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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 [link]
Full model [link]
Part Exploded [link]
Fully exploded [link]

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

Jonathan
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~shonenking:iconshonenking: Apr 28, 2008, 7:05:58 PM
Dude, that's AWESOME... Well done!

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~firstkiralight:iconfirstkiralight: Apr 29, 2008, 12:50:56 AM
wow... unbelievable... XD

nice work man..

its deserves to be used by a deserving uryuu ishida cosplayer.. XD

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*Awaken-Benihime:iconAwaken-Benihime: Apr 29, 2008, 1:25:22 AM
Thanks :D I'm planning on bringing it to London Expo in May (Saturday).

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~Takanagi:iconTakanagi: Apr 29, 2008, 1:54:34 AM
Very well done, that looks amazing ^^ :+fav:

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~Takanagi:iconTakanagi: Apr 29, 2008, 3:08:42 AM
You're welcome ^^

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~Grassangel:iconGrassangel: Apr 29, 2008, 3:40:02 AM
That is indeed awesome. (And I would be interested in learning how you constructed it, especially the electrical parts, even if I can vaguely guess by the details you gave here.)
I would suggest frosting the acrylic to diffuse the light a bit, but since I don't know how those strings work I couldn't say for sure. My only real experience with LEDs is replacing one of those touch bubble bubles with a clusterbulb and the diffusion there was a sheet of tinfoil.

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*Awaken-Benihime:iconAwaken-Benihime: Apr 29, 2008, 5:01:19 AM
I've tried frosting the blade using some glass frosting spray paint.
I actually bought two LED strings so I have a spare which I've already soldered etc, so I'll take some pictures and post em tonight.
So I can use this second set and some spare acrylic to try other paints. If I use a air spray and water down some paints it may be transulcent enough and give a better effect.

Oooo, I also forgot I made a few view point models prior to starting, check my revised details for links.

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:pointr: Unnamed Katana
*eugenidesofattolia:iconeugenidesofattolia: Apr 29, 2008, 9:27:39 AM
i think it looks amazing, the fact you even got it to work is good enough for me

^^ looking forward to seeing it in may

i can't think of anything to diffuse the lighting though ^^; sorry

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