Lightsaber Show-and-Tell

[Leda EmBorr]

Ok, Jedi... show off you lightsabers!

I saw so many different saber hilt designs being carried by Jedi at Dragon-Con, that I thought it might be fun to have a thread where we can show them off! Post a pic (or a link) of your saber here, along with how you made it (or where you got it). Also, if you have a collection, post a pic!

Here's mine to start.



This is the saber I carry on my belt. I found it on e-bay about 5 years ago, but it was a bit different when i got it. It had a hollow plastic (not acryllic) blade which was illuminated by a krypton bulb.

The saber also had a sound unit in it that was merely an electric motor that made a buzzing sound, kinda sounded like an electric toothbrush more than a lightsaber!

Another problem was that it had two switches, one for the light and one for the sound, but they both ran off of the same battery! Every time I turned on the sound, the light dimmed!

So needless to say, all the electronics were removed and replaced with a blue LED that came from a penlight. I'm continuously looking for a brighter LED so that I can get a more visible beam of light. I don't plan to put a blade in this saber. I have other EL sabers to duel with.

As for the hilt design, it was meant to be a copy of Obi-Wan's from ANH, but I gave it a new paint job (added the gold and copper colors) and filled in the extra switch hole with a green gem.

So let's see yours!

[Saberbelt]

My collection (so far) - I have a new Obi TPM on the way (about a month or 2 out), I need to take pics of the Yoda saber I just got, update the Anakin Ep3 Custom Saber, and I need to take pics of my Luke ESB Park's Graflex that I just finished for my costume

Dave

[Jedimom/Cor-Al Gelkar]

I'm embarrassed to show mine here. Go to the Main Page and see it on my profile if you're that curious. It's basically just a drain pipe with some o-rings and two pill bottle caps glued back-to-back and painted for the pommel. I call it "primitive style" since its so lame

[Mon-Jas Charan]

It is the one that I carry. It is the one I created based on design Style IV from The Big Yellow Box

I built it the week before CII. I'm always suprised that people ask me if it is real.



More to come

[Leda EmBorr]

Jedimom said:

I'm embarrassed to show mine here. Go to the Main Page and see it on my profile if you're that curious. It's basically just a drain pipe with some o-rings and two pill bottle caps glued back-to-back and painted for the pommel. I call it "primitive style" since its so lame

Embarrassed? No way... never be embarrassed of you creativity! Hec, what do you think the original props were made from? They were made of spare parts and junk!

Your saber looks great, definitely not lame! A flashlight would be lame, (especially when worn with a bathrobe).

[Leda EmBorr]

Mon-Jas said:

It is the one that I carry. It is the one I created based on design Style IV from bigyellowbox.tripod.com/

I built it the week before CII. I'm always suprised that people ask me if it is real.

Cool! I just went to Big Yellow Box... what a good resource. I've always heard about it, I just never took the time to go there.

[Xana]

I tried posting it from the site, but it's WAY too big. But I uploaded my new saber pic in my profile. I can screw an acrylic blade into it like you see there. A freind of mine made both my sabers. ;D

[Leda EmBorr]

Maybe you can cut and paste the link... like this:

www.thejediassembly.com/members/equip/Xana-101_0116.JPG

[Xana]

Oh yeah. Duh! What she said. I still can't figure out how to get both sabers there, though.

[tengence]

If the moderator is reading just delete my prev posts and just go to this site. I am still a padawan ;D

photos.yahoo.com/tengence

[Xana]

Deletion done. lol! But the link isn't letting me in. It's "restricted". Looks like i need a password or something. You could also try this:

URL here[./img] without the "." after the third bracket.

[tengence]

i think all you need is to have a yahoo account, but it wont let me link to the pics
it seems that i have to have a web page that is not hosted by someone else

[tengence]

There it is i hope this worked if not just delete and i will try to email the pic.
This is the hilt with out the blade but now that i know how to upload these things i will get more up soon, I hope it was worth the wait

[Jeffrek]

This is the one I normally carry around. My own design.



and my modified Fury


I have 4-5 other EL sabres besides the resin stunts, MR FX ones and the toy versions. One of these days I might even get around to taking pictures of them.

[Leda EmBorr]

tengence, thats a really nice saber... I'm partial to that particular style (Luke RotJ, Obi-Wan ANH and RotS). Did you make it? Does it have a blade, a light, or is it a prop replica? Do tell!