For Tyeth Blender 3D Concept Sabers

[scifidude79]

Hello Everybody and SFD, well I 've been busy again! How about this?

Dude, you're awesome. That looks great.

[For Tyeth]

Dude, you're awesome. That looks great.

Hi SFD, thank you for the compliment 
I just got carried away after creating your personal R4 and built one for me!

point incoming.

[Lady Revan]

Cute droid sabers!!!!

[For Tyeth]

Cute droid sabers!!!!

Hello Lady Revan, yes I know more droids but SFD's suggestion sounded good to make an R4 version too. He now has his own as well in his choice of colours!
I have one final droid related hilt but it is only PART of a droid I used as inspiration.

Glad you liked FTE, point incoming.

[For Tyeth]

Hello Everybody,

Today I bought nothing in the Black Friday Sales but I still feel like joining in the fun! When you buy something from a store it usually comes all wrapped up in packaging yes? And that packaging needs recycling to protect the Galaxy, yes? Well I don't have any packaging but I do have some droids I could recycle!
DON'T WORRY FOLKS... I'M JOKING!

I haven't dismantled any of my Astro hilts but I have repurposed a part of a droid here take a look...


SCOMP 2:


SCOMP 3:


SCOMP 4: Do you recognise it yet?


SCOMP 5: This might help!


SCOMP Original:


SCOMP In use:


One day I noticed the SCOMP Data Connector found on R-Series Astros looked very similar to a Thin Neck saber of sorts! I just needed to add an Activation Switch/Power Level Indicator (PLI) and a Covertech Wheel (optional  )
This design even comes with it's own resistors installed and in this case the brown resistor is a 39ohms resistor while the blue one is rated at 4.02 megaOhms just like the real prop has! (BTW these resistors would not be suitable for a real replica!).
The resistors were actually fun to model as I built them the same size as the hilt then scaled them down to their proper size but all the colour banding is correct. And I even added the red wires and a SCOMP DATA TERMINAL CONNECTION SOCKET (I just built that for fun, it doesn't work but looks good on my wall!)

Well I hope you enjoyed this recycled saber of sorts, I have another made from an X-Wing Fighter to show you soon.
Thanks again for looking in on this design and all your support,  it's much appreciated.

[Lord_S_Gray]

Nice captures the mechanical look but what really sets it off are the wire and resistor details. Again great creativity and lateral thinking to pick such an unlikely object from Star Wars and run with it.

[For Tyeth]

Nice captures the mechanical look but what really sets it off are the wire and resistor details. Again great creativity and lateral thinking to pick such an unlikely object from Star Wars and run with it.

Hello Lord_S_Gray, those resistor greeblies were the most fun part to model! The wires themselves were a little difficult to route however.

So glad you liked the hilt (and it was only part of a droid this time)
Thanks and a point incoming.

[scifidude79]

Looks good, dude. Interesting choice, turning the computer probe thingy (technical term) into a saber.

[For Tyeth]

Looks good, dude. Interesting choice, turning the computer probe thingy (technical term) into a saber.

Hi SFD

Thanks man, I thought it was poetic way to wrap up the Astromech series of hilts! The "Computer Probe Thingy" is called a SCOMP Connector according to the Industrial Automaton Owner's manual. And yes before anyone asks, I remember TWAIN compliant devices too, I'm an old Geek/Nerd!

point incoming.

[scifidude79]

Hi SFD

Thanks man, I thought it was poetic way to wrap up the Astromech series of hilts! The "Computer Probe Thingy" is called a SCOMP Connector according to the Industrial Automaton Owner's manual. And yes before anyone asks, I remember TWAIN compliant devices too, I'm an old Geek/Nerd!

point incoming.

Now I keep thinking of C3PO. "I'm an interpreter, I'm not supposed to know a power socket from a computer terminal."

[For Tyeth]

Now I keep thinking of C3PO. "I'm an interpreter, I'm not supposed to know a power socket from a computer terminal."

It's a great line! I think Artoo and Threepio's exchanges are brilliant bits of writing considering we only understand/hear one half of them. (It's a bit like a good actor making a telephone call).

But onwards, we have to go for a spin with my next hilt!

[Infinit01]

Good looking saber there, Tyeth. Just from that screenshot, you created R2’s iconic arm. Kudos and point to you

[For Tyeth]

Good looking saber there, Tyeth. Just from that screenshot, you created R2’s iconic arm. Kudos and point to you

Hi Infinit, thank you also. I am getting the hang of looking at images and using a form of reverse engineering I'm able to work out approximate dimensions of an object based on comparing them to a known fixed measurement. (i.e. if there is a Covertech wheel in the image then I can base the measurements compared to the Covertecjh and scale parts accordingly.)

I hope my next hilt will be a bit different than a droid.

point incoming.

[Darth Silenoz]

SCOMP Original:


One day I noticed the SCOMP Data Connector found on R-Series Astros looked very similar to a Thin Neck saber of sorts! I just needed to add an Activation Switch/Power Level Indicator (PLI) and a Covertech Wheel (optional  )
This design even comes with it's own resistors installed and in this case the brown resistor is a 39ohms resistor while the blue one is rated at 4.02 megaOhms just like the real prop has! (BTW these resistors would not be suitable for a real replica!).
The resistors were actually fun to model as I built them the same size as the hilt then scaled them down to their proper size but all the colour banding is correct. And I even added the red wires and a SCOMP DATA TERMINAL CONNECTION SOCKET (I just built that for fun, it doesn't work but looks good on my wall!)

Well I hope you enjoyed this recycled saber of sorts, I have another made from an X-Wing Fighter to show you soon.
Thanks again for looking in on this design and all your support,  it's much appreciated.

Good stuff as always For. This is my personal favorite so far though. Very creative. Looks like it would make a great spinning saber too. +1

[For Tyeth]

Good stuff as always For. This is my personal favorite so far though. Very creative. Looks like it would make a great spinning saber too. +1

Thanks Darth Silenoz! The spinning characteristics of this hilt might be a little hindered by the resistors, but probably not much! The crazy thing about this design is that I have watched the OT for nearly forty years and it was only a month or two back I realised how much like a saber the SCOMP arm was!

You won't believe how the X-Wing hilt turned out and how little I modified the part that inspired it. 

point incoming.