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Offline KAO CEN DARACH

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Force Relics : Green Knight
« on: February 09, 2013, 01:23:35 AM »
Hi y'all,

as a big SWTOR MMORPG fan i decided to do a SWTOR based hilt with intensive use of 3D printed designs in and out about half a year ago. I was able to finish it recently and so this one post will contain everything from a to z  ;)

The name came from Green Knight npc's in-game who wear this kind of lightsaber during a certain mission (can't remember it, too long ago but i think it was in the 30-40's levels somewhere). This lightsaber may be worn by others too as i've noticed that the same design sometimes comes back on different chars.

The base itself is MHS and the rest is 3D design which was printed in various materials to match the in-game hilt. All the internals are custom as well as a custom milled pommel design which turned out great in the end. Jevaho did the textured matt black powdercoating and sleeve treatment to get it to come alive a bit more then just plain white. Install and 3D design was done by me.

Also a big shoutout to Erv for the math side of things for the install. Erv : thanks alot !! :)

On to some pics :
In-game :






MHS exercise :


 


3D design :


Custom vented pommel (the prototype was milled locally, but Tim can also provide the same milling job) :


3D printed prototype parts came in :




As a matter of trying new stuff i re-designed the render from the beginning to have it up to specs as much as possible for 3D printing. Then scaled it to 1/6th scale and ordered a antique glossy bronze metal print. The idea is a keychain. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that the details in the 1/1 scale version were all present in the 1/6th scale version. Have a look yourself :





On to the final build :
Parts overview :


Battery setup (this is actually the modified battery pack from my Alliance saber) :


General wiring and test :


Switches :


Cram-fu chassis :


Grip parts :


Final result :








And the video :
http://youtu.be/GLFWcvoWwRU

Specs of this saber :
- MHS based
- Plecterlabs Petit Crouton 2.0 pcb
- Plecterlabs PEX for FOC (Flash On Clash)
- JQ-sabers thin walled 1 inch blade
- JQ-sabers 2W speaker
- Micro-SD access
- Tri-rebel GGW main LED from TCSS
- 7,4V 900mAh rechargeable Li-ion battery pack
- Force Relics 3D printed and designed external parts
- Force Relics groovy aluminium kill key
- Force Relics custom cone
- Force Relics custom switch ring
- Force Relics custom pcb/battery chassis
- Force Relics powdercoating
- Force Relics sleeve weathering
- Custom pommel ventilation

So, what do y'all think ?  :)

If we get enough interest, we're planning to do a run. At the moment we're still looking into some of the details, but it's in the works. ;)

Sales topic/run over here :
http://www.fx-sabers.com/forum/index.php?topic=39450.msg529741;topicseen#msg529741
« Last Edit: February 21, 2013, 01:24:30 PM by Ki-Djowac »


Offline mkadvil

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Re: Force Relics : Green Knight
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2013, 01:29:40 AM »
looks expensively cool  :D

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Re: Force Relics : Green Knight
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2013, 01:41:20 AM »
Brilliant execution of fantastic 3D design work that really shows what 3D printing technology can bring to our hobby.

BRAVO! Very BEST of Luck on the run.  
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Re: Force Relics : Green Knight
« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2013, 01:51:03 AM »
This is really a genius idea to mask MHS elements with 3d printed parts.
Now even the wildest design ideas can become reality.

Maybe except curved builds  ;)


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Re: Force Relics : Green Knight
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2013, 02:33:44 AM »
really cool saber! 3d printing is a mile stone in this hobby and this build showcases this at its best!  ;) well done!  8)

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Re: Force Relics : Green Knight
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2013, 08:19:20 AM »
This may be the best SWTOR saber i have seen! And i would definitely be interested in a run if the price isn't too high.

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Re: Force Relics : Green Knight
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2013, 09:18:59 AM »
That's awesome!    :o

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Re: Force Relics : Green Knight
« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2013, 10:29:58 AM »
I'm glad you guys like it ;)
We invested a lot of time and effort into this project.



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Re: Force Relics : Green Knight
« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2013, 10:42:16 AM »
Looks like the hilt came out of the game.


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Re: Force Relics : Green Knight
« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2013, 01:08:32 PM »
This is absolutely AWESOME!!!  'Nuff said.   


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Re: Force Relics : Green Knight
« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2013, 07:25:41 PM »
Great job.  That has some incredible details

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Re: Force Relics : Green Knight
« Reply #11 on: February 09, 2013, 08:11:28 PM »
very nicely done! 
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Re: Force Relics : Green Knight
« Reply #12 on: February 10, 2013, 01:53:45 AM »
Thx for all the positive feedback y'all. Means alot  :)


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Re: Force Relics : Green Knight
« Reply #13 on: February 10, 2013, 02:54:38 AM »
Very well designed  from the first minute on to the final Result !!

Great work !!!
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Re: Force Relics : Green Knight
« Reply #14 on: February 10, 2013, 07:20:46 AM »
Wow!

may i ask what the expense for the printing was?



 

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