Sword Art Online II - Kirito's "Photon Sword"

[guyverx]

Well I got my aluminum Photon sword done a few days ago. This is a fully functional prop lightsaber using a sound board called the Prizm. It lets me change colors of the blade if I want but purple will be the default. It looks and feels good, the only thing that i dont like is the D-ring. Sure it completes the look but when swinging it around all you hear is "clack, clack clack clack" as it flops side to side. other than that im loving this thing. Its all aluminum made and anodized black in the spots needed. I did have to change the location of the auxiliary button to make it easier to change colors and sound fonts, hence the 2nd button near what we know as the on and off.

bottom of this pic didnt turn out well but still shows the D-ring connect point and the speaker grill on the tail end.

Powered on with the blade plug/emiter dish in place. (a red and a green shot)

and a few of the blade colors. green one has a yellow flash. red has a purple flash and all sorts of other clashing colors when the blade is struck.


I also have light green. orange, yellow. light blue. and pink but didnt show them. All in all I spent about 200-250$ in the electronics parts alone. and about 20 hours of construction time (once i scrapped version 1 2 and 3 learning how to make it. each of them versions took about the same time frame)

 

[robotboy]

better pictures and wow im impressed guyver

http://zipperboy.imgur.com/all/

 

[Asarya]

Hi all, nice builds in here. I feel like my version isn't nearly as nice as some of yours. It's a purple bubble blower, with a glowstick sometimes inside. Handle extended with a packing foam tube and duct tape with craft foam detailing and covered in worbla then painted. The d ring cut off a keychain and attached with worbla. I've been laughed at for how short my blade is and want to remake it. Although the nice advantage to a short blade is that, I can just hang it off my belt, and not worry about it hitting anything.

I would like try version 2 with a metal handle, led's,and a real blade though. I recently discovered the custom saber shop and I must say, that website is rather daunting. Any of you following this thread, would you be able to point me in the direction of what parts to order from that site? Also, would a sink pipe build work for this sword? I was hoping to have version 2 by the next anime convention in January 2016.

 

[Gamera68]

Nicely done and great last-minute photon sword.

I finally acquired the funds to buy a stunt saber from Ultrasabers over the weekend. They had a booth at Supercon in Miami Beach. I paid $75 for mine and the blade is violet in color - very close to the color in the anime and looks great in person. I'll be converting it into a Kagemitsu G4 this week when I have time. I'll be using different types of materials to give it a similar look to how the photon sword is in the anime. (2 years later, LOL.)