Had another bash at some lightsabers.
I need a working saber known as a 'Sith Claymore' that would be light enough to hang on my belt with the 6 other sabers and have a detatchable blade.
Dougie Fett kindly sold me his MR Luxeon conversion Vader saber(cheers mate!) . With the guts of this I could use for the Claymore and the rest of the saber I could use to make a light weight Vader saber(another of the 6 sabers that hang on the belt!)
Much the same as the Galen Mereck saber I cut a load of PVC pipe to size and shaped some pieces of foamex for the Claymores pointy fins.
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...and the same for the Vader, using the original as a template.
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Once everything was sanded I fitted the guts of the Vader into the main chassis of the Claymore and used a thunb screw instead of a grub screw to hold the blade in place.(saves having to get out an allen key everytime you want to remove the blade.
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For the pommel I turned a piece of hard wood on a lathe then skimmed it and gave it a metallic finish.
I added plumbers compression washers, a pretty red button and screwed the fins into position and hey presto...
a working Sith Claymore!
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Those Luxeons sure are bright buggers!
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The Vader is a bit rough around the edges, but it is barely seen as another saber sits on top of it on the costume.
So now there are 3, phew! Only 4 to go!!
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