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Offline Sethski

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Although I've got a few bits to do, I've been wanting to show this after working on it for a while and think it's finished enough to share as 'done'...

Aluminium and brass custom built with mini lathe/mini mill
Prizm 5.1
Skinny neopixel strip blade with 5 pin 16mm aviation connector
In-hilt recvhargeable Sanyo Panasonic NCR18650GA protected battery
Notched kill key (so it can 'twist on' and stay in the recharge port when saber's on)
Inset turquioise 'eye' retention screw and tiny turquoise decorative top screw
Custom made brass and aluminium blade plug (to do: add some neopixels and a connector so it can shine through the tiny holes and around the central brass bit).
SD and RICE port access behind pommel and speaker

Hilt's 10" long, main body 1 1/4" outer diameter.

Current fonts (will probably swap these about a bit, including one darkside/red blade font):
1. Old Republic Jedi Edition by Nighstorm
2. TOR Ascension by Nightstorm
3. Graflex V HD by Juansith
4. Graflex VII by Shameem
5. Shatterpoint by Madcow
6. Graflex VI by Juansith

...and some pics:

















« Last Edit: October 04, 2017, 10:39:38 AM by Sethski »

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Love it!

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awesome saber dude  :cool:

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I said it on facebook earlier and I'll say it again here..this is a piece of art! great saber! I'd love to see a video of it

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Cheers dudes! Much appreciation for positive feedback.

Will make a vid to share when done a few bits and bobs that're outstanding (make my mind up on fonts and tweak them; add some subtle weathering; add neopixels to the plug so it lights up; make a RICE cable).  :wink:

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That is awesome! Great job!

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Great saber dude. Nicely done!

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Cheers guys! Have ordered some Black Friday bits from TCSS while they have the 15% discount and now they've got the neopixel connectors in stock. So will be rebuilding blade and connector in hilt. I would also like to replace the LED strip with 2 back to back strips from Naigon's 'Intellblade' kit; my wallet will be struggling, as it's quite a big expense compared to generic skinny strips, but I worked out I could get 2 shortish blades (104 and 112 pixels - they have small solder connections every 8 pixels) from the three strip sections, and Khal has confirmed he'll be selling them from his UK shop (I'm in the UK), so I'm really keen to do that as the additional brightness of the LEDs is very appealing and I've kind of sold it/rationalized it to myself lol. I'd like to see how they look and how bright they are in photon and enhanced red and blue blades  :wink:
...and I will actually get to making a video when that's done  :cheesy:

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I feel bad I missed that one, I so love the side inserts work ! awesome !

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Cheers Erv! :wink:

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Impressive, very nicely made, you do excellent work.

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Gorgeous!

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That is one awesome saber. Big TOR fan

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Very nice!

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Thanks guys!  :smiley:

I got some neopixel connectors and blade supplies from TCSS during their Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale, so will be back to 'work in progress' for a little bit soon. Always a little something to tweak lol...

 

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