**SPOILERS** New RoS prop image **SPOILERS**

[Muttleysdad]

I've managed to find a good shot of the new belt grip slot. That's going to hurt if you catch your hand on it.

 

[SethS]

There's a dedicated thread to the Graflex in TROS where we cover all those details, you should check it out.

 

[Metaphysics]

There's a dedicated thread to the Graflex in TROS where we cover all those details, you should check it out.

Link? Thanks!

 

[Lex95]

I've managed to find a good shot of the new belt grip slot. That's going to hurt if you catch your hand on it.View attachment 1246758

There's literally 20 pages dedicated to this in the flex9

Link? Thanks!

Just search the forums

 

[TerranCmdr]

Well dang it looks like I'm a little late to the party... Still on V1 and already have issues to work out.

Excellent work kylegilbert that looks amazing

 

[Frogfreak]

Well dang it looks like I'm a little late to the party... Still on V1 and already have issues to work out.

Excellent work kylegilbert that looks amazing

that's looking pretty great!

 

[kylegilbert]

Well dang it looks like I'm a little late to the party... Still on V1 and already have issues to work out.

Excellent work kylegilbert that looks amazing

Thank you, but I seriously love what you've got going with this.

 

[kylegilbert]

Very nice work there kylegilbert. FX community are wondering how the switch solution is going to work so if you could just work that out for us too, thanks!

Lol. I have a pretty good idea of how this could work. Tell me what else is needed. Blade acceptance? Battery compartment?

 

[LTsmash1200]

Lol. I have a pretty good idea of how this could work. Tell me what else is needed. Blade acceptance? Battery compartment?

I know others will want it, but I don't need full FX functionality, so if it isn't possible to make it fit the blade and all, I'd just like to be able to have the LEDs that light blue/green/yellow prior to igniting.

 

[SaiyanCookie]

Lol. I have a pretty good idea of how this could work. Tell me what else is needed. Blade acceptance? Battery compartment?

1" blade if possible, if it could be hollowed out to about 1" internal diameter to allow for chassis. Not sure if the grip section would allow that.

 

[IBuildRobots]

I know others will want it, but I don't need full FX functionality, so if it isn't possible to make it fit the blade and all, I'd just like to be able to have the LEDs that light blue/green/yellow prior to igniting.

Not sure if this fits the bill for you, as it's definitely not the caliber of kylegilbert's (or any of the other opening emitters on here), but I'm modding my designs to fit the blade and electronics to follow this tutorial:

Prop-Maker Lightsaber

The Adafruit Prop-Maker FeatherWing brings motion activated light and sounds to your props. Designed to make advanced props with motion sensors, neopixel drivers and 3W LED support.

learn.adafruit.com

Rise of Skywalker LIGHTSABER - Lights, Sounds, & FREE 3D Files - Punished Props Academy

Tune in for the adventures of Bill and Sophy as they work together to make Luke and Rey's epic lightsabers from the new Rise of Skywalker movie!

www.punishedprops.com

The emitter is fixed to allow for the tube with the neopixel LEDs inside.

Tonight I'm doing my last test print for fitting and tomorrow I'll move on to modifying the code for the Feather microcontroller. But it press fits a 1" polycarbonate tube and the electronics will fit into the handle. I mean, the dimensions accommodate them. How nice I make my wiring will determine how well things fit... The next few days will tell...

 

[Halliwax]

I was curious how mechanically you guys are getting the sunflower to open up

Wicked!!

 

[Kylash]

Anyone else think it looks like they scaled down the staff parts overall to make the whole saber a bit smaller? At fullsize, it ends up longer than a graflex. This is clearly about the same length once you include the pommels. From VanOaksProps.

 

[IBuildRobots]

Boy is that a fact. When I did my first print at a scale that I pulled off of a previously made Rey staff, it was HUGE. Comically large. I'll get pictures later. It's ridiculous.

So I remade it and scaled it down to my wife's hand, which was her four fingers stacked came in at 80mm tall. This is what I came away with for measurements.

 

[division 6]

I posted this in the end saber thread.
Real Graflex next to the staff I made for my niece.

Staff section used for saber is exactly 12".

Since the prop shop 3d printed the staff than it would have been easy enough to scale it down.

 

[SethS]

Boy is that a fact. When I did my first print at a scale that I pulled off of a previously made Rey staff, it was HUGE. Comically large. I'll get pictures later. It's ridiculous.

So I remade it and scaled it down to my wife's hand, which was her four fingers stacked came in at 80mm tall. This is what I came away with for measurements.

Like I said before-- I think it looks comically large and toy-ish in the ding dang movie. Even the screencap above, it looks impossible to wield.

 

[kylegilbert]

I didn't scale down the staff pieces when I made mine. Surprisingly doesn't feel unwieldy. 11 6/8" long with the top closed.

 

[VanOaksProps]

The other question, which someone may already know the answer to, is how is she attaching it to her hip? Did she slide it under her belt? If not, I’m curious what method of attachment they went with. I doubt it’s got a D ring.

 

[AnubisGuard]

The other question, which someone may already know the answer to, is how is she attaching it to her hip? Did she slide it under her belt? If not, I’m curious what method of attachment they went with. I doubt it’s got a D ring.

One of the "Darth Maul" style radiator fins was lifted away from the body of the saber and serves as a grip clip.

 

[division 6]

Goes in the holes in the side of the belt.