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EXAR KUN
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Neopixel Leather Wrap Lightsaber (3rd in a series of 4 Leather Wrapped Designs)
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January 08, 2018, 12:36:40 PM »
LeatherWrapSam18
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Anthony LaGaipa
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Hey there Saber Friends!
For the third lightsaber in my series of four leather wrapped designs, I started out with these bare MHS parts and piece of pipe for the handle:
LeatherWrapSam01
by
Anthony LaGaipa
, on Flickr
I added a shroud as a collar which holds the MHS parts to the pipe section at the choke. The buttons, recharge port, and a small strip of accent pixel LEDs are housed in the choke section.
I wanted this one to have dark colored leather as seen first on my Dark Revan saber and then on Paul's lightsaber... but for this one I had the idea for heavy weathering in the Luke V2 style. Here are some pics with the leather wrap tacked on temporarily:
LeatherWrapSam04
by
Anthony LaGaipa
, on Flickr
LeatherWrapSam02
by
Anthony LaGaipa
, on Flickr
LeatherWrapSam05
by
Anthony LaGaipa
, on Flickr
LeatherWrapSam06
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Anthony LaGaipa
, on Flickr
LeatherWrapSam07
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Anthony LaGaipa
, on Flickr
Next came the installation of the Prizm V5.1 electronics. Lots of wires to connect at the bottom!
LeatherWrapSam08
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Anthony LaGaipa
, on Flickr
And this is right before I heat-shrinked some protective film around the board:
LeatherWrapSam09
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Anthony LaGaipa
, on Flickr
LeatherWrapSam10
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Anthony LaGaipa
, on Flickr
Did some testing at that stage before shrink-wrapping. Once everything was working well, I sealed the board.
Next, to make the blade of two strips of Adafruit Neopixel strips (skinny version), I sandwiched everything together and wrapped in 4 layers of shrink wrap for diffusion even at the first stage.
LeatherWrapSam11
by
Anthony LaGaipa
, on Flickr
Next came Makoto foam, and a TCSS blade tube. This lightsaber actually has two blades,... an Enhanced Blue tubed blade and tip and a Photonic Green blade and tip. For the following photos, only the Enhanced Blue blade is pictured.
Here is the final lightsaber:
LeatherWrapSam12
by
Anthony LaGaipa
, on Flickr
LeatherWrapSam13
by
Anthony LaGaipa
, on Flickr
Notice the R.I.C.E. port 3.5mm connection at the pommel. No need to remove or unscrew anything... the pommel gives you access to the internal editor and the SD card itself.
Special attention was paid to the emitter weathering so the enamel looks blasted outwards as if the plasma blade had an outward heat radius:
LeatherWrapSam14
by
Anthony LaGaipa
, on Flickr
Closeup of the Buttons and Recharge, and the R.I.C.E. port down at the bottom of the pommel:
LeatherWrapSam15
by
Anthony LaGaipa
, on Flickr
LeatherWrapSam16
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Anthony LaGaipa
, on Flickr
Specs:
- Plecter Labs Prizm V5.1
- MHS parts and pipe
- Real leather wrap
- R.I.C.E. port in pommel
- 2.1mm in hilt recharge
- Main and aux buttons in choke
- 2 Neopixel blades, one in Photon Green and one in Enhanced Blue
- 3.7 High Capacity Orbtronic 26650 battery cell with protection circuit
- Easy SD access
- Neopixel accent strip mirrors blade, even with FOC
LeatherWrapSam17
by
Anthony LaGaipa
, on Flickr
LeatherWrapSam18
by
Anthony LaGaipa
, on Flickr
LeatherWrapSam19
by
Anthony LaGaipa
, on Flickr
LeatherWrapSam20
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Anthony LaGaipa
, on Flickr
LeatherWrapSam21
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Anthony LaGaipa
, on Flickr
LeatherWrapSam22
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Anthony LaGaipa
, on Flickr
Video:
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Darth Chasm
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Re: Neopixel Leather Wrap Lightsaber (3rd in a series of 4 Leather Wrapped Designs)
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Nicely done sir!
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Sawyer
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Re: Neopixel Leather Wrap Lightsaber (3rd in a series of 4 Leather Wrapped Designs)
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always a pleasure to see your work! :)
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LuxKota
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Re: Neopixel Leather Wrap Lightsaber (3rd in a series of 4 Leather Wrapped Designs)
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I always have a hard time with leather wrapping, but you did a great job!
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