parts I've used have come from the UK.

Anyhow, got another one. I had an old Larbel Graflex bottom with Blast-Tech grips that had been sitting around for about 15 years. I jammed it into a Canon X and this happened.

The design came out very "Holiday Special," but better looking IMO. (Not that I would think otherwise. )

Parts list:

Larbel Graflex 3-cell bottom
Blast-Tech rubber grips
Canon Y battery compartment cover
TCSS Kobold clip & d-ring, cut down
Strip of mylar tape
Light meter bubbles, cut to fit clamp
Textured fishing lure tape
Canon Model X upper
Canon Model X solenoid knob
Flanges off a champagne stopper
Bell & Howell 1" Comat lens

(The light meter bubbles in the clamp are an Idea I stole from SethS )

 

[veektohr]

That’s the stuff right there [emoji7]

 

[tmax]

Picked these up in the Junkyard from Kylash who did a great job of them...

Opted to put my own spin on them, starting with the black one...

 

[tmax]

The vintage flashlight screams steampunk. So I gave it some love, including a steampunk style "reveal"...

Hope you like 'em.

 

[StevenBills]

Has anyone here made something similar to the Jedi Apprentice: The Rising Force (#1) lightsaber that Obi-Wan is using on the cover?

I've loved the look of that saber since I saw it as a kid. Just curious if anyone has made one similar?

SB

 

[AnubisGuard]

The vintage flashlight screams steampunk. So I gave it some love, including a steampunk style "reveal"...

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Hope you like 'em.

Those are some really cool internals. Nicer than a lot I've seen!

Has anyone here made something similar to the Jedi Apprentice: The Rising Force (#1) lightsaber that Obi-Wan is using on the cover?

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I've loved the look of that saber since I saw it as a kid. Just curious if anyone has made one similar?

SB

Somebody did a run of machined replicas probably 10 or 15 years ago. I don't remember who, might have been Rylo, but I think it was somebody who isn't around any more. Don't quote me on that though.

 

[xiionn]

steampunk lightsaber, the stuff of dreams. I mean, seriously....

 

[Ridire Firean]

Hey @Steven Bills ! If you can't find a "Jedi Apprentice: The Rising Force (#1) lightsaber ", you could always emulate one with TCSS parts...

You'll need to pick up TCSS's MHSv1 Sleeve Material to carve your own overlay atop the V-Ribbed Sections, and you might try their Pommel Style 4 too, it's just not in the builder.

Or SaberForge parts...

That, or get a lathe and start machining out your own lightsabers. <--- I'd love to do that myself.

Or, learn Fusion360, which isn't too terribly difficult, and 3D print whatever your heart's desire!

Good Luck whichever way you choose!

 

[Halliwax]

Bump from the dead!

Here's one I've been sitting on for a while. Only just got around to photographing it.
This guy was a bit of a pain to design; the top half came together quickly, but everything south of the clamp went through a ton of revisions. I'm very happy with how it came out, but it was not an easy build. Results were worth it, though. I really enjoy all the different metal textures on this one – normally you need some black or a contrasting color to help things pop, but here it works. It's all raw aluminum, stainless, chrome, nickel, and lord knows what else.

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Parts list:

Champagne stopper
Hard drive motor spindle
Weird greeble Seth made
Coaxial cable connector
Gear shift end
Heiland Strobonar handle, cut short and flipped over
Romans Graflex clamp
Wannawanga stamped TFA clamp cover
Skywampa TFA card
Wannawanga V2 lever
4-40 thumbscrew
2 Taylor & Hobbson 16 mm "Supertal" projector lenses
Spacer cut from a faucet handle
TCSS metal Covertec knob
Bell & Howell 16mm projector lens
Gear shift part
Small stainless steel measuring spoon, minus the handle
Champagne opener

All assembled on a 1/4-20 threaded rod, as per usual.

Freak’n love it !

 

[Halliwax]

Improved version of one I completed about a year and a half ago.

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Dang that’s wicked!!

 

[Ridire Firean]

Hey AnubisGuard ! Post #2381, THAT'S SOME BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHY RIGHT THERE!

Have you described your photo setup yet? If not, can you pass along how you take your pictures and what you take them with?

And what is that little greeblie sticking out of the "Test" hole? Is it cockeyed because it's a toggle switch?

 

[AnubisGuard]

Hey @AnubisGuard ! Post #2381, THAT'S SOME BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHY RIGHT THERE!

Have you described your photo setup yet? If not, can you pass along how you take your pictures and what you take them with?

Thank you. I used a lightbox I picked up on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N2OH2D3/

Its just the white backdrop, with the lights cranked up to max. Photos were taken with a Moto G6 phone. It's honestly nothing fancy.

The walls of the lightbox were edited out of the pics where they were visible, and I used the curves box in photoshop to adjust the brightest part of the backdrop to pure white.

That's about it.

And what is that little greeblie sticking out of the "Test" hole? Is it cockeyed because it's a toggle switch?

It's what's underneath the red plastic button that comes with the flash. There used to be a plastic washer under there too that held the switch in place. I broke all of that off and it left an interesting little nub sticking out.

 

[Luuke]

I did a run of these about 12 years ago. I've been thinking about doing another run.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.998517350170813&type=3

Has anyone here made something similar to the Jedi Apprentice: The Rising Force (#1) lightsaber that Obi-Wan is using on the cover?

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I've loved the look of that saber since I saw it as a kid. Just curious if anyone has made one similar?

SB

 

[StevenBills]

I did a run of these about 12 years ago. I've been thinking about doing another run.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.998517350170813&type=3

Cool. All I get when I click on that FB link is this:

 

[Luuke]

You might have to ask to join the FB page

 

[Dann]

Has anyone here made something similar to the Jedi Apprentice: The Rising Force (#1) lightsaber that Obi-Wan is using on the cover?

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I've loved the look of that saber since I saw it as a kid. Just curious if anyone has made one similar?

SB

I modeled and printed one of these awhile back, I never really finished it, though...

 

[StevenBills]

I modeled and printed one of these awhile back, I never really finished it, though...
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Wow that looks great! It's hard to tell that it's 3D printed. Is the silver just spray paint? Or aluminum tape? It looks really nice.

Luuke could you post some of the pics here? That FB link still isn't working for me (and I don't have FB).

SB

 

[Luuke]

 

[Dann]

It's a mix of paint and aluminum tape, yeah.

I need to give it some love, install a covertec, activator button, and just give it a general once-over with the finish, paint, weathering yada yada.

Looking at the book cover again, I kinda wanna make the transition to the pommel a bit thinner. Maybe a couple other little adjustments.

I remember the Stormpath run, but don't remember yours, Luuke. Yours looks really nice! Well done! I remember you almost ALWAYS had a cool lightsaber run going, are you still doing that? I haven't been paying attention.

That Dark Witch (is that correct?) hilt was one of the most interesting and one that I wish I hadn't missed out on. I think, if I remember right, I was originally on the list, but had to drop out for some reason. Didn't it have a resin "jewel" or something for the pommel?

 

[xl97]

Hey @Steven Bills ! If you can't find a "Jedi Apprentice: The Rising Force (#1) lightsaber ", you could always emulate one with TCSS parts...

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You'll need to pick up TCSS's MHSv1 Sleeve Material to carve your own overlay atop the V-Ribbed Sections, and you might try their Pommel Style 4 too, it's just not in the builder.


That, or get a lathe and start machining out your own lightsabers. <--- I'd love to do that myself.

+1 for the MHS Builder!

You will need flash to run it however (just an FYI).. and most phones or mac/ios devices do not support it unfortunately anymore.

* never got around to trying to tackle a javascript/ajax version of it...