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Title: Slothfurnace's Warmonger
Post by: slothfurnace on October 22, 2020, 06:28:18 PM
(https://i.ibb.co/Tw5B9bz/001.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Tw5B9bz)

A new work in progress I'm calling Warmonger. 

(https://i.ibb.co/5jLhzKJ/002.jpg) (https://ibb.co/5jLhzKJ)

Trying for an outside-the-box, aggressive design. Mostly old flashgun parts.  Huge thanks to Roman for the Graflex top I chopped and inverted for the grip/pommel section.

(https://i.ibb.co/30g3bSL/003.jpg) (https://ibb.co/30g3bSL)

This saber started as a pile of parts and a need to design a new saber for SWTOR.

(https://i.ibb.co/68Yq0Tg/121624670-10224015343475954-6365317309727162750-o.jpg) (https://ibb.co/68Yq0Tg)

The first thing that caught my attention was the two Graflex side units that I had, and the thought that I could face them towards each other...

(https://i.ibb.co/vmDCrCt/opposingsides.jpg) (https://ibb.co/vmDCrCt)

At that point, I had the seed of an idea, and an old Heiland emitter that barely fit one side, and an oddball Heiland clamp on the other.  I had a small section of 1 inch blade material stuffed in the bunny ear rings on each one, but I really liked where that was headed.

(https://i.ibb.co/3cjWrjY/121833619-3301445193287276-3052713357697996739-n.jpg) (https://ibb.co/3cjWrjY)

After I removed the bunny ears, I needed a legit way to secure the two flashes together, so out of my scrap bin came a 7/8" blade adapter, from I think a graflex 2.0 replica.  The emitter side fits into the inverted Graflex side unit and just needed a new mounting screw hole. 

(https://i.ibb.co/bsqwx2r/122025747-1023522808111367-6885552259744072094-n.jpg) (https://ibb.co/bsqwx2r)

Vintage pins fit nicely, and I will add the vintage grounding tabs inside the socket holes before I am done. Adding the Graflite switchbox to the space where the bunny ears used to protrude from the flash body, and tossing the Canon Model Y emitter piece into the old build Your Own saber shroud, and I had a look that I really liked.

(https://i.ibb.co/q0Zsxk1/122043497-2655060451413206-7258985928262498832-n.jpg) (https://ibb.co/q0Zsxk1)

Next up, the grip and pommel section.  I wanted to go further outside the box with this, and use a graflex top, inverted, and with the S curve and bunny ears shaved off.  I didn't want to cut up the ones I had, and was on the hunt for a scrap one from someplace, when Roman offered one of his scrap tops.  It didn't take too long to affix a couple TCSS control boxes with accent LEDs, two vintage red buttons, and two vintage glass eyes and a pommel cap to finish off the grip.  This grip has three rubber grip strips attached, one shorter than the other to account for the top glass eye.

(https://i.ibb.co/5jLhzKJ/002.jpg) (https://ibb.co/5jLhzKJ)

Adding one of my SWC 2020 cards into the Heiland clamp, and then getting the two halves to mate through a neat black harddrive motorcoil was the last step, I finally had the "in real life concept art" I needed to model this in 3D.

(https://i.ibb.co/Tw5B9bz/001.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Tw5B9bz)

The next step is to secure a few things and get electronics installed, but that may be for another post.

Thanks for lookin'

Sloth




Title: Re: Slothfurnace's Warmonger
Post by: Darkmatter73 on October 23, 2020, 09:03:18 AM
Watching you make stuff is like Salieri watching Mozart compose.
Yeah he was a solid and respected composer, but Mozart was on another level.
Great work man, as always.
Darkmatter73
Title: Re: Slothfurnace's Warmonger
Post by: Forgetful Jedi Knight on October 23, 2020, 09:10:15 AM
Nice work B!
Title: Re: Slothfurnace's Warmonger
Post by: slothfurnace on October 23, 2020, 10:28:05 AM
Watching you make stuff is like Salieri watching Mozart compose.
Yeah he was a solid and respected composer, but Mozart was on another level.
Great work man, as always.
Darkmatter73

Thank you very much, you are too kind. 

Nice work B!

Thanks much! I appreciate that!
Title: Re: Slothfurnace's Warmonger
Post by: EXAR KUN on October 23, 2020, 04:03:47 PM
This is awesome! Always enjoy seeing your work. It inspires for years and years after I see one of your creations!
Title: Re: Slothfurnace's Warmonger
Post by: scott on October 23, 2020, 04:42:41 PM
You should have done the flashgun challenge! 
Title: Re: Slothfurnace's Warmonger
Post by: slothfurnace on October 23, 2020, 04:47:10 PM
You should have done the flashgun challenge!

Well, I just put this together this week. I think I missed the deadline.  I’ve been swamped at work so I didn’t even know about it.
Title: Re: Slothfurnace's Warmonger
Post by: scott on October 23, 2020, 04:58:56 PM
Bummer because this is exactly in the spirit of the challenge. Was this totally coincidental, or did the contest instigate the idea?

Either way, amazing job and 1 of a kind!
Title: Re: Slothfurnace's Warmonger
Post by: eastern57 on October 23, 2020, 05:03:15 PM
That's possibly a good thing -for our egos- Sloth Norris has this thing where he comes in and just owns everything. 

I remember this one time I climbed to the top of Mt. Everest, there was a trophy waiting for me at the summit, but when I turned it around, I saw it was engraved, "Owned by Sloth Norris". :shocked:
Title: Re: Slothfurnace's Warmonger
Post by: scott on October 23, 2020, 05:56:43 PM
I hear you, but 4th place to 5th place isn’t as big of a deal as 2nd to 3rd!  I have a hunch that you would agree, but the better the turnout and competition, the more interest it will create...that said, very happy with 6 members submitting entries given 2020 and all...maybe if 21 is back to normal we will have twice that!
Title: Re: Slothfurnace's Warmonger
Post by: slothfurnace on October 23, 2020, 06:12:16 PM
Bummer because this is exactly in the spirit of the challenge. Was this totally coincidental, or did the contest instigate the idea?

Either way, amazing job and 1 of a kind!

Total coincidence. I only found out about the contest after FJK saw the saber and mentioned it to me.

That's possibly a good thing -for our egos- Sloth Norris has this thing where he comes in and just owns everything. 

I remember this one time I climbed to the top of Mt. Everest, there was a trophy waiting for me at the summit, but when I turned it around, I saw it was engraved, "Owned by Sloth Norris". :shocked:


Hahaha. I needed that today! :)
Title: Re: Slothfurnace's Warmonger
Post by: Obi_1 on October 27, 2020, 12:04:26 PM
If I think about the single most perfect saber I even saw I still think of Sloth's Satele...