Ok, I'm back. Please forgive my short leave of absence. I won't go into details, but the TL;DR summary involved COVID in the family, and yeah. wasn't a great couple of weeks.
But that's mostly in the past now, and I'm getting back to things.
So, the story so far. Here's what we've agreed on up until now:
The Golden Saber Contest
Spirit of the contest:
-To make, in whatever way the contestants think possible, a working lightsaber that can be broken down in to multiple parts and reassembled, both internally and externally, with a minimum of tools. This is *not* just a matter of simply unscrewing an MHS saber, removing the chassis and calling it done.
-a finished saber should be made of multiple independent components. These parts should fit together in a way that requires no parts other than the independent components, and hold together as a functional saber.
-This can be accomplished in any way the contestants wish. If you want to make fifteen separate props so that you can take the barrel extension off your blaster and screw it into your droid caller’s frame and turn it on with your thermal detonator’s switch, then more power to you, but it isn’t a mandatory requirement. Conversely, Kanan Jarrus would also be accepted, but only if he broke his saber down even further.
-Corran Horn’s saber is an example of a halfway complete challenge saber: made from junk found lying around a cantina and scrapyard, and recognisable mostly as a swoop bike handle. Master Horn would be disqualified, however, as he meditated his saber’s internals into one solid piece that would be impossible to take apart.
Requirements:
1: Make a working custom saber, with or without sound.
2: That can be entirely assembled and disassembled with a minimum of tools
3: And incorporate multiple independent components
Eligible entries must:
1: Include a minimum of four independent sub components
2: Light up, be disassembled, reassembled, and light up again
3: Be executed, to the highest extent possible, adhering to the spirit of these guidelines
At it's core, the goal is a field strippable saber, but with enough artistic freedom that as long as it's field strippable, it's ok. if you want to make multiple props, go for it, if you want to make a saber where the 18650 is disguised as a Diatium Power Cell, that also, and anything in between. As long as it breaks down, up again, in multiple parts, and lights up.
Since there were no major objections to this as rules, I think it's safe to proceed with them.
Contest dates:
Personally, I'm inclined to go with Eastern57's suggested dates of now until Thanksgiving (I'm assuming US not Canadian, so 25th Nov), with voting between then and Christmas (24th), for a Christmas reveal. This challenge is going to be a tough one, so the extra time is going to be welcome.
If we're all ok with this, I guess the next steps are that I'll go ask FJK if he'd be onboard to judge again, and then official permission from the Mods to run this, and we're a go.