I Think It Is. The Official Art Seems To Show A Lightsaber In The Back Of The Shield, Which Is In Turn

I think it is. The official art seems to show a lightsaber in the back of the shield, which is in turn powered by kyber. I’m not sure if it officially says that anywhere though. Wookiepedia describes it as a plasma shield, and also describes lightsabers as having a plasma blade so you could assume they’re powered the same way.

Do we know that Silandra's shield is powered by Kyber, same as a lightsaber? I love the notion but my memory is fuzzy

My lightsaber shelf is getting full, however, I do not care. Here’s Bell Zettifar’s lightsaber, made with palm, olive, and sycamore, with a cherry stand.

This was the first thing I’ve used sanding sealer for as the black grain in the palm is very hard and splinters out while turning so it’s difficult to get a smooth finish. I’m not sure if it’s done anything but it’s not splintery so I think it’s okay.

Bell’s lightsaber is much simpler than some others I’ve made. It only took me 3-4 days as it doesn’t have many extra parts that aren’t part of the main turned core part of the hilt, and those that there were were very simple, I didn’t even need the scroll saw.

Made my sister a tool box for Christmas from waste wood and plywood. I could list all the woods I used but that would probably take a while.

This is definitely much bigger than the small boxes I’ve made before, I actually got to use the router to put in the base. I veneered the bottom and the inner sides of the lid to hide the edges of the plywood, in a sort of patchwork pattern to match the rest of the box. I also put a small veneer edge on the top of the lid which is definitely just for effect and not because it didn’t fit together properly.

Wooden Jedi vector, made with cedar, panga panga, redheart, and lacewood, with a cherry stand.

This was quite awkward to figure out because there isn’t one specific way a vector should look. All the official art is very slightly different so I had to figure out the right shapes and proportions for everything so it still looked enough like a vector. It’s not massively symmetrical but the Art of the High Republic book mentions that ship models for Star Wars actually have built in asymmetry to make it look more lifelike, so yeah that’s all definitely intentional I did that on purpose, definitely…

The joints on this could definitely be stronger, it’s literally just held together with glue, but as long as you don’t swoosh it too hard it does hold itself together.

Burry lives! I definitely still need more marker practice but it’s getting better I think, maybe. Also I know he is off centre and no I did not realise until after it was finished but I also can’t be bothered to fix it so… Tales of Light and Life was so good I need more high republic to consume now pls

I finally committed to painting my phase 1 box set.

I had to put Starlight Beacon on there and the Vessel is similarly iconic. I tried to match the background to the cover art as much as possible. My airbrush is officially dead so I used a sponge instead but I think it came out pretty good. I think there’s still something to this I haven’t quite worked out because I still had issues with some of the paint cracking off and I had to go back and fix it but I think it looks okay, just a little faded. The paint’s probably on too thick but I forget how much is already on there.

Honestly, these are some of my favourite books (not that I read much else). I am perhaps a little obsessed.