Savi's & Legacy Lightsaber bases

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I really liked the original design, but wanted to customize it a bit so that I could use it for Savi's and legacy sabers. Savi's sabers - The post for the pin was thinned out at the top so that the pin back sticks better. Another base with the ring for the crystal was removed (I don't plan to remove mine). Legacy sabers - I took off the post for the pin and removed the ring for the crystal. For all bases, I made a modular name plate with alignment pins for all the Savi's themes as well as a Luke Sky Walker from Return of the Jedi plate. I also included a blank plate so that anyone can customize for whatever text they want to use. I made these plates to that they could be printed individually and I could change the filament color part of the way through instead of painting the letters. I included the original posts and cups from the original design so that there would be no need to bounce back and forth between the original and my re-mix. I printed the base in silk silver and the cups in post in silk copper. One bit of advice, depending on how tune your printer is the holes, pegs and posts may be snug fits, so a little sanding may be required. In addition, you may find it helpful to print the support posts with a higher infill. I had one break and I was doing 10%, but the others were fine. To be fair, I was putting a little too much force on it. (no pun intended :-)) I have since updated the posts and reduced the diameter, they should now fit snug, but no problems. I also printed them at 100% infill for additional stregth. Another tip for the cups and posts, I used a brim for the posts so they would not fall over and I used supports for the cups only, because I printed them upside down (after some experimentation that gave me a cleaner look). Edit: I switched to a smooth PEI plate and now print the support cups on their sides and it is a MUCH cleaner look and no supports.