Pach Store 「It's a Gundam!」 WF Mecha Saber
0A custom Lightsaber hilt by Pach Store (https://www.thepachstore.com/collections/custom-sabers/products/mecha?variant=40596176044143 ), made in the likeness of a Beam Saber as seen on Mobile Suit Gundam series, specifically the original grandaddy, RX-78-2 Gundam.
Installed with Plecter Lab's Crystal Focus X soundboard (https://www.plecterlabs.com) coupled with Neopixel blade, which allow many customisations including pretty much unlimited selection of soundfonts, blade effects, motion based controls, LED effects, etc... Too much stuff to even describe here!
A Bluetooth module is installed in the hilt as well to allow remote controlling the saber via an app called Crystal FX (https://crystalfocus.net) on my phone. This is how I control the sounds and effects as shown in the video without physically touching the activation/auxiliary button on the hilt itself.
The soundfont used here is called "NewType", a premium soundfont created by Repulse Collectibles (https://repulsecollectibles.com). As of now they are in the process of migrating their soundfont library to their partner, Nexus Saber's website, you can visit their Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/RepulseCollectibles) for updates.
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My Lightsaber hilt actually has an interesting history.
I actually commissioned the installation of this hilt during the latter half of the year 2020, after I acquired the hilt from Pach Store.
Along the year 2021, the Saber Smith slowly acquiring the components and designing the chassis for installation, but during the period his eyesight is deteriorating, even had a surgery just earlier this year.
In the end he failed to complete my commission due to concerns he might botch the installation as his eyesight can no longer handle the stress of minute and detailed soldering, and had to advise me to transfer the project to another, which I did.
Surprisingly, the new smith managed to finish the installation with all the components gathered by the previous smith, in just a single day, and I happily received the hilt in about a week's time after.
Unfortunately, the speaker component provided by the previous smith broke, pretty much tore itself to 2 pieces due to bad aging or sorts. In the end, I had to return the chassis to the new smith and get another speaker to replace the faulty one...