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Published: 2015-07-30 00:11:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 3308; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 14
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FINALLY!!! I'VE FINISHED IT!!! I'M DONE!!!After 13 years of designs, redesigns, tweaks, ideas, etc. (Though with 3 years of additional tweaks, which technically makes it 16 years), I've finally finalized my lightsaber, Firebird!! Now I can build it!! Made to fit my hands, dual-wield, reverse/normal grip, all 7 forms of lightsaber combat, comfortable & efficient grip. (the bottom view on the original & even the remastered view is the hardest thing I've ever done; even with reference it's hard to get it to look right. Also the top & side views are deceiving; rather than three black bar grips, there are five (you can't see the other two at the top view because they're out of the line-of-sight). Also added a cutaway "interior" of the diamond white blade-holder emitter.
Any future tweaks will only just aggravate me but that doesn't mean feedback &/or criticism isn't welcome.
Lightsaber inspirations: Obi-Wan Kenobi TPM/AOTC, Anakin Skywalker AOTC/ROTS, Luke Skywalker ANH/ESB, previous Firebird lightsaber designs, Kanan Jarrus Rebels, SWTOR lightsaber hilts, Imperial Knight from the Dark Horse "Legacy" comics, Ryan Wieber's "Novus" lightsaber, & other original/custom ideas.
Lightsaber blade color, sapphire blue, is unchanged (though finalizing the shades was a pain, especially the "lighter"/"inner glow" shade closer to the white core; added a "gold alternative" blade color for a backup/copy along with a "silver alternative" blade color, which is the same color as the blade for the shoto I will design soon). Belt clip (to hang lightsaber hilt from belt) is at the tip of the diamond white dome.
Lightsabers belong to: George Lucas, Lucasfilm, Bioware, EA, & Disney.
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Goodness someone knows how to make an awesome lightsaber. Is freaking awesome.
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Nice :-D Check out my lightsaber designs in my profile. If you like I can 3D your design.
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Thanks. And Okay. And if you want, go for it.
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I had to change the proportions a little but the design is all there. Hope you like it.
3d Model: skfb.ly/IKERΒ ;
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Hmmmm. Only thing missing is the neck from the reference sheet. Neck is there to grip it at the emitter for a two-handed grip. 
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Having such a huge neck made it look really ugly. Β I went with aesthetics :-D
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Neck isn't really that big.
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On thing I noticed is there is no belt clip/loop.
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Read description. It's at the very bottom (at the tip of the pommel dome, kinda like Kanan's or Luke ESB/ROTJ).
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Is a common clip. It's fine.
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No kidding! As long as it does EXACTLY what I designed it to do, then I can FINALLY render &/or build it.
Speaking of, what does a Sapphire Blue blade look like when you make it? I've always wondered (opposed to normal blue or light blue).
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I thought I had sent you an render/RBG of what a blade would look. I looked though my temp files and don't see it, it's been a while ago.
My process for the glow is built into the program I use for modeling/rendering Carrara Saberglow
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Memory is bleh. Hmmm. Maybe try again? But a simpler method this time to save time?
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