Minor change. I thought the beam emitter was a little too bulky and the design unbalanced. I'm not sure if I like this any better. It looks more balanced, but loses something I think.
Once I finalize the overall design, I'm going to freeze the smooth and go back and add more fiddly details. At that point, I'll probably change the button panel, add some panel seams and maybe be really fruity and etch some characters (in an aproppriate font) into the spaces between the larger seams.
For what its worth, I've played around with making this into a staff saber, and lightsaber-nunchaku (why not, right?
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