Custom Lightsabers on a budget (Speed-Build)

Hi gang,

I just wanted to share with you a little project that kept me busy for the last 2 days:

Two lightsabers for a parade. My wife is sewing two Jedi-costumes and left me in charge to build the weapons that will go with the outfits. After some brainstorming on how to approach this, I remembered a certain $-store-contest for lightsabers a few years back here at the RPF. That seemed like a good way to start since I wanted to keep this on a low budget anyway :lol

So I hit the store and bought some rubbish:



I used the following parts for the hilts:

A plastic-tube used to shoot water
Two funnels
Two snap-in valves for a garden hose
A wiper
Two bottletops
A hairbrush

plus: some screws, hot glue, bondo, a cardboard roll and spray colors

Below are some pics of the building process. When I bought the items I had no idea how I wanted to combine them. It was a bit try and error but I soon found a design I liked:













And this is what the hilts look like now:



Thanks for watching!