Mission accomplished this weekend!
Here are some pictures of what I built and a brief explanation of what it was and what it turned into.
Originally this saber was an empty hilt and the model was a Dominix v3. This is what it looked like originally.
It was sanded down, painted, did some dremel work to have it look battle scarred and weathered, etc.
I then decided to look into etching and discovered electro etching. Here's me practicing on a spoon, but this is the technique I used to etch the gold symbol at the top.
The electronics that were installed were a 3 diod LED, an illuminated AV switch, sound card, speaker, and then power supply.
You can see my soldering still needs work, but I think some thinner solder might help.
Lastly, I did a leather wrap on the handle and at this point I consider it done!
I hope you like!
Here's some videos of how it looks and sounds. I think it's pretty darn awesome.
Also just for fun I threw in a pic of a Darksaber blade I ordered. It's supposed to look like Sabine's from Rebels. I absolutely love it.
