One end is all glued together, with a pen either end of the crystal and one in the aerator.
The back end of the crystal is being held in place by some aluminium value caps I had laying in my junk drawer
Decided to keep the LEDs all white instead of tinting them
Nothing overly hard done, since I’ve been busy with life etc, but gives you an idea of what the cores gonna look like.
Opened up the tap aerator I’m using as the centre of the emitter, which was way easier then I thought! Threw the guts of it into my greebles bin and drilled a small hole to embed the led into, so not the led shines into the foil mesh inside the aerator, works great to distribute the light evenly. I’ll add a colour tint to the led later when I decide what colour I wanted (just sharpie over the led in the colour i want, but has to be a medium to dark colour to work)
I also glued in the last of the joiners/spacers, these could have been done with a bit of dowel or electrical tape, but I decided to 3d print them to make it cleaner. (Those are the only non off the shelf parts)
I’ll leave it in the 5 sections it’s in still, until I work out where the cables and battery will run, that way I’m not feeding cables the full length.
Also might need to add a washer in at the joins to help it sit inside the PVC
Glued and painted the power core, with Diatium in Aurebesh around the middle. That needs to dry before I can clear coat it Ans then add the weathering (that's a cheat code for you, clear coat it then don't have to worry about rubbing paint off when you add the dirt).
Ironically the power cell is made from electrical conduit connectors 😂
Emitter is planned out but not finished yet, the tap aerator I found fits perfect in the end of the hose connector ans looks perfect. Plus the foil mesh inside it will bounce light really well, if I choose to add LEDs.
I've also cut out the copper T piece with a fancy window to be used as the crystal chamber, and have some shiny bike stem valves that I'm gonna use to hold it in place.
The body/case will be PVC and will have layers ans cutouts to it, that I kinda have an idea but nothing solid.
Gave it a few layers of wear n tear, ans colour discolouration like a vintage tee, cause as we know nothing is clean and new in the verse.
Threw it onto a shirt, cause fuck yeah.
If your interested in one, I did list it on my Etsy: braindeef.com but that's zero pressure at all, it took 2 extra mouse clicks to list it, instead of just ordering mine.
I don't want this sounding like a sales post, was just figured you lot would be the only ones to appreciate it. I honestly couldn't care less if sold any, I got mine coming and can't wait.
Spent a fun couple hours with my friend and sister at Bunnings, playing with a bunch of cool bits n pieces to build our own sabers.
We didn’t get time to actually build them properly yet, but we’ve all roughly worked it out what we’re doing. I’ll have to post once we finish, but I'm gonna do a double ender (I will lengthen tte centre), mainly cause the emitter (hose coupler) I chose comes in a double pack 😂
Couldn’t find my push buttons to make the trigger activate the lights, so last minute decision to add a slider to the top.
Have some crystals left cause I printed some extra incase I fucked up the paint (which I did) so might paint em and make a little display.
The white resin it was printed in is really great for light travel, so base coat it black to stop the LEDs leaking light in areas I don't want it.
Probs made it too long, but fuck it it's weird and fun, really a scavenger or cyberpunk styled build
Well that’s a lie, I’ve started 3-4 over the year but never finished 😂
I’m determined with this one though and have most of the parts printed or on the printer now.
It’s a curved hilt with a cyberpunk kinda vibe, exaggerated activator, and exposed crystals.
Think I’ve fucked up already though and made it way too big, but still gonna look good on a shelf
I present the BB-LT droid!
He just needs bearing covers to be made and painted the he’s visually done.
As for the mechanics so he drives, it’s not working right. The spine needs to be reprinted with a better bearing offset, and possibly too heavy for the motor, or the wheels on the motor isn’t connecting to the droids wheel.
Anyway, here’s a list of the Aurebesh on the droid;
(my printer isn't working 100% so some of the text is a bit fucked)
Pink Logo: Bantha Juice
Unit numbers: 69 (cause I'm clearly an adult 😂)
Yellow logo: DMAR (draw me a robot)
Text strip next to that: “bb-lt caffeine supply unit”
Top of head: BB-LT live long and prosper (😂)
Underneath the head: armpit
Then last but not least is on the hands, it says “thank you” for when he goes to hand over a drink.
As for the DMAR connection, one of the reasons I made it, is its gonna be the prompt image for next month. If your not familiar, Draw Me A Robot is a Instagram (and website) community that does monthly robot drawing competitions. All community/public voted, and most months there's some sort of prize for the top 3. Any medium (aside from AI) and any skill level is welcome