3D Printed Customizable STAR WARS Crossguard Lightsaber

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3D printing is a huge craze these days! It seems like everyone, , except me, is doing 3D printed stuff. For anyone that has an “army of 3D printers” you can now make your own Star Wars: The Force Awakens inspired crossguard lightsaber. I’ve included a video below for you to watch and you can get the instructions on how to make the saber right here. Maybe it’s about the time that I start looking into a 3D printer. It seems like it would really come in handing for making cosplay gear... if I cosplayed. 

All of this comes from the FabShop who says:

On Friday, November 20th, we were part of the 30 million people to keep their breath while watching the trailer for the next Star Wars movie.

As designers, we were surprised to discover a new configuration of the lightsaber revealed in the now epic (and polemic) scene showing an unknown Sith Lord walking in a snowy forest.

As Makers, we couldn’t help but try to find out by ourselves if this “crossguard” design was a good configuration or not... So we decided to build one, with our army of 3D printers.

Of course, the "darkness" of the movie sequence and the lack of details on the weapon itself left a lot of place for imagination and interpretation.

A dozen of 3D printable lightsabers being already available for download on internet, we decided to make one that would be completely customizable. The modular system we invented makes hundreds of configurations possible. From Yoda’s lightsaber to Darth Maul’s.

Maybe someone will buy me a 3D printer for Christmas? 

http://www.instructables.com/id/Customizable-crossguard-lightsaber-from-The-Force-/ On Friday, November 20th, we were part of the 30 million people to keep their breath while watching the trailer for the next Star Wars movie. As designers, we were surprised to discover a new configuration of the lightsaber revealed in the now epic (and polemic) scene showing an unknown Sith Lord walking in a snowy forest. As Makers, we couldn’t help but try to find out by ourselves if this “crossguard” design was a good configuration or not... So we decided to build one, with our army of 3D printers. Of course, the "darkness" of the movie sequence and the lack of details on the weapon itself left a lot of place for imagination and interpretation. A dozen of 3D printable lightsabers being already available for download on internet, we decided to make one that would be completely customizable. The modular system we invented makes hundreds of configurations possible. From Yoda’s lightsaber to Darth Maul’s. Download all the files on our Thingiverse page or Cults (https://cults3d.com/fr/jeu/telescopic-light-saber-lefabshop), or Youmagine. I sincerely hope you'll have as much fun building your own lightsaber than we did.