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« Reply #75 on: February 23, 2016, 05:07:19 AM »

The normal Arbiter is entirely silver.  It has an emitter similar to the Archon v2.1; below that is a grenade-like grip; below that is a smooth section with the activation button; below that are a mix of wide and narrow shallow grooves.  The pommel is similar to the Archon's.  Total length is 14 inches long.

I haven't been around long enough to know this for sure, but to me, the Arbiter looks like an early attempt at something like Luke's Return of the Jedi saber or Obi-Wan's last saber; something similar in style but much easier to machine, like the Prophecy compared to Anakin's or Vader's sabers.

The Dark Arbiter is black and silver.  Most of it is black.  The grooves in the grenade-like section are silver; so are the wide and narrow grooves toward the bottom.  Finally, it uses the same Archon-like pommel with black between the "spikes".
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« Reply #76 on: February 23, 2016, 06:53:51 AM »

Vyk nailed it with his descriptions.
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« Reply #77 on: February 23, 2016, 11:49:44 PM »

Hey again gang, I have some more questions.
1.  Could anyone give me a description of the Manticore, and her two pommels?
2.  Is the pommel on the Consular silver?
3. Does the emitter on the Consular have a gold ring on the top of it like the Hasbro toy in the 90s?
I'm asking all of these questions so I have a better idea of what the sabers look like, and if the characters in my films will match them.  Plus I am swapping a lot of the pommels and emitters around to create some new designs.  I'm hoping that in the end the guys at US will help me modify a few pommels with some different colors.  For example the Guardian pommel in silver with gold spikes.
Anyway, thanks for all of the amazing answers.
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« Reply #78 on: February 24, 2016, 06:43:05 AM »

1. A description of the Manticore is simple: the Manticore is the most beautiful saber ever.  Cheesy

Seriously, though...  There are two versions: the Manticore and the Manticore CE (Collector's Edition).  CE is all one color, either high-polish aluminum or nickel-plated.  The normal Manticore is polished aluminum except for being anodized black where the grip is; however, due to the small size of the saber (11 inches long) the black grip is about 50 percent of the total length of the saber.  Other than color, the normal and CE are identical.

The emitter has a fairly complex shape, and is the most distinctive part of the saber, but I'll try to describe it.  From blade down, you have a knurled disc, a short narrower cylinder, a grooved disc, and a conical shape ringed with oval windows (10 total).  Below the emitter is a fairly simple silver cylinder, about 1 inch long; below that is the grip, which is a cylinder with 4 thin rings around it (thus, 5 equally-sized sections); the activation button is in the second section from the top.  Below the grip is a tapered section; finally, there is the pommel.  The small pommel is simple--basically a knurled knob with speaker vents in the bottom.  The large one is a cylinder about 1 inch long and slightly larger diameter than the rest of the hilt; there is a shallow groove running around it just slightly above the middle.

2. The Consular pommel is not silver, but black.

3. The Consular's emitter does not have a gold ring on top.  On the other hand, my 1999 Hasbro Qui-Gon Jinn Electronic Lightsaber doesn't have a gold ring either--it's silver, like the Consular's.

Feel free to ask all the questions you want; I can't speak for Greg or Ithekro, but I'm finding it fun trying to describe sabers in words.  I can't promise I'll always do a good job, but I'll do my best!

Unfortunately, US doesn't usually do custom anodizing, and I don't think they ever do powdercoating or painting, so they may not help you with changing colors on pommels.  It wouldn't hurt to ask, though, although you might have better luck once the rush dies down.
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« Reply #79 on: February 24, 2016, 06:58:03 PM »

Agreed, trying to describe sabers using only words is like...poetry. It is definitely a lot of fun.
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« Reply #80 on: February 24, 2016, 11:50:38 PM »

I'm glad you guys are enjoying describing the sabers to me, and the other visually challenged saber enthusiasts out there.
Now I just have to figure out another saber I have questions about.
How about the Shock, Shock LE, and Dark Shock.
I'm curious as to how these feel in the hand.
Also how about the Overlord.  I picture this saber belonging to a powerful individual, in an Arctic Blue.
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« Reply #81 on: February 25, 2016, 02:33:13 AM »

Shock will be a comfortable fit in the hand/hands, It has a sort of flanged emitter with ribs, it has a 12 inch (?) hilt. The saber is pretty flush. It has grooves 3 near the pommel, 3 above the covertech wheel (wheel is about 3 inches up the hilt), 2 deeper grooves directly below the activation switch, first "bump" rib and then the series of about 6 more ribs.

The LE will be the same design, but any of the grooves and the ribs of the emitter will be gold. The covertech wheel will also be gold instead of silver.
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« Reply #82 on: February 25, 2016, 05:12:21 AM »

I'm glad you guys are enjoying describing the sabers.
I'm enjoying reading your word paintings of the sabers.
I do however have a few more questions about sabers I don't know the looks of.
1. Lets start with a saber I am some what familiar with.  The Menace.  I had a version of this in the 90s, so most information I have is based on this toy.  If I remember right the saber had what I will call knobs, in

two groups of two on either side of the hilt.  The outer most knob was red in each grouping, and the inner most knob was silver in both groupings, the outer most knobs on one side of the staff were actually buttons to turn the thing on.  At the senter of the two joined hilts there was a black ring.  The emitters were silver with two black grooves, and no windows.  How close is this to the US version?
2.  Everyone seems to like the Bellicose, and I've seen some vague descriptions of it, some even in this thread.  Based on the excelent descriptions I've been getting, I'm hoping you guys can paint me a better

picture.
3. Would the Bellicose make a good staff?
4. Scorpion comes to mind as an interesting sounding saber, but it needs a description that is as awsome as its name.
5. Is the Monarch and Dark Monarch as regal as it sounds?
6.  As I said in a previous post, the Overlord sounds like a saber that should be wielded by a powerful leader.  What does it look like?
7. Is it as powerful looking as it sounds?
8. The Reaper sounds cool too, but is it?
9. Does the Reaper's pommel really have a big hole in it?
10. Is there a way to plug this hole?
Thanks again gang, and I have more sabers I have questions about, but lets start with these.
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« Reply #83 on: February 26, 2016, 04:56:27 AM »

Hey guys, I have a few more questions, and am sad that no one posted anything after my last post.
1. I was watching the SW:The Clone Wars season 6 and the character Bane was mentioned.  So what does the Bane saber look like?
2. I'm curious about the Mallace, and what it looks like.
Can it be used without the claws?
Can some decorative screws be put in place of the claws?
Can the emitter be lined up with decorations on the hilt, and the power button?
3. Speaking of the power button, do the sabers with only emerald drivers come with a momentary or latching button?
What color is the latching button?
4. What does the Prophecy look like?
I use to have an Anikan saber as a kid, and later found out that the details on it were mostly wrong.  It had some details changed for safety reasons.  Some people say the Anikin saber from Episode 2 was a smaller more Jedi version of his Darth Vader saber.  Although the toy version was larger than the Darth Vader version.
5. In my figuring out blade lengths for my film, I have decided to use 24 inch blades for the staffs, 32 inch blades for the duel wielding, and 36 inch blades for the single sabers.  Does this sound good?
Thanks for all of the wonderful answers thus far.
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« Reply #84 on: February 26, 2016, 06:36:34 PM »

Wow!  Lots of questions!  I'm only going to do a few at the moment, as a warmup for my brain before I try to use it for actual work.

I do however have a few more questions about sabers I don't know the looks of.
1. Lets start with a saber I am some what familiar with.  The Menace.  I had a version of this in the 90s, so most information I have is based on this toy.  If I remember right the saber had what I will call knobs, in two groups of two on either side of the hilt.  The outer most knob was red in each grouping, and the inner most knob was silver in both groupings, the outer most knobs on one side of the staff were actually buttons to turn the thing on.  At the senter of the two joined hilts there was a black ring.  The emitters were silver with two black grooves, and no windows.  How close is this to the US version?
That's a surprisingly tricky question.  The reason is that the Ultrasabers version is very customizable.  I'm going to talk about a single Menace--one half of a staff.

First, basic color.  Maul's saber seems to be a grey or silver metal.  The Menace is available in five colors: Menace SE, which is polished aluminum; Dark Menace, which is anodized black; Crimson Menace, which is a reddish orange; Azure Menace, which is blue; and Menace CE, which is nickel-plated.

Next, the emitter.  The bulk of the emitter is the same color as the rest of the saber, as mentioned above.  The grooves you mentioned can be either silver or black.  Also, the thinner one can be absent, leaving windows; the thicker one is always there.

Buttons: on the Menace, there is one button toward the emitter and two toward the pommel; the activation switch has replaced one of the emitter-end buttons, specifically the one closer to the center of the hilt.  Like most Ultrasabers, this is a black guarded switch on sabers without sound; sabers with sound can have a black guarded switch or either black or silver AV switches.  The other three, non-functional, buttons can be customized by the buyer; each can be chosen separately, and currently-available colors are red, black, blue, and silver.  Nickel is also available, but only on the Menace CE.

There is a covertec wheel to hang the Menace from your belt; it is located near the emitter and opposite the buttons, which is the same location as the original prop and the toys.

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2.  Everyone seems to like the Bellicose, and I've seen some vague descriptions of it, some even in this thread.  Based on the excelent descriptions I've been getting, I'm hoping you guys can paint me a better picture.
3. Would the Bellicose make a good staff?
I love the Bellicose--an RGB Bellicose is on my want list, probably for next time they have a sale on RGB sabers!  I'd never thought of a Bellicose staff before, but it seems that a couple of people around the forum have made one.  The pics I've seen use a silver coupler, which I don't personally think works very well.  I think it would look pretty nice if you used the adjustable black coupler; the hilt just above the pommel is black and a black coupler would tie that together, and the emitters are slanted, so you need to be able to adjust the angle so that the emitters aren't lined up weirdly.

Anyway, the Bellicose might be a little hard to describe, but I'll do my best.  First, the basics: it's overall silver, with a black grip covering the bottom about one-third.  The remaining two thirds uses black rings around the hilt to add detail and visual complexity.  The emitter shroud is silver, and shaped as a slanted curve; I think the closest movie saber is the shroud on Anakin's and Luke's saber from episodes three through five (in Ultrasabers terms, the Graflex).  The blade holder can be either black or silver.  There are two similar pommel options; each is silver with four grooves, at 90-degree angles, that extend from the top and end partway down the pommel in a semicircle.  One has shorter grooves and three circumferential lines below the grooves; the other has longer grooves that end just before the base of the pommel.  They're called, logically enough, the short-groove and long-groove pommels.

There's a black detail in the shroud, a semi-circumferential line that is on the activation-switch side of the saber.  Below that are a thicker black ring, a thinner black ring, and two thicker black rings that run around the saber.  On the same side as the activation switch, there is an accessory button located on the thin ring; it is red normally, but can be red, green, blue, gold, bronze, or chrome.  Below the rings I mentioned above are the activation switch section.  This is silver and split into four sections, separated by thin black rings.  On an RGB saber, there is a button in each of the rings, with the bottommost being the master switch.  For a normal Bellicose, the activation button is in the second-from-top section.  Below the activation switch section is the grip; this is all black with ten evenly-spaced grooves that run around it.  There is a Covertec wheel halfway down the grip; if you're looking at the activation switch and holding the emitter up, it's on the left side.  Finally is the pommel, which I described previously.

While I'm at it, here's a link to the official video for it; it's just over a minute, but does touch on the basics in a slightly different way and may clarify things a little bit, even with just audio.  (At least, I thought so, but I know what he's describing, so apologies in advance if it's of no use to you.)
https://youtu.be/SqXveMec9OY

Finally, a bit of personal opinion.  To me, one of the nice things about the Bellicose is that it's a remarkably sophisticated-looking saber for a comparatively small amount of money.  In terms of actual machining time, it's not very complex to machine, which explains the low price, but it has more of a movie-saber look to it than anything else in its price range.  Just my two cents.

I'm going to do three more fairly quick answers, and then I need to actually get some work done (seeing how they're paying me to be at work and all).

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1. I was watching the SW:The Clone Wars season 6 and the character Bane was mentioned.  So what does the Bane saber look like?
I'm assuming you mean Darth Bane, originator of the Rule of Two.  (I haven't watched Clone Wars past the first season.)  What his saber looks like is another surprisingly complex question.  The novel Darth Bane: Path of Destruction has him wielding a curved-hilt saber with a red blade.  However, most other sources show a normal, straight-hilt saber with a purple blade.  Unfortunately, all sources imply that he has only one saber.  The only picture I've seen of it is on Wookiepedia, and it is a relatively plain straight-hilt saber.  It is silver or grey with the exception of the emitter.  It has a gold emitter in the shape of a truncated cone, wide end up.  Below that is a thin neck, which widens out to full diameter.  There is a collar around the hilt with an activation button.  Below that are 5 grooves as a grip, then a long smooth section, one more groove and a lip--that is, a slightly larger diameter part--then another smooth section and ending in a tapering pommel with three grooves around it.  There are four fins in the shape of irregular trapezoids, spaced 90 degrees apart.  Finally, there is a D-ring at the bottom.

Note that this looks nothing like the Ultrasabers Bane.

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3. Speaking of the power button, do the sabers with only emerald drivers come with a momentary or latching button?
What color is the latching button?
My understanding is that all non-sound sabers use latching switches; certainly, Emerald sabers aren't available with AV switches unless they also have Obsidian boards, which implies to me that they use latching switches.  Normally, the latching switch used by Ultrasabers is black overall with a silver dot on the actual part of the button that pushes in.  However, the manufacturer of those switches is out of stock for the foreseeable future.  Instead, you currently get a red dot on a red or orange saber, or a blue dot on any other color.

There is a notification about that for stunt sabers.  Interestingly, there is no such notification for Emerald sabers.  I suspect this is just an oversight.

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5. In my figuring out blade lengths for my film, I have decided to use 24 inch blades for the staffs, 32 inch blades for the duel wielding, and 36 inch blades for the single sabers.  Does this sound good?
I don't have much experience with a saber staff, so I can't speak to those other than to say that 24 inches sounds reasonable--you'd end up with an overall length of about 6 feet, which is about the length of a bo staff used in Asian martial arts.  For the other two, those sound like good lengths.  I find 36 inch blades a little bit long for dual wielding, but a good length for a single blade.  At 5 feet 10 inches, a 36 inch blade does require me to be a little careful when practicing spins, but is certainly manageable.  You could consider a 40 inch blade if you had somebody who was particularly tall, especially if they were also meant to be intimidating.  A large hilt, like the Bane, would both add to that impression and serve to counterbalance the long blade.  However, I wouldn't consider a 40 inch blade for anybody below about six feet, particularly given that sword choreography for movies tends to be relatively ornate; a long blade would either restrict movement or make it awkward.

I'll get the rest of these later, when I have more time... assuming nobody beats me to them!
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« Reply #85 on: February 26, 2016, 06:48:20 PM »

Vyk.  Keep up the good work since you chosen to take this on.  +1 for your commendable efforts.
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« Reply #86 on: February 26, 2016, 06:48:41 PM »

Wow!  Lots of questions!  I'm only going to do a few at the moment, as a warmup for my brain before I try to use it for actual work.
That's a surprisingly tricky question.  The reason is that the Ultrasabers version is very customizable.  I'm going to talk about a single Menace--one half of a staff.

First, basic color.  Maul's saber seems to be a grey or silver metal.  The Menace is available in five colors: Menace SE, which is polished aluminum; Dark Menace, which is anodized black; Crimson Menace, which is a reddish orange; Azure Menace, which is blue; and Menace CE, which is nickel-plated.

Next, the emitter.  The bulk of the emitter is the same color as the rest of the saber, as mentioned above.  The grooves you mentioned can be either silver or black.  Also, the thinner one can be absent, leaving windows; the thicker one is always there.

Buttons: on the Menace, there is one button toward the emitter and two toward the pommel; the activation switch has replaced one of the emitter-end buttons, specifically the one closer to the center of the hilt.  Like most Ultrasabers, this is a black guarded switch on sabers without sound; sabers with sound can have a black guarded switch or either black or silver AV switches.  The other three, non-functional, buttons can be customized by the buyer; each can be chosen separately, and currently-available colors are red, black, blue, and silver.  Nickel is also available, but only on the Menace CE.

There is a covertec wheel to hang the Menace from your belt; it is located near the emitter and opposite the buttons, which is the same location as the original prop and the toys.
I love the Bellicose--an RGB Bellicose is on my want list, probably for next time they have a sale on RGB sabers!  I'd never thought of a Bellicose staff before, but it seems that a couple of people around the forum have made one.  The pics I've seen use a silver coupler, which I don't personally think works very well.  I think it would look pretty nice if you used the adjustable black coupler; the hilt just above the pommel is black and a black coupler would tie that together, and the emitters are slanted, so you need to be able to adjust the angle so that the emitters aren't lined up weirdly.

Anyway, the Bellicose might be a little hard to describe, but I'll do my best.  First, the basics: it's overall silver, with a black grip covering the bottom about one-third.  The remaining two thirds uses black rings around the hilt to add detail and visual complexity.  The emitter shroud is silver, and shaped as a slanted curve; I think the closest movie saber is the shroud on Anakin's and Luke's saber from episodes three through five (in Ultrasabers terms, the Graflex).  The blade holder can be either black or silver.  There are two similar pommel options; each is silver with four grooves, at 90-degree angles, that extend from the top and end partway down the pommel in a semicircle.  One has shorter grooves and three circumferential lines below the grooves; the other has longer grooves that end just before the base of the pommel.  They're called, logically enough, the short-groove and long-groove pommels.

There's a black detail in the shroud, a semi-circumferential line that is on the activation-switch side of the saber.  Below that are a thicker black ring, a thinner black ring, and two thicker black rings that run around the saber.  On the same side as the activation switch, there is an accessory button located on the thin ring; it is red normally, but can be red, green, blue, gold, bronze, or chrome.  Below the rings I mentioned above are the activation switch section.  This is silver and split into four sections, separated by thin black rings.  On an RGB saber, there is a button in each of the rings, with the bottommost being the master switch.  For a normal Bellicose, the activation button is in the second-from-top section.  Below the activation switch section is the grip; this is all black with ten evenly-spaced grooves that run around it.  There is a Covertec wheel halfway down the grip; if you're looking at the activation switch and holding the emitter up, it's on the left side.  Finally is the pommel, which I described previously.

While I'm at it, here's a link to the official video for it; it's just over a minute, but does touch on the basics in a slightly different way and may clarify things a little bit, even with just audio.  (At least, I thought so, but I know what he's describing, so apologies in advance if it's of no use to you.)
https://youtu.be/SqXveMec9OY

Finally, a bit of personal opinion.  To me, one of the nice things about the Bellicose is that it's a remarkably sophisticated-looking saber for a comparatively small amount of money.  In terms of actual machining time, it's not very complex to machine, which explains the low price, but it has more of a movie-saber look to it than anything else in its price range.  Just my two cents.

I'm going to do three more fairly quick answers, and then I need to actually get some work done (seeing how they're paying me to be at work and all).
I'm assuming you mean Darth Bane, originator of the Rule of Two.  (I haven't watched Clone Wars past the first season.)  What his saber looks like is another surprisingly complex question.  The novel Darth Bane: Path of Destruction has him wielding a curved-hilt saber with a red blade.  However, most other sources show a normal, straight-hilt saber with a purple blade.  Unfortunately, all sources imply that he has only one saber.  The only picture I've seen of it is on Wookiepedia, and it is a relatively plain straight-hilt saber.  It is silver or grey with the exception of the emitter.  It has a gold emitter in the shape of a truncated cone, wide end up.  Below that is a thin neck, which widens out to full diameter.  There is a collar around the hilt with an activation button.  Below that are 5 grooves as a grip, then a long smooth section, one more groove and a lip--that is, a slightly larger diameter part--then another smooth section and ending in a tapering pommel with three grooves around it.  There are four fins in the shape of irregular trapezoids, spaced 90 degrees apart.  Finally, there is a D-ring at the bottom.

Note that this looks nothing like the Ultrasabers Bane.
My understanding is that all non-sound sabers use latching switches; certainly, Emerald sabers aren't available with AV switches unless they also have Obsidian boards, which implies to me that they use latching switches.  Normally, the latching switch used by Ultrasabers is black overall with a silver dot on the actual part of the button that pushes in.  However, the manufacturer of those switches is out of stock for the foreseeable future.  Instead, you currently get a red dot on a red or orange saber, or a blue dot on any other color.

There is a notification about that for stunt sabers.  Interestingly, there is no such notification for Emerald sabers.  I suspect this is just an oversight.
I don't have much experience with a saber staff, so I can't speak to those other than to say that 24 inches sounds reasonable--you'd end up with an overall length of about 6 feet, which is about the length of a bo staff used in Asian martial arts.  For the other two, those sound like good lengths.  I find 36 inch blades a little bit long for dual wielding, but a good length for a single blade.  At 5 feet 10 inches, a 36 inch blade does require me to be a little careful when practicing spins, but is certainly manageable.  You could consider a 40 inch blade if you had somebody who was particularly tall, especially if they were also meant to be intimidating.  A large hilt, like the Bane, would both add to that impression and serve to counterbalance the long blade.  However, I wouldn't consider a 40 inch blade for anybody below about six feet, particularly given that sword choreography for movies tends to be relatively ornate; a long blade would either restrict movement or make it awkward.

I'll get the rest of these later, when I have more time... assuming nobody beats me to them!

You're an artist...props (and points) to you!
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« Reply #87 on: February 26, 2016, 08:37:52 PM »

Vyk the descriptions you have given us thus far have been phenomenal.  I can't wait to read more of them.
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« Reply #88 on: February 27, 2016, 05:01:30 PM »

4. Scorpion comes to mind as an interesting sounding saber, but it needs a description that is as awsome as its name.
This is going to be a challenge--the Scorpion is a very complex saber.  I'll do my best, though.

Right off, I'll note that I'm leaving the most notable feature--the one that gives the saber its name--until last.  That's not just because I'm a tease; it's because I can't think of a way to describe it that wouldn't make it a little bit more difficult to picture the rest of the saber.

So, for starters, color.  The Scorpion is slightly unusual for the colors available.  Like many Ultrasabers, it's only available in two colors; however, they are black and crimson.  No silver, no azure, no nickel, just black and crimson.  I don't think the limited color choices are a problem; I don't think it would look good in the other colors.  Incidentally, whenever I say crimson, I mean Ultrasaber's use of the term; to me it's more of a orange-red.

I'm going to work backwards this time, so I'll start at the pommel and work my way up.  The pommel is nearly identical to a Guardian's pommel--that is, to Kenobi's episode 1 and 2 sabers--with one difference.  On the Scorpion, the knobs are spiked rather than flat.  Above that, on the back, is a silver Covertec wheel; there are silver rings around the hilt just above and below the wheel.  Above that are four ridges for the grip section; unlike many sabers, where there are grooves for the grip, in the Scorpion they are raised.  Above that is the activation button, but that has two unusual details as well.  First, at 120-degree angles around the saber from the button, there are oval cutouts about 2 inches long.  In them is a pattern of rings and lines that is similar to a grenade grip, but small and shallow.  The button itself also sits in a pattern--as far as I can recall, it's the only Ultrasaber that does so.  It too is recessed, and has what seems to be a continuation of the mini-grenade pattern.  I believe that much of the body of the hilt is actually a shroud, and what you see in these areas is the pattern under the shroud; however, I don't actually own a Scorpion, so I can't say that with 100 percent certainty.

Above this is a recessed silver section, about 1 inch long, with three raised ridges in it.  Above that is another black or crimson section, with another notable feature: three windows on the front (that is, the activation switch side).  They are oval and circumferential; the middle one covers about 90 degrees; above and below cover about 60 degrees.  They are very close to the LED module, so the blade color comes through very brightly.

Above the windows, there is a small silver section that tapers down in size; then a thin body-color ring; finally, the emitter, which is flared like a trumpet horn.  It too has windows, six of them, oval (in the long direction) and spaced evenly around the emitter.

Finally, the most notable feature, the Scorpion's stinger.  This is a claw attached to the back of the saber that extends upward from the emitter, about three inches.  It curves toward the blade and has circular divots along its back to add visual complexity.

Overall, the Scorpion is quite long; it's 14.5 inches not including claw or pommel, 19.5 inches including both of those.  It can also be purchased without the claw, if you desire; in that case, the slot that the claw sits in isn't there, so there's a slight difference between getting one without a claw and getting one with a claw but taking the claw off.

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5. Is the Monarch and Dark Monarch as regal as it sounds?
Well, perhaps.  To me, it looks like a sex toy.  According to at least one female member of this forum, it works as one, too, although it seems a little... large.  On the other hand, I could see it looking regal as well, I suppose.

Now that I have forever ruined the saber for you with that mental image, I'll get on with the description.  Grin

The notable thing about it compared to most sabers is that it's primarily smooth curves; most sabers have long, more or less straight cylindrical sections separated by rings or tapers.  If you choose an AV switch instead of a guarded switch, there are literally no sharp features on the hilt... which is part of what makes me think about it the way I do.

First, basics; it's 11 inches long, and is available in silver--that is, polished aluminum, nickel, or black.  The silver and nickel ones are all one color; the black has silver details.  To order the nickel plating, you choose the standard Monarch and select Nickel Plated Finish from the options during customization.  To make my description easier to follow, I'm going to describe the Dark Monarch, so just ignore the colors and think of it all as silver if you're thinking about the normal Monarch.

Starting from the top, the emitter is silver and reminds me a little of a candlestick.  There is a ring, a brief narrow section, then three more rings that step down in both diameter and thickness.  Next is a short black concave section and then a silver ring.  The next section is mostly black and includes the activation button; it is roughly ovoid, hitting its widest point where the activation button is.  Just below the activation button are three shallow grooves; top and bottom are black, middle is silver.  Next comes the grip; it is a constant-diameter black cylinder with three smooth, raised silver rings in it for grip.  Next the saber tapers smoothly to an increased diameter; there is another silver ring, and finally the pommel.  The pommel looks like a sphere that has one-quarter of its diameter nestled inside the hilt.  On the bottom are a large hole surrounded by 12 small holes for sound.

Overall, it is a very beautiful and unique saber, with more grace and elegance than most.  There definitely is a regal quality; I might describe it as slightly effeminate, but not to the extent that I couldn't picture a man using it.  The key is that the man would have to be something like a Renaissance nobleman, not Conan the Barbarian.

That, and he'd have to be comfortable using a saber that looks like a sex toy.  Cheesy

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6.  As I said in a previous post, the Overlord sounds like a saber that should be wielded by a powerful leader.  What does it look like?
7. Is it as powerful looking as it sounds?
Well, it certainly doesn't look like a sex toy, I'll say that.  (ok, ok, I'll stop.)  It's black overall, 12 inches long (unless you get the RGB version, which is 13.5 inches long).  It's mostly one constant diameter.  The silver sections can all be either polished aluminum or nickel-plated, again chosen during customization.

The emitter is silver, and starts with a sharp lip, then takes two steps down in diameter to the thinnest point on the saber; this section is about 1 inch long and contains six windows spaced evenly around it.  It then takes two steps back up and remains a constant diameter for the rest of the saber, other than grooving.

There is a short black section, then ten tightly-spaced silver grooves at what would seem to be the natural place to hold the saber.  Just below this is the activation switch; on the RGB version, of course, there are four switches here.  There are about 5 inches of smooth black surface, then a circumferential silver groove, followed by a silver Covertec wheel, three more silver grooves, another short black section, then the pommel.  The pommel is very simple--it's just a knurled silver cap with slots cut for sound.  It is MHS-compatible, so you could put something else on there, but the simple cap actually looks really good with the rest of the saber; I have no idea what I'd choose that would look better.

Wow, that one was easy!

To the second half of your question, I'd say a definite maybe.  To me, it's not a question of power as much as personality.  Emperor Palpatine was undeniably powerful, but he's complex, and probably wouldn't wield this saber.  This is a saber for someone who doesn't mess around--if Conan the Barbarian had a lightsaber, it would be something like this.  Put differently, this isn't the saber for a ruler who keeps his subjects in line by threatening to send them to the executioner; this is the saber for a ruler who executes them himself.

I'm not sure what the record for longest post is on this board, but I'm going to end this one here so that I don't earn the new record.  I'll get some more questions in a bit.
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« Reply #89 on: February 27, 2016, 06:03:31 PM »

Once again Vyk your descriptions are phenomenal.  Although I may have to rethink the use of the Monarch, because of my mental image of it.
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