Your Comlink

I couldn't find a thread for people to show off their jedi comlinks, so I decided to make one myself.

Here's my jedi comlink I completed earlier this summer. It's made from mostly found parts from my garage, washers, and these little greeblies that I think you put on shirts (I also used these on my custom lightsaber).

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The little thingy sticking out the bottom was intended to hook up to another piece (that I haven't made yet), sorta like what Qui-gon used in TPM to test Ani's blood for midichlorians.

Questions and comments are welcome. Also please feel free to post pics of your comlinks.

 

That's looking pretty sweet there. I'd think that was an actual prop... Nice job!

 

Very cool!

 

Looks a tad on the busy side, to me, but it's still cool. I think I'll keep mine more simple, when I finally get around to doing one. I've been getting inspired by people showing their's off over at The Jedi Assembly site.

I have one of the coveted hard Gillette razors that I bought, and used, back in the late 80s, early 90s, I'm not exactly sure when.

I don't really know if it's coveted, but I like to think so, since they are more rare and you can't get them anymore.

I was just noticing that the wavy pattern on the grip area is a little different than the ones with the rubber grips.

And I had forgotten that the middle part was transluscent. It's a sparkly, glittery pinkish-red color.

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When I replaced my windshield wipers recently with universal kits, I looked at some unneeded pins in the kits and immediately thought, "these would make some great 'antenna' for my Jedi Comlink!"

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I'm going to cut off the bottom "protrusions" for easier insertion into the razor body.

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Now I need a few more greeblies and some paint. I'm thinking of a black and gold scheme for that.

(I need to clean off the old soap scum before I paint it.

I never thought about using something meant for shirts or things like that. More good ideas!

 

Thanks for the comments.

Never underestimate the use of a good greebly. I've found tons of candidates in my garage because my dad is an electrical engineer. I could probably make a lot more cool looking comlinks from them.

As for it looking kinda busy...I wanted it to look like it had a lot of buttons since its basically a futuristic phone. Even though I'm sure in the future everything will be voice activated, I'd imagine phones/comlinks would include more applications. Today, phones can play games, access the internet, instant message, and all sorts of other things. So I was trying to incorperate a communicator, a blood tester, and other uses into my custom comlink.

 

Very cool indeed! Now I need to do one or two!

 

So, no one else has a comlink they want to showcase? Old or new, it doesn't matter.

 

I'm still saving my old razor handles, but haven't gotten a chance to start working on the comlink yet.

Love seeing the photos of others though! It'll definitely come in handy when I want to try to make my own.

~Doc_Bev