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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 www.viewpoint.com
Full model [link]
Part Exploded [link]
Fully exploded [link]

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

Here are two additional images which might help fellow artists:
[link]
[link]


Jonathan

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~ECH-ZTX Apr 29, 2011
God. I severely need to try this.
So freakin' amazing. :iconfinallyplz:
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~mse4303 Apr 6, 2011
impressive.

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~J4ckFrost Apr 6, 2011
amazing!
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~thelordofwars Mar 28, 2011
How much would it cost :D I love this weapon! :D
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Mood: Wow! ~inuzuma Mar 10, 2011
wow how much would it cost to buy one of these from you?

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sharingan!!!!! ?.............oh screw it
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~eaodon7747 Feb 23, 2011
how much is this on sale for?
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~ciara2cool Jan 7, 2011
You are amazing. Truly amazing. This is the absolute best hand-made cosplay sword I've ever seen. I mean, for god's sake it GLOWS! You built the whole thing from scratch, you put it together, and you have IMPECABLE detail skill! I absolutely love this. Love it more than any other cosplay object I've seen in my 14 years of life. I am so glad I was poking around google for pictures of this... *girlish sigh* Best sword ever...

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~Awaken-Benihime Jan 28, 2011
Thank you very much :D

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Projects Complete:
Iron Man Helmet
Links Master Sword
Benihime Shikai
Seele Schneider
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~ciara2cool Jan 30, 2011
Oh no no no no, thank YOU for posting pictures and such of this :iconchuuplz:

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~Zokushou Dec 16, 2010
I like yours more than I like mine. =P
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