DIY Star Wars Flashlight

Today we are building a Star Wars Flashlight by altering an LED Lamp. This super simple project can be done with a minimal amount of tools and only a handful of materials.
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[@thesovarian4464]

You have become a major inspiration to me. I found your channel a couple of days ago, and I love what I hsve seen. Every video is full of creativity, and I just want to thank you. (I have been working on an astromech, as well as now a moisture vaporator in my garage. Of course, the MV isn't a margerita maker due to my age of 14...) Continue your hard work!

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

Hey there! Thank you so much for the incredibly kind words. My entire goal is to have this kind of impact and inspire people to get out there and build great things. I would love to see your projects! You can share them on any of our social media platforms, (links in the description, just tag us) or put a link here in the comments so we can all see them. Thank you again for the support and being part of our community. Keep building!

[@Weirdflex_Fett]

Most underrated channel ever.

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

Maybe, but the best viewers in the Galaxy! Thank you for stopping by to watch!

[@ROCCOTHEGREAT]

agreed

[@bedshitter6946]

Honestly. This channel should be BIG. Very underrated.

[@ROCCOTHEGREAT]

@@bedshitter6946 totally! it will pop soon, just got a feeling

[@unfated1]

I grabbed a 2 pack of these from amazon before I even finished watching the video. Great idea!! Great paint job!!!

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

Jason York HA!!!! That’s awesome, Love it and can’t wait to see what you do with it. Please post the finished project so we can all see. Thanks for watching and the compliment👍

[@MichaelAivaliotis]

That trick for the weathering is smart!

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

Thank you Michael, and thanks for watching! picked that one up from some builders on the RPF www.therpf.com/ and Bill Doran with Punished Props Academy kzbin.info/door/27YZdcPTZM24PgjztxanEQ . Both are awesome places to hang out.

[@ThroneOfGraceMinistry]

In case anyone was wondering, the lettering says Kyber, in Aurebesh. Although the lettering seems to be facing in reverse.

[@FeynmanFan]

Awesome, quick build. This flashlight needs to end up as a prize in some future contest...

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

Thank you! That’s a great idea!

[@CountryFamily]

Brian, that is awesome. I've been sharing your stuff because it is so cool and fun to watch!

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

Hey There! Thank you so very much. I can't tell you how much we appreciate that. So glad you enjoy it as well!

[@VanOaksProps]

Great idea! I got one of these for Christmas this year too and now I know what to do with it.

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

Absolutely!! I would love to see that for sure when you finish it.

[@RomeoJN]

My kids and I are totally trying that this weekend!

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

Awesome!!!!

[@3066red]

Brian you have gotten me so inspired. The other day I was sitting in my shop at work after watching this video, and looking at my ryobi radio with the one+ on the front and thought of rouge one and what a great paint scheme would look good on it anyway I will be doing mine but you wanted ideas and I hope you do one because I would love to see your magic. Thanks John

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

Thank you very much for the kind words, so thrilled to hear you are inspired to build!

[@AndyGreenWildlife]

Awesome mate. Like how nice and simple this one is 👌🏼

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

Andy Green Thank you! Sometimes you just need an easy project that can be done in a day.

[@ronaldcasallas4292]

Great simple build... amazing!!!

[@idiotluggage]

That is a great idea.

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

Thank you very much. I thought it would be a quick fun project.

[@shadojet3868]

The text say KYBER light. Great video. Your channel is my new favorite. Awesome!!!!!

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

Yes indeed! And thank you very much for watching, we are so glad to hear you are enjoying it!

[@artdearcos]

awesome transformation....

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

Thank you very much!

[@NorMandalArms]

Your work is awesome. I'm working on my mandalorian armor and using some of the techniques for paint you used in this video. Thanks for the tips.

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

Thank you! That’s so awesome to hear you are making a Mando! Best of luck to you!

[@craiggehlert]

super smart, im totaly doing this this week.

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

Great! We can't wait to see how it turns out!

[@DELAMILERA1]

Great project. Your work has inspired me to go beyond just collecting, and start making my own stuff. Thank you for that. Question, do you know the brand of light you used? The body is different than what is standard now. Your model would make a great variant.

[@johntheo4729]

Great job.

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

Thank you!

[@SWMonkeyRaffSW]

I love this project, thank I gonna make one too. Btw the text on the glass says "Light" and on the body "kyber" BUT it is mirrored just to let you know. But it looks awesome anyway.

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

Thanks, yeah, we totally got that backwards 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@calebb2134]

Had this plying during my morning commute to work. Just learned aurebesh a week ago. Don’t translate and drive kids. No accidents, I WAITED TILL I WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT haha

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

LOL

[@sandragon2714]

Great job! Will make one this weekend. Can you please put a link or name of the lamp. Also it would be helpful if you put what color paint you used. Thank you for your ideas. And your channel.

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

Hi Sandy! Thank you very much for watching, so glad you liked it and please share your build when you are done. You can tag us on Instagram, our Facebook page, or on twitter. I also added links to the Lamp and the paint I used for the project. Sorry I missed that on this one. Let me know if you have questions!

[@DELAMILERA1]

Love your work Brian. Pure genius. Question. Did you put on a clear coat to protect the paint or do you think it’s really necessary? I’m making one and will be using some water mixable oil based paint to dirty it up a bit. Sadly the last time I made one of these, I used Rustoleum clear coat, same brand and formula as all the paints involved, and the darn paint wrinkled. Just wanted to get your opinion or if their is another technique I could use to dirty this up a bit. Thank you.

[@TheVas76]

Looks great!! What sized hex bolts did you use?

[@petrifiedlamp1576]

The lamp you based this off was just featured in Andor episode two

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

Yes . . . Yes it was 😉

[@hectoralvarez2161]

Hey Brian, I purchased the two pack from the link you provided but I think it’s a different lamp. I’m still going through with the project but your model light looks better. Also I feel the ones from the link are a bit smaller?

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

Yeah, sorry about that. A year or two ago they changed the design and now they are much smaller than the one I have. Which is a bummer. Still cool, but I like the larger size.

[@hectoralvarez2161]

@@TheSmugglersRoom finished mine up yesterday. I think it came it ok though it’s missing the aurebesh , also it probably saw a little more action than yours.

[@jorquesgalaxy]

For anyone curious, the Aurebesh on the outside reads "Kyber" and the text on the inside reads "Light" 😆😄

[@jackmidd8980]

I am sorry I haven't commented for a while as I have being fighting flu I am feeling better now great job by the way 😀😀

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

Hi Jack, sorry to hear you are under the weather. Glad you are feeling better. Thank you for stopping by!

[@jackmidd8980]

@@TheSmugglersRoom great to back 😀

[@Rasordiver]

Hello Bryan, how did you make those starwars font letters in silver color? I know that water transfer paper I often use but I thik, that you use a different way to create those silver letters.

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

We used our Cricut maker to basically cut stickers for the letters.

[@craiggehlert]

question. when painting this. in the video it looks like you let it assembled. Did you just touch up the inner rims with a brush?

[@RainMakeR_Workshop]

I'm sure it was just a skit. But I think the water cooler droid would be cool.

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

It was a skit my friend . . . but that doesn't mean we wont do it 😉

[@blizatrex]

Pretty rad. I found it hilarious you had Star Wars ( I won't call it a new hope) as the appropriate movie to watch vs rogue one. Why are the K and R reversed for kyber?

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

Wayne Bakken I was totally a fan of Rogue One, but it has to be Star Wars or Empire to set the tone for me. What did you mean about K & R reversed? I think I’m missing something.

[@blizatrex]

​@@TheSmugglersRoom All of the Aurebesh I can find have the k and r facing the other direction.

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

Wayne Bakken oh yeah! Totally. My guess is that they aren’t actually a K or an R? Who knows. When you find out please Let me know! LOL

[@shadojet3868]

Hi. In the Aurebesh alphabet, the symbols facing one way shows lower case letters, and facing the other way shows capital letters. The text that spells out KYBER, if you look closely, they all look backward because they are all capital letters. Just FYI.

[@billyank1864]

Isnt there a close up image of Rey and her staff showing a phillips head screw?

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

Yes there is!!!! LOL

[@thefwaynes]

what size are the hex screws?

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

that_one_terrestrial I will have to measure for you, I just used a few that I had at the time, but I’ll get back to you with the size.

[@joshhalkay]

Your link for the lamp doesn’t work anymore. And I saw these at Downtown Disney in the new Star Wars shop they added

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

Sorry, we’ll have to fix the lamp link. Very cool that they are out at Disney now.

[@MadcowGenesis]

I hate when someone has better ideas than me!

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

LOL, thanks Rob! Appreciate you stopping by!

[@deathtrooper7104]

If you tinted the glass it could be one of those thermal units that they use as artificial camp fire

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

Now that is a GREAT idea! Thank you!!!

[@Riku_DarkWielder]

Aren't there philips heads on Rey's staff?

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

apparently there is.

[@RexExLiberi]

There's a phillips head screw on rey's staff, you can see it on her poster for TFA.. but I'd prefer it weren't there

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

HA!!! I didnt know that, awesome stuff. I try the best I can not to use them in our props if I can help it.

[@mjsimunovich013]

I’m sure if you were able to you’d have found a way to make the LED look like a kyber crystal.

[@TheLazyMadman]

It could just be the video being flipped, but it seems the Aurebesh is backwards?

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

The Lazy Madman you know, I think the image is flipped, not sure why, but good catch! 🤣🤣

[@NorMandalArms]

Just found a cheap lamp and I'm going to build this as a night light for my 3 year old.

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

Sweet! That’s awesome!!!

[@JayMarsman]

There actually are philip heads in the star wars universe. Check out Rey's staff

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

Yeah! 🤣🤣🤣. That was a a good call out.

[@JayMarsman]

@@TheSmugglersRoom Thx! Stumbled upon your channel a few days ago. Watching all the videos... great stuff and inspiring to build more props.

[@cernstormrunner7263]

Oot I know what I'm picking up at Big Lots now

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

YES! Go do it!

[@christopher9291]

2:52 yeeeah, there is some, in rey staff, in Luke's and vader lightsaber

[@iblackfeathers]

looks like the amazon seller of the led lamp switched the product listing to analog wrist watches. i hate it when sellers do that since it means that the links can change without notice and result in fake positive reviews at first glance.

[@ShelbyGT2112]

KYBER

[@neilhardy4281]

How does your wife make and apply the stickers ? 😁

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

We actually use our Cricut maker machine. We have a short episode on that right here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnSWmmV9hLCChbM

[@neilhardy4281]

Thank you 😁

[@charlesbutler4755]

lol....i think she'd got her letters backwards , kyber

[@JonMadsen70]

:)

[@dfcprops3849]

But I've always wanted to be called a scruffy looking nerf herder... :( don't ask me why. :) I'm just being weird. Love the fact that you said you need the movie playing in the background to set the tone. lol

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

Prop Rocks done! For this day forward you are the “Scruffy Looking Nerfherder”. And in our shop, it’s movies movies movies. That’s our style! Thanks for swinging by!

[@dfcprops3849]

@@TheSmugglersRoom awesome! I look forward to being called a "Scruffy looking nerfherder" lol :)

[@GarlandLym]

Darn, they are all sold out

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

Crud, are they coming back soon?

[@GarlandLym]

@@TheSmugglersRoom Brian, I just checked Amazon, it states "Currently unavailable. We don't know when or if this item will be back in stock" So I looked around for variants that had the same feel and look as yours. Here is what I found, so you may be able to update your references for people who wanted to follow your project in person (making our own variants) like I am trying to do. www.amazon.com/Vont-Camping-Lantern-Portable-Addition/dp/B018L2WM86/ref=pd_sbs_469_3/140-4970314-4897904?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B018L2WM86&pd_rd_r=f4f1d69b-0468-4e42-8428-dfbe0066e194&pd_rd_w=A5vVj&pd_rd_wg=vYx39&pf_rd_p=7cd8f929-4345-4bf2-a554-7d7588b3dd5f&pf_rd_r=04SSF3WPZBDRQ9C645Q0&psc=1&refRID=04SSF3WPZBDRQ9C645Q0 www.amazon.com/LED-Camping-Lantern-Lights-Collapsible/dp/B06XT55GS9/ref=pd_sbs_469_4/140-4970314-4897904?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B06XT55GS9&pd_rd_r=f4f1d69b-0468-4e42-8428-dfbe0066e194&pd_rd_w=A5vVj&pd_rd_wg=vYx39&pf_rd_p=7cd8f929-4345-4bf2-a554-7d7588b3dd5f&pf_rd_r=04SSF3WPZBDRQ9C645Q0&psc=1&refRID=04SSF3WPZBDRQ9C645Q0 I will post the pics on your facebook post area, so people can see what they look like. Sorry the links above are large an scattered. They kept posting that way

[@joshuatrujillo1888]

R2DFAN LOL!

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

Right?!?!? Thanks Bro!