TOPIC: Sith Badaxx GCS|Story so far. Pt IV

when you don’t wanna settle for just a Goodaxx, what you really want, is to take home a Badaxx.

Sith Badaxx Weathered RRW

“The dark side is about survival. It’s about unleashing your inner power.
It glorifies the strength of the individual.”
“Take what makes you weak and turn it into something that makes you strong.”
― Drew Karpyshyn, Darth Bane: Star Wars 3-Book Bundle: Path of Destruction,
Rule of Two, Dynasty of Evil

This was a rewarding journey, well worth the wait for as several false starts occurred from its Creator. I was tempted to just do another ‘leave-this-here and Spam-it Post’ but excitement needed to be vented. What started from an enquiry in early February was then deferred to late March (anticipating the availability of the next run, announced for commencement in April). This then was deferred again until after May 4th which in-turn became later again (as the run was delayed until July) and come July, seeing reports that this anticipated run sold-out within minutes, the next availability wasn’t to occur until 2017. But I persisted. With successful acceptance acknowledged, I was able to obtain the illustrious curved Hilt Saber (well confirm Order process), born from and influenced after Darth Bane in the SW Universe.

Admittedly, I’ve never had a strong fascination with curved Hilts however remained curiously intrigued. With wanting to get one, in my mind, there was only just the one (sort of, two actually)
that would be mine and now it is mine.
This isn’t my first Saber by Rob (Madcow) of Genesis Custom Sabers (GCS), with it having started with Custom Ascend that seemed like so long ago.
Here’s a revisit image with Emitter Shroud Removed.

Applying a treatment to the actual supplied Covertech so this is an experimental guinea pig shown.

Some Specs and Measurements:
Tri Cree LED R/R/W| FoC| Crystal Shardv3.0| SD Card; Included Fonts: Hero, Bespin II, Korriban & early-bird treat Unhinged| Silver AV, Red-lit| Mini tactile Auxiliary| 2w Bass Speaker| Recharge Port (CS already has deep sleep mode)| Light weathered tumbled Finish| Custom Penny Vein Powdercoat| Mandrel Bent* Hilt Body| Complete and Total Awesomeness.

Hilt Length: 295mm
Emitter Depth: 66mm
Upper Diameter (inc. underside block-mount): 49mm
Upper Diameter (inc. switch shroud plate): 36.82mm
Mid Diameter: 34.90mm
Lower Diameter (inc. flared vented Pommel): 42.83mm

Weight: 501 grams

Balance (from Pommel to POI): 160mm
Balance (from Pommel to POI) 32”VV: 285mm

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This little diagram illustrates a simple explanation between to the common press-types of metal tubing. What does this have to do with Sabers and its Hilts? The common denominator is still performance. Granted that the measure of airflow is redundant (mostly) where greater benefits are measured in Car Exhaust Systems, minimally (there’s no scientific accuracy to this) I wanna say that it’s plausible that temperature retention & dispersion can benefit here even though most reports will support
that a Tri Cree LED generates minimal heat.

The primary benefit is solidity, strength and rigidness (without additional loose parts) with an even, consistent outer (& inner) diameter as compared to a press-bent tube.







Don’t need this stuff.

There was a Custom build titled: Sith Relic Badaxx that included more bells & whistles and much higher tiered everything specific to electronics. My Sith Badaxx took influences from it, namely without the etching but with keeping the featured Penny Vein powdercoat. At lesser stats by comparison, it certainly doesn’t lessen the appreciation and effectiveness of the build as it remains consistent and exemplifies the high attention to detail that Rob delivers with his Sabers.

Delicately smooth all over, nothing sharp or prone to exposure of cutting (even on the corners). Well machined and finished.

There’s plenty of comfy room to accommodate a two handed grip but there’s a quality about curved hilts that Force’s you to wield using a different grip that commands more elegance and grace. Unlike gripping a Hilt like you would a hammer (or like batting practice when with two hands), perhaps the nature of curved Hilts is the Gentleman’s Weapon (and I’m no gentle man). En Garde!

It is, truly magnificent.

The textured body finish is extraordinarily remarkable. It’s like a pebble-crete semi-gloss finish similar to the appearance effects of polished concrete. Looking beyond, it’s like the seamless scales of a patterned reptilian. I’m amazed.

The following pic-spam run uses blades: VV standard dual diffused & VV Day: Red, Enhanced Red, Enhanced Amber, Purple, Blue, Green & Photon. Some images were omitted as there was a distinct separation between images and looked like duplicate copies of each other
(noted that some of these will appear that way too).

Thank you if you like what you see. Thank you anyway if you don’t.

Now with the preceding images fresh in your mind, imagine a little more (if you will) the brilliance when responding to the swings, clashes and subtle movements, driven by the wonder of the Font, Unleashed.
The audio isn’t the greatest as it’s recorded from my phone and likely does it no justice as a Font-plug.
If you follow this, venture towards what might sound like a mating ritual of a dark disturbed beast
that is ultimately slain.

Now.. just to get my hands on Ahsoka’s Twin’s from Rebels.
Here’s hoping that SF develop and release Insurgent/Divergent.

Hope you enjoyed the share.