I finally remembered to take some digital pics of these today. What do you think?
The first one was made right after Episode 1 came out (you'll notice the Qui Gon influence). It's mostly PVC piping and a plumbing tube, but there's also part of a sprinkler head and the silver top of a sink drain on there. The activator switch is an old ear phone nub and the recharge port above it is the tip from an Aztec airbrush. This was my Padawan saber
The second one I made just after I saw Episode 2 for the first time (you'll notice a slight Mace Windu influence). The hilt is a Colgate Toothpaste Pump tube filled with concrete. The emitter assembly is a medicine bottle with 1 Aleve bottle cap on each end, part of a silver shower head for the tip, and 4 ketboard keys spaced evenly around the head. The buttons are two bottle caps and the copper blade adjust button is a Hot Wheels tire.
I love making these because you can work on them for, like 5 minutes at a time, then set them aside for a week. Plus it's just cool to walk around with them hooked to your belt...
Posted by CaptainMike (Member # 709) on :
Sweet Merciful Yoda! thats a hella job.. i often collect found objects that are shiny with the hopes of crafting them into something someday, now i have ideas!...
on the opposite side of the spectrum, i hav a broken Qui-Gon saber that i have sealed, removed the battery case from and made into an extendable bong.
Those are really spectacular! you should make props for them.. theyre probably gonig to be slaughtering a lot of Jedi in the next movie.... Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
That is really impressive, Aban. Is there anything you don't do well? 'Cause I'm really jealous over here. Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
Cool! The next thing to do is figure out how to make them work... Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
quote:The next thing to do is figure out how to make them work...
Stare intently down the barrel, then press the "On" button firmly. 8)
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
Thanks for the complements guys. Glad you like 'em. Maybe I should volunteer the designs for the next movie... they got pretty lazy with Episode 2. All the background Jedi had the same designs as the background Jedi in Episode 1. Even the sabers Obi Wan and Anakin got tossed in the arena were reuses. I wanted to see a bunch of new designs, man
Anyway... here's one more. This one was built in between the two I already showed.
The shaft is constructed totally from plumbing pipes, with plastic washers near the top. You can barely see the emitter point inside the shroud, but that's the safety tip from the can of spray paint I was using. The butt is made of two angled plumbing washers and a cap from a drink bottle. The power switch and blade lock buttons are two random plastic parts I found somewhere. The greeble on the side about half way up is likewise a random plastic model part.
Posted by thoughtychops (Member # 480) on :
You've got a future as a star wars prop designer if that's the kind of stuff you make for your own amusement...
Imagine what you could do with a sizable budget, eh?
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Posted by DeadCujo (Member # 13) on :
Those are beautiful!
Posted by Grokca (Member # 722) on :
Great stuff.
Posted by Matrix (Member # 376) on :
And the strnage part too is that I could do that and I never thought about it. Good job.
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
Well, in all fairness, I have a bit of a problem. I go to the store and all I see is potential lightsaber parts. Until I found the colgate toothpaste tube ($1.49) I was all set to buy a $10 bottle of hair spray just for the bottle it came in Fortunatly...I kept looking...
But thanks. I'm glad you guys dig them.
Posted by DeadCujo (Member # 13) on :
You could likely sell these for good money Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
as opposed to bad money???
Remember, guns don't kill people, people do....
Very nice Aban... I'll drive over one day to get one....
Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
What the hell.... I seem to kill off more threads....
Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :
It can be done.
Posted by Matrix (Member # 376) on :
Well I did know that people would make stuff out of stuff. I did modify the E-Nil model kit with various parts I found around the house. I also made a battle damaged E-A using the little plactic rods that you get to connect the various parts in a model kit sanded down to be square shaped hull supports on the ship.
But never something like that.
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
I've seen that guy's site before. Would that not be the coolest gig? Well, painting Star Wars comic book covers would be slightly cooler... but still.
Yah...mine don't light up, though... and if you try to fight with them (or drop them, as I found out the other day), they usually break.
I've got a double sided one laying around somewhere... but the third time the end cap broke off, I gave up on trying to keep it together.
Posted by Lobo (Member # 669) on :
WOW Your lightsabers rocks! You work for George Lucas right? Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
No. But I'd settle for doing a few Dark Horse comic covers. I'd quit my job in a heartbeat to do it, too.
*turns toward executive offices and raises voice* Hear that guys!?! I said I'd quit my job in a heartbeat!!
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Your lightsabers rocks!