Hey everyone my first tutorial:
http://dittohead.blender.tripod.com/Sabretut/sabre.html
You should know the Blender Basics to complete this tutorial.
The result:
Nice mini-tute!
The force is strong with you…
(Sorry, I couldn’t stop myself!)
Cool pic!
You could probably replace the Laser.jpg texture by a Procedural Blend texture though.
Martin
nope you wouldn’t get the white core.
use colorbands
Martin
with white in the middle. didn’t think of that. 
depends on the style of blade you want. both look great.
Nice tutorial!
I did the tut the way you said but I took the idea theeth said and used colorbands. I fumbled thru it because I have no idea how to use colorbands. I used it with a blend texture. What do you think?
Nice work on the handle and the blade. 
8)
You’ve got the colour band down pretty good.
Thanks, but ask me to repeat my results and I wouldn’t know how without fumbling thru it again. I did save this as a blend. Are there tuts on using the colorbands feature?
i’ll (try) get to work on one today.
colorbands are a great tool when you know how they work. It’s what really makes the procedural texture powerful. (well, that and Stencil)
Martin
yes, i believe i did a colorband minitut. lemme find it…
http://sa_hand.tripod.com/colorband.htm
Hows that?
Thank you very much for the Tut. I get how to use colorbands now. And I was able to replicate my previous results. 
happy to know that it helped 
I tried 4 times yesterday, 3 times today - And all I get is "Sorry, the page or file you’re looking for is not here. "
Am I the only one who can’t view this?
Valarking! you actually havent said anything negative in this post! no sarcastic remarks…just…kindness…are you ill? 
yes, quite ill in the head you see. off i go to the padded room.
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hey how come the site doesn’t work? :’( i wanted to make a light saber! waaaa i even treid once but uhhhh that kinda sucked