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Offline Jedi Yar Nala

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Alright... THIS one has been a long time coming...

Back around the beginning of 2010, when FX-Sabers had the Alliance Saber contest... I put together a number of designs to use in the competition.
The design I came up with and submitted became the one that eventually won.

BUT... as in good old SW fashion... and in the words of Master Yoda... "No... there is another..."

Soooo... I had another idea... seeing how the Alliance hilt was my take on a Sci-Fi SW katana, with the Tsuka leather wrapping....I also made another design. This design actually incorporated the Tsuba blade guard.

The Alliance saber, or it's official name, Alyansang Talim, was to be the first of a series of lightsabers I've designed called the Talim Series, or the "Edge Series."

This is the evolution of Talim Tahimik, or roughtly translated from the Filipino language, Tagalog... "The Tranquil Edge"

Now as many of you may know about me... I love certain things in my hilt... great sound... great design... crystal chambers, lots of blinkies...

Well... I shopped around my design with almost ALL of the sabersmiths...  Now either the price tag to do it would mean the cost of any of my unborn children... OR... their build log was full.

Enter Roland of Ro-Lightsabers.

He eventually responded back saying that out of all the designs people were asking him to do... he liked mine enough to do it. And so the journey began...
This is what I initially sent him:


The saber is MHS based... with modifications...
It also included a Yoda blade guard incorporated with the Tsuba in the Blade holder section...

After a couple of months of working on the designs... he sent me these renderings...



Now some thing to note at this point... I basically told him to take the initial design and to put his own Ro-Lightsaber spin on it. With the help of his machinist, Balázs of Ro-Lightsabers... they went to work....
Wanting to give this a more personal touch I had HonRev of Regal Jedi create a special Bling on this... a brass Philippine sun to be placed in the pommel area. Being Filipino-American, I thought I'd try to pay homage to my heritage on this saber.

The final product turned into this:

More pictures taken by Roland can be found here:
http://ro-lightsaber.blogspot.com/2011/11/tahilik-talim-for-raymond-aquada.html

Now the saber at this point had no electronics except for the accent LEDs and the wires...

It was then up to what soundboard to use... I had the option of either outfitting this with a CF or an Igniter. For this particular hilt I decided to go with the Igniter.

Now the saber needed someone who can do the install. At first this went to sabersmigh DoClo, but due to health issues, it was then sent to Ducos Rossis. Personal issues also prevented the install from happening here, so the saber was eventually sent to Gil Gamesh.

After doing some fine tuning... working on some cosmetic things... tightening some loose areas, and sorting out the wires... this is the final product:




Here are the specs:
Custom lightsaber featuring the Igniter™ Soundboard with the TruColor™ Upgraded to R2 Add-on board.
10W LedEngin RGBW LED
Custom Crystal Chamber
Regal Jedi Philippine Sun MPS Pommel Insert by Hon Rev
10 Accent LEDs
7.4 Lithium Ion batteries
Recharge Port
2W JQ Sabers Speaker
Custom stand by SanjuroSystems
Sound Fonts by Industrial Action, Link, Madcow, Naigon, and Mongo
Songs featured with Saber Cinema™

Oh yeah... that stand you see... that is a very special stand I had Sanjuro of Sanjuro Systems make...th
The videos can be seen here:
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So as you can see... the Philippine sun can be seen on the stand too... so that the hilt and the stand compliments each other.
And yes... it does light up. :)


Now how did the Igniter™ soundboard do with this hilt? PERFECT!!! Now this hilt and my Larbel both have the Igniter™ with the R2 upgraded TruColor™ Add-on board.
This is soooooooooooo much fun to play with....

Volume wise? This thing is SUPER loud... the loudest hilt in my collection.

It has a beautiful 10W RGBW LedEngin LED... and it is super bright!!!

Also... this has Saber Cinema™ happening on the "Unnatural" font by Link
6 songs are currently being used on this font... a mixture of Duel of the Fates, the SW theme, Imperial March, and others...It can do up to 99 songs... but I so far only have 6.
What's REALLY cool about this feature... is still allows the font to show off the other features, the swings, the clashes, the blast effects, and the lockup... fun times when showing this off!!!

On to the fonts... I chose to go with a number of different fonts from different font makers, Industrial Action, Link, Madcow, Naigon, and Mongo.
Each having their own blade color and Multi-Die Clash™

Here are the pics.
Essence by Industrial Action
Purple main/ Whitish clash


Transform by Link
Cyan main blade/Greenish-white clash


Knil by Link
Yellowish-Green main blade/Reddish-Orange clash


Unnatural by Link
Deep Red main blade/ Brighter Red clash


Hero by Madcow
Orange main blade/ Bluish clash



Bespin by Madcow
Blue main blade/ Brighter Blue clash



Barbarian by Mongo
Whitish-Silver main blade/ Greenish clash


Father/Son by Naigon
Bluish-Green main blade/Reddish-Purple clash

That's it... hopefully you enjoy the pictures....

Oh yeah... and the video ;)


More pics can be seen here: http://imperialroyalarms.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=ira3&thread=531


« Last Edit: November 16, 2012, 04:37:02 AM by Jedi Yar Nala »

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Re: Talim Tahimik- A Ro-Lightsaber powered by the Igniter™ Soundbard
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2012, 02:28:04 PM »
I've been waiting to see this saber in action since I saw it on Rolands site.  Just sooo awesome, one more reason I can be jelous of your collection :)


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Re: Talim Tahimik- A Ro-Lightsaber powered by the Igniter™ Soundbard
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2012, 02:31:55 PM »
Wow! Just WOW!
So many pleasing details and particulars from a mixture of talented folks that complement each other perfectly in your great design. I've not been so impressed with a saber in long time. Beautiful! Love it! Congratulations, you must be really chuffed!
« Last Edit: May 23, 2012, 06:43:45 PM by Sethski »

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Re: Talim Tahimik- A Ro-Lightsaber powered by the Igniter™ Soundbard
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2012, 02:52:38 PM »
An absolutely epic design JYN.  Love this hilt.  The different blade colors all seem to accentuate it differently.  It seems to go well with EVERY color.  Truly amazing.  I'm a jealous jealous man.

Nice to see you taking full advantage of the accent wiring and color options from the Igniter.

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Re: Talim Tahimik- A Ro-Lightsaber powered by the Igniter™ Soundbard
« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2012, 03:05:13 PM »
stunning work, such is the finish and attention to detail on this saber im happy to accept  it being a little long for my own tastes .... good enough to have been used in a star wars movie, NUFF SAID.

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Re: Talim Tahimik- A Ro-Lightsaber powered by the Igniter™ Soundbard
« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2012, 03:18:49 PM »
Absolutely amazing saber Ray!!!

Oh and that stand... :o :o :o

Another incredible saber by ro-lightsabers!
Congrats my friend :)

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Re: Talim Tahimik- A Ro-Lightsaber powered by the Igniter™ Soundbard
« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2012, 03:45:32 PM »
Oop! Just noticed the typo in your title - "Soundbard" - kind of pleasing accidental aptness :D

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Re: Talim Tahimik- A Ro-Lightsaber powered by the Igniter™ Soundbard
« Reply #7 on: May 23, 2012, 03:56:27 PM »
Oop! Just noticed the typo in your title - "Soundbard" - kind of pleasing accidental aptness :D

Maybe it was intentional, saying that this saber is "poetry to his ears :)"

Great saber, the design on this is amazing, and totally cool features too.
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Re: Talim Tahimik- A Ro-Lightsaber powered by the Igniter™ Soundbard
« Reply #8 on: May 23, 2012, 04:07:55 PM »
Hey Naigon, since you're the one that brought us the Igniter, wouldn't that make YOU the SoundBard?

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Re: Talim Tahimik- A Ro-Lightsaber powered by the Igniter™ Soundbard
« Reply #9 on: May 23, 2012, 05:39:49 PM »
holy smokes, i just saw the youtube video. wow man, this is amazing, dude, you built this? holy crap. dude, do you commission job? because if you do. i need to talk to you.

beautiful saber man. very nice.

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Re: Talim Tahimik- A Ro-Lightsaber powered by the Igniter™ Soundbard
« Reply #10 on: May 23, 2012, 05:46:09 PM »
Because that is such an epic video JYN, I'll ignore the use of the name "Edge" in this saber line and not charge you for royalties..........this time.  ;)

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Re: Talim Tahimik- A Ro-Lightsaber powered by the Igniter™ Soundbard
« Reply #11 on: May 23, 2012, 05:58:53 PM »
Congrats JYN. Really sweet saber.


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Re: Talim Tahimik- A Ro-Lightsaber powered by the Igniter™ Soundboard
« Reply #12 on: May 23, 2012, 06:04:18 PM »
Thanks all.... and the typo... LOL. Corrected ... and true... the saber does sing.
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Re: Talim Tahimik- A Ro-Lightsaber powered by the Igniter™ Soundboard
« Reply #13 on: May 23, 2012, 06:10:31 PM »
 :o wow very very beautiful saber!  congrats!

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Re: Talim Tahimik- A Ro-Lightsaber powered by the Igniter™ Soundbard
« Reply #14 on: May 23, 2012, 10:00:49 PM »
Because that is such an epic video JYN, I'll ignore the use of the name "Edge" in this saber line and not charge you for royalties..........this time.  ;)

Lol.... thanks... glad you liked the video... yeah... forgot that "Edge" wise... there is another.... :P

Also... this is a very fun saber to spin...  ;D

 

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