It was part of the flash!
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Show your custom Lightsabers!
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It was part of the flash!
Yep, that was the same problem I faced with my Busch-build. It's interesting, no doubt, but figuring what to do with it and making it look good was...tricky. I wound up just scrapping it and went with the plastic cover instead.
NomoZ
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I still don't understand the purpose of this piece, even after taking it apart. I ended up cutting mine down as decoration and to hold the internals in place.
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Did you shave down the cover at all or doing anything to it? It's massive and just throws the look of it off...
I would make a new Star Wars-y cover that incorporates the button.
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New one!
So I acquired this awesome Presslite flash from teecrooz and it immediately jumped to the head of the build line-- mainly because it was so perfect. Like the Graflex or Canon it just looks like a perfect saber.
All I did was remove the top bulb socket, flip it vertically to match the body, and tightened the clamp. Since they were the same diameter it worked perfectly.
Cosmetically, I replaced the clamp knob, removed the logo plate, replaced a giant brass screw with a more lightsaber-y thumbscrew, added a clamp card, and applied grips.
So I acquired this awesome Presslite flash from teecrooz and it immediately jumped to the head of the build line-- mainly because it was so perfect. Like the Graflex or Canon it just looks like a perfect saber.
All I did was remove the top bulb socket, flip it vertically to match the body, and tightened the clamp. Since they were the same diameter it worked perfectly.
Cosmetically, I replaced the clamp knob, removed the logo plate, replaced a giant brass screw with a more lightsaber-y thumbscrew, added a clamp card, and applied grips.
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AnubisGuard
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*rushes to eBay to look for Presslite flashes*
AnubisGuard
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There's one on eBay, but damn that price is high. Got an actual lever on the clamp, though, which looks great.
That clamp though... very MPPish...
AnubisGuard
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Yeah. I had a lunatic moment of wondering if it in fact is an MPP clamp.
That would be against forum rules.
AnubisGuard
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Yeah. But it ain't no Graflex.
I'd be more inclined to go for it if the body didn't appear to be powder coated. I want shiny chrome plate, dammit.
I think it's a real good START for a custom saber hilt. To me, it doesn't look like you're done, yet.
I'd make a shroud of some sort, to liven up the emitter area, and I'd also play with different paint schemes, as far as the black and bare metal go.
I feel like the entire clamp should be black, for one. And I'd try blackening the rest of the pin socket areas, and see how that looked.
I really like it, but it just doesn't look finished, it still just looks like a flashgun, with some t track thrown on.
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