#5
It was my first raffle that I entered, and I couldn't sleep the night before they announced the winners because I was so excited. When I saw the results I was ecstatic that I won a 2nd place prize. That brown box we all love arrived and here is what was inside:
![](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4543/38619343921_ca38f35398_z.jpg)
It was Dark Arbiter in Blazing Red with Obsidian V3 sound
![](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4569/37731351475_d70a1cf7f3_z.jpg)
![](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4547/38619430041_15c2fe8c47_z.jpg)
And in case you are interested in seeing what it looks like in different colors, I used my Diamond Azure Menace to simulate:
Consular Green
![](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4710/26695863078_5a3ca3fd87_z.jpg)
Pyrestone Orange
![](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4612/39856761894_7e3bdc2f5f_z.jpg)
Violet Amethyst
![](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4705/26695862718_f2efd0f273_z.jpg)
Arctic Blue
![](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4771/39856760784_400fa0d685_z.jpg)
Banes Heart:
![](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4706/26695862358_a74c0f3d0f_z.jpg)
Being my first Blazing Red saber though, it brought out my darker side:
![](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4719/39672832845_98ae2287c8_z.jpg)
Ultimately I settled on putting a purple dayblade in it:
![](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4655/39857226034_bc43ee6ab7_z.jpg)
Which gave it an awesome outer purple color with a deeper red core:
![](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4606/40567862951_ecbeeba866_z.jpg)
Look closer
![](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4781/39857226504_7b6c5be706_z.jpg)
And closer still
![](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4789/40567863191_437f7557c7_z.jpg)
And then made a crystal blade plug for it:
![](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/803/27078256038_6b486834cd_z.jpg)
And tried it out with some acrylic flat blades:
![](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1885/42813844780_085d587ba2_z.jpg)
![](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7915/31830780737_8959afb41c_z.jpg)
![](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7914/31830781457_810b351ea7_z.jpg)
So these two will always have a special connection as entry and prize:
![](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1812/29030164267_ec8fa1d755_z.jpg)
And of course I had to take advantage of the programmable premium sound to make it sound as evil as possible with a custom Darth Nihilus sound font: