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Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 11:31 am
by spiffmeister
Parks use EL (Electro luminescence) technology for their sabers. Basically its a wire that glows (in its preset color) when current if passed through it. Advantages are that the color is uniform throughout the blade, BUT it's nowhere as bright as the LED sabers like those from Ultra.
Ultrasabers use LED emitters embedded in the hilt, so like what AnakinSg said, it's easy to change the blade. But not the color! Also, because the emitter is at the hilt, it flares like crazy at the bottom and dies down towards the tip.
But like mosske said, it's still bright enough to not require photoshopping, like so:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixQWKj5_ ... re=related
FYI, there's a group of saber builders who are pushing the move away from Luxeon 5s to Luxeon Rebel. It's waaay brighter and allows for more uniform illumination.
I feel like trying my hand at building my own saber, (i'm probably biting off more than I can chew here) because I want cool hilts with bright lights and the 'ladder' effect during activation and deactivation.
Hurm... I think...
Do or do not. There is no try. I shall build my own lightsaber! Anyone interested? (gonna be a year long, at least *eyeballs his empty wallet and crazy school schedule*)
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 8:31 pm
by AnakinSg
spiffmeister wrote:Parks use EL (Electro luminescence) technology for their sabers. Basically its a wire that glows (in its preset color) when current if passed through it. Advantages are that the color is uniform throughout the blade, BUT it's nowhere as bright as the LED sabers like those from Ultra.
Ultrasabers use LED emitters embedded in the hilt, so like what AnakinSg said, it's easy to change the blade. But not the color! Also, because the emitter is at the hilt, it flares like crazy at the bottom and dies down towards the tip.
But like mosske said, it's still bright enough to not require photoshopping, like so:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixQWKj5_ ... re=related
FYI, there's a group of saber builders who are pushing the move away from Luxeon 5s to Luxeon Rebel. It's waaay brighter and allows for more uniform illumination.
I feel like trying my hand at building my own saber, (i'm probably biting off more than I can chew here) because I want cool hilts with bright lights and the 'ladder' effect during activation and deactivation.
Hurm... I think...
Do or do not. There is no try. I shall build my own lightsaber! Anyone interested? (gonna be a year long, at least *eyeballs his empty wallet and crazy school schedule*)
Wow, thanks for that information. it was well written and very informative. I really learnt a lot reading it and would lke to try and make one of the luxeon Rebel myself.
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 8:54 pm
by Frodo,Naruto,Weirdo
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 11:03 pm
by AnakinSg
That is a great clip thanks. I knew most of it, but it was certainly good to see it demonstrated in that way. It is a shame we can't convert a sterling here in Singapore. Well when I move back to a country with more freedom I will try an authentic blaster too!
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 9:08 am
by Frodo,Naruto,Weirdo
AnakinSg wrote:
That is a great clip thanks. I knew most of it, but it was certainly good to see it demonstrated in that way. It is a shame we can't convert a sterling here in Singapore. Well when I move back to a country with
more freedom I will try an authentic blaster too!
freedom comes with a price bro.
(just heard over the news abt the NY gunman seige)
note: "sterling" is actually a sub-machine gun used by he british army. MR GL mod it for the E11 blaster.
btw, there is a website stated in the video clip tat customize light sabers etc...
see this forum for more info in modding ur light sabers etc etc etc.
http://www.fx-sabers.com/forum/index.php?board=102.0
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 11:25 am
by AnakinSg
Frodo,Naruto,Weirdo wrote:AnakinSg wrote:
That is a great clip thanks. I knew most of it, but it was certainly good to see it demonstrated in that way. It is a shame we can't convert a sterling here in Singapore. Well when I move back to a country with
more freedom I will try an authentic blaster too!
freedom comes with a price bro.
(just heard over the news abt the NY gunman seige)
note: "sterling" is actually a sub-machine gun used by he british army. MR GL mod it for the E11 blaster.
btw, there is a website stated in the video clip tat customize light sabers etc...
see this forum for more info in modding ur light sabers etc etc etc.
http://www.fx-sabers.com/forum/index.php?board=102.0
Yes when I was in the British Forces we used the 7.62 SLR and the women used the Sterling 9mm SMG (They could not handle the SLR as it had too much kick) The SMG was a very dangerous weapon as it had a fixed firing pin so would fire off when the working parts were allowed to go forward. We had many accidents involving the women accidently letting off a round accidently (ND). Later we all moved over to the L85A1, which was a very light weapon using high velocity 5.56 rounds. We also had the S.U.S.A.T.(Sight Unit Small Arms Trilux) sight attached (These sights were filled with radio active gas). I also used the Browining 9mm pistol and PPK.
Well thats a bit of history for you from my encounter with the SMG. I believe they all got sold off to some African country when the were kicked out of service.
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:55 pm
by torque6
hmm, anakinsg blade looks pretty bright.
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 8:21 am
by AnakinSg
torque6 wrote:hmm, anakinsg blade looks pretty bright.
It has been converted with a Luxeon 3 bulb in the hilt from Ultra Sabers.
I still have one conversion Kit left for Darth Vader ANH or ESB.
There is a Luxeon 5 bulb which is 80% brighter they say but can not use with the Master Replicas sound board as the higher power would fry the board. I see Plexter Labs make a sound board to convert the MR so I may look into that and see if it can take the higher power of the Lux 5.
I spend a fortune on batteries though and one set usually only lasts one troop. if I try to make it last longer the chances are that it will fade on me during trooping......
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 4:44 pm
by recon
AnakinSg wrote:torque6 wrote:hmm, anakinsg blade looks pretty bright.
It has been converted with a Luxeon 3 bulb in the hilt from Ultra Sabers.
I still have one conversion Kit left for Darth Vader ANH or ESB.
There is a Luxeon 5 bulb which is 80% brighter they say but can not use with the Master Replicas sound board as the higher power would fry the board. I see Plexter Labs make a sound board to convert the MR so I may look into that and see if it can take the higher power of the Lux 5.
I spend a fortune on batteries though and one set usually only lasts one troop. if I try to make it last longer the chances are that it will fade on me during trooping......
Bro you should use a rechargable batteries...