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    Show your custom Lightsabers!

    A while back (post #2632) I made my interpretation of Mara Jades saber if it were made for the OT, with all the flashgun/found part trappings that fit the aesthetic. I really enjoyed the process of seeing which elements define a particular saber. Looking at what specific design elements would...
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    Padawan Saber

    Thanks for the kind words everyone. I wasn't getting notified about these responses so didn't realise this thread was still being viewed As for a parts list it's really just the original flash, a length of aluminium tube which fit snugly inside, a brass thumb screw and the brass c-channel...
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    Show your custom Lightsabers!

    Turned out great, nice job
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    Show your custom Lightsabers!

    These are great, I'd have been over the moon with one of those as a kid. Couple of questions what are you using as a 'clamp card' here? And secondly, do you remember where this pommel came from? I'm guessing it's a lens adjustment ring (is that the correct term?!) But it looks far smaller...
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    Show your custom Lightsabers!

    Thanks guys, I have to say I'm really happy with how that heat sink looks. Plus they're really cheap and so easy to cut/shape. I'm definitely going to be using them on future sabers
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    Show your custom Lightsabers!

    Here's my latest custom saber, this one came about whilst sorting through my box of saber-related parts and pieces. I noticed that one of the MHS emitters I had picked up looked vaguely like the business end of Mara Jade's hilt if I coupled it with some t-track. That got me thinking... What if...
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    Show your custom Lightsabers!

    Have been sitting on this canon flash for a while and finally got around to putting something together. I really liked all the original buttons and things so I wanted to keep all of that. I decided the simplest way was to build an emitter section which could just click directly into the...
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    [COMPLETED] Trapper Wolf - The Mandalorian Season 2

    Helmet looks great. At first I thought those 'belt flares' look a bit like bolt extractors except the helix angle looks like basically zero. Perhaps some hangar bolts with the screw section cut off? or maybe some kind of lead screw? I'm not helping
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    Show your custom Lightsabers!

    You know, it could be a really fun to have a little 'non-human saber challenge'. Like how you guys did the Graflite challenge a while back. I think having to consider the unique features a saber might need for a particular species whilst still keeping that Star wars aesthetic could yield some...
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    My Boushh Helmet

    Nice work. This was always my favourite helmet.
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    Show your custom Lightsabers!

    Absolutely, it was a surprise when I opened the box. Apparently it takes a B-cell battery? As I mentioned though, the sheer variety of species in the Star Wars universe kind of makes me think I can get away with something unusual... Maybe it's a Grogu scale lightsaber? :) Interestingly this is...
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    Show your custom Lightsabers!

    I have a thread about this one but figured I'd add it here too. Whilst I'm here id love some thoughts about the next one I'm working on. It's an old Laryngoscope I found on eBay which just looked too perfect to pass up. When I received it however it was much smaller than I was...
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    Padawan Saber

    Thanks for the comments everyone. Nice idea. But I wouldn't know where to begin getting a spring loaded blade and all the electronics inside a hilt?! Battery, switch and LED is about all I can currently wrap my head around. I'd like to try adding some sound to my next build though. I find the...
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    Padawan Saber

    Wanted to share something I've been working away at for the last month or so. My wife and I had our first child last September and like any good father I decided my little padawan needed her own lightsaber. I've always loved the OT aesthetic and wanted to build something in that spirit using...
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