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I've finally finished Seele Schneider, the only bladed Quincy weapon.

The hilt is made from a combination of pine wood, plywood and basswood. It's constructed like a box, with a removable lid held in place by two strong magnets. The end with the finger whole is made from one piece of pine wood.
The hilt contains 4 AA batteries and a switch which power an LED string to make the blade glow.

The blade itself is made from 4 layers of 4mm sheet acrylic. With the two centre pieces having a cutout for the LED string.
The LED string comes from a Master Replicas Lightsaber, which I bought seperately from JQLightsabers. co.uk [link] They do Lightsaber conversions which involve removing the LED string and replacing it with a Luxeon LED, so have stock of these LED strings which can be bought cheap.

I've tried a variety of methods to difuse the light from the blade, but haven't been able to get it perfect. It looks better in the pictures then it does in real life.

If people are interested on how any of it's made just post a request and I'll write up more detail.

I also made a few 3D models prior to starting to get an idea of how I can get it to all fit together. You will need the Viewpoint plugin to be able to view them www.viewpoint.com
Full model [link]
Part Exploded [link]
Fully exploded [link]

I've submitted a Deviation showing the electronic setup, which can be seen here [link]

Here are two additional images which might help fellow artists:
[link]
[link]

Jonathan

Description
I've finally finished Seele Schneider, the only bladed Quincy weapon.

The hilt is made from a combination of pine wood, plywood and basswood. It's constructed like a box, with a removable lid held in place by two strong magnets. The end with the finger whole is made from one piece of pine wood.
The hilt contains 4 AA batteries and a switch which power an LED string to make the blade glow.

The blade itself is made from 4 layers of 4mm sheet acrylic. With the two centre pieces having a cutout for the LED string.
The LED string comes from a Master Replicas Lightsaber, which I bought seperately from JQLightsabers. co.uk [link] They do Lightsaber conversions which involve removing the LED string and replacing it with a Luxeon LED, so have stock of these LED strings which can be bought cheap.

I've tried a variety of methods to difuse the light from the blade, but haven't been able to get it perfect. It looks better in the pictures then it does in real life.

If people are interested on how any of it's made just post a request and I'll write up more detail.

I also made a few 3D models prior to starting to get an idea of how I can get it to all fit together. You will need the Viewpoint plugin to be able to view them www.viewpoint.com
Full model [link]
Part Exploded [link]
Fully exploded [link]

I've submitted a Deviation showing the electronic setup, which can be seen here [link]

Here are two additional images which might help fellow artists:
[link]
[link]

Jonathan