Hi everyone!
It's time to show you guys another one of our newest creations. Ever since the Clone Wars episode aired where padawan Gungi puts together his very unique saberhilt, we at Force Relics have been trying to find an affortable and screen accurate way to replicate what we saw on screen.
And today we are proud to present our 90 % finished prototype.
The hilt main body is completely made out of wood (beech wood to be precise) which was colored to mimic the blylark wood seen in the CW cartoon.
The top shroud around the emitter is made out of "Alumide", a 3D printed material that combined plastic with aluminium powdre. We choose this material because it's an affortable method and it looks pritty darn close to what we see in the cartoon.
When you look closely at some screen caps, you can see it's not made out of "plain aluminium" and looks much more textured than bare metal. Hence our choice for the Alumide.
The blade holder and pommel you see in the pics, are prototypes for now (in painted plastic). We are having these 2 parts machined in aluminium because, franky, if you want to build a saber that is duelworthy, you need to add some strenght to these 2 parts.
Depending on how they turn out, we might leave them as they are, or maybe powdercoat them in a similar look as the Alumide parts.
The 2 holes you see in the alumide shroud part, will contain 2 thumb screws (ordered from TCSS). One will keep a custom machined heatsink in place, the other will function as a blade retention screw.
The 3 and lowest hole, will contain a tactile activator switch.
The hilt itself has an inner diameter of 28 mm. So there is room for light AND sound.
What do you guys think of our progress so far?
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-quqDbU6SiWg/UXBDhYwPfGI/AAAAAAAABBM/ECX2kzkp0Hw/s720/Gungi%252001.jpg) (https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-quqDbU6SiWg/UXBDhYwPfGI/AAAAAAAABBM/ECX2kzkp0Hw/s720/Gungi%252001.jpg)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-jd1v-u113WM/UXBDhYmvPFI/AAAAAAAABBU/LrnR3k8M-U0/s720/Gungi%252002.jpg) (https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-jd1v-u113WM/UXBDhYmvPFI/AAAAAAAABBU/LrnR3k8M-U0/s720/Gungi%252002.jpg)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rHi_K4ydNe0/UXBDhRYNyUI/AAAAAAAABBQ/goiA3Ee52_I/s720/Gungi%252003.jpg) (https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rHi_K4ydNe0/UXBDhRYNyUI/AAAAAAAABBQ/goiA3Ee52_I/s720/Gungi%252003.jpg)
Hi everyone,
It took a bit longer than I had anticipated, but I was able to finish the first 5 kits this weekend.
Here are some pics, I'll soon open a sales thread in the appropriate topic.
The glams:
(https://www.fx-sabers.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffc03.deviantart.net%2Ffs70%2Ff%2F2013%2F146%2Ff%2F0%2Fgungi_lightsaber_group_picture_by_forcerelics-d66nnog.jpg&hash=b6f252a2c6f31f791fe663179126766031247abf) (http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/146/f/0/gungi_lightsaber_group_picture_by_forcerelics-d66nnog.jpg)
(https://www.fx-sabers.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffc02.deviantart.net%2Ffs71%2Ff%2F2013%2F146%2F2%2F0%2Fgungi_lightsaber_by_forcerelics-d66no2n.jpg&hash=8051236a8da88473a411e92c223b000d2827b4b3) (http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/146/2/0/gungi_lightsaber_by_forcerelics-d66no2n.jpg)
The kit you'll be getting:
(https://www.fx-sabers.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffc02.deviantart.net%2Ffs70%2Ff%2F2013%2F146%2F6%2F8%2Fgungi_lightsaber_kit_by_forcerelics-d66nogs.jpg&hash=e805c8b795f53179f73db5a9ffc4a2cdf85c0f27) (http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/146/6/8/gungi_lightsaber_kit_by_forcerelics-d66nogs.jpg)