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Title: Scout Trooper Riot Baton (SWJ:FO)
Post by: eastern57 on October 04, 2020, 09:19:09 AM

Whilst I await the #FlashgunChallenge with my esteemed colleagues, I finished up a side project for my scout trooper costume. :afro:

The plasma tube is a little finicky with the aluminium housing, I received a few reminders during the install to insulate the 12 volts better, but I got it to work.  :wink:

 

Title: Re: Scout Trooper Riot Baton (SWJ:FO)
Post by: eastern57 on October 11, 2020, 02:56:44 PM

short version: changed out the plasma tube for a PRIZM 5.5 and neopixel strip.  It's better now. :wink:

...And super holy-cow, omgomg loud!

Title: Re: Scout Trooper Riot Baton (SWJ:FO)
Post by: scott on October 11, 2020, 07:27:51 PM

Wow, that thing is intense, and very cool!  What did you use for speakers to get that kind of sound?

Glad I didn’t go up against you in the riot baton contest!

Title: Re: Scout Trooper Riot Baton (SWJ:FO)
Post by: eastern57 on October 12, 2020, 02:06:32 AM

It's one of the 4w WOWspeakers from TCSS.  But the trick is that it has about a foot of sealed, empty space behind it for the air to resonate.  The actual resonator might be a little too much because you can hear some of the "cupping" effect, but the massive low end boost mostly cover it up.

Title: Re: Scout Trooper Riot Baton (SWJ:FO)
Post by: EXAR KUN on October 25, 2020, 10:29:49 AM

It would be an honor to get stun beaten by this. Beautiful

Title: Re: Scout Trooper Riot Baton (SWJ:FO)
Post by: eastern57 on October 25, 2020, 11:24:56 AM

Quote from: EXAR KUN on October 25, 2020, 10:29:49 AM

It would be an honor to get stun beaten by this. Beautiful

 :cheesy: :laugh: :cool:

Title: Re: Scout Trooper Riot Baton (SWJ:FO)
Post by: Obi_1 on October 27, 2020, 11:59:11 AM

Awesome eastern57, and what a coincidence, I'm working now on my 2nd 501st costume and guess what it's going to be ?

I'm considering making a baton too, for the sake of carrying a "saber" even as a trooper.

Title: Re: Scout Trooper Riot Baton (SWJ:FO)
Post by: Xrad on October 29, 2020, 05:49:42 AM

Great build. Can you list your build parts and sources?  THX