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It was my first raffle that I entered, and I couldn't sleep the night before they announced the winners because I was so excited. When I saw the results I was ecstatic that I won a 2nd place prize. That brown box we all love arrived and here is what was inside:

It was Dark Arbiter in Blazing Red with Obsidian V3 sound


And in case you are interested in seeing what it looks like in different colors, I used my Diamond Azure Menace to simulate:
Consular Green

Pyrestone Orange

Violet Amethyst

Arctic Blue

Banes Heart:

Being my first Blazing Red saber though, it brought out my darker side:

Ultimately I settled on putting a purple dayblade in it:

Which gave it an awesome outer purple color with a deeper red core:

Look closer

And closer still

And then made a crystal blade plug for it:

And tried it out with some acrylic flat blades:



So these two will always have a special connection as entry and prize:

And of course I had to take advantage of the programmable premium sound to make it sound as evil as possible with a custom Darth Nihilus sound font: