Neat! I don't see that transparent shield protecting against much more than pasta sauce, though. But hey, that's Science Fiction for ya' Newc

I would have you know that that particular shield is made from a valency-bonded boron-plasteel composite and is capable of stopping and dispersing the kinetic impact of a 300 mm orbital kinetic cannon! deep breath So there:) Although, there is one slight drawback. The damn things transparent, so a pocket-sized laser pistol will go right through and cut you into ribbons... But hey, that's science-fiction for ya:) Regards Ronin

Hehe, almost forgot something. Neat sword! Hmm, could you make it taper to a thinner point perhaps? That's what the ones in the movies do anyways... Regards Ronin

heya; good job, del! and if her sunglasses were made of the same stuff as the shield, her eyes would be protected from laser blasts and explosions, but the uv rays would still give her crows feet. :)

Hmm...and I thought the specs on my CG-RG were out of this realm! hahaha..nice shield, nice outfit, nice light (saber) sword. I think tapering it to a point would not be right in this case since it's like a lightsaber. They generally don't need a point since they cut through just about anything. As for that shield stopping a cannon...it may be so if it was anchored to the arm of a mech the size of St. Louis, but on her arm it would be like saying the poser baby holding over it's head a steel plate could stop a bowling ball dropped from the 3rd floor of a building. I still think the concept is very cool though...did you create the parts in poser or bryce? PAN~

Hey, Pan, remember I did say "stopping and dispersing" the impact from the orbital cannon. That means that the impact is converted from kinetic energy to light, which results in a blinding flash of light brighter than the sun. That's the reason she's wearing the glasses:) Oh, and the light sabers in Star Wars actually do taper to a point, although not a completely pointy point if you know what I mean:) Aww, what the heck, watch one of the movies again and take good long look at the sabers. You'll see what I mean. Regards Ronin

Technically, any plasma projectile (such as a laser cannon or pistol blast) would hit the transparent shield and either be refracted and dispersed through the shield or, if equipped with an electromagnetic plasma collection system, would absorb the energy and transfer it to the soldier's weapon systems. But if the shield were concave with the point facing the bearer, then the blast would be focused to that point and the bearer would be toast. Newc (slaving away in the infinitely rewarding field of Top Secret Government Science Fiction and Propaganda)

Sometime you people just kill yourselves, uh, I mean me. LOL Pan, you crack me up, dang it where's the superglue? milk is coming out of my nose, wait, that's not milk!

Milk? ewww...you should be on Guiness with that guy who squirts milk outta his eye...eewwww.... Anyhow allow me to understand this... You say that this shield can stop the kinetic impact of a kinetic orbital cannon? Hmm..so this cannon is in space and it's shooting kinetic energy? In laymans terms it's just transfering force from nowhere and shooting it to human sized targets on earth? on the moon? Hmm...and wait..this shield will stop such an impact? So...if it stops kinetic energy...what's to say she won't get knocked on her buttocks from a regular cannon? or for that matter it takes the impact and disperses it...to where? to light? how did it disperse this force into light? and who is it blinding...the enemy? this orbital cannon in space? Will it go out of control and kinetically blast it's own makers because it was blind? How about if the shield holder is feeble...recovering from a long bout of the flu? Will this shield provide them the the necessary medications? Come on now..inquiring minds NEED to know these details my friend...inform us! PAN~ a bit silly today ain't I? hehehe

Good lord Pan, where did they find you? I didn't imply anything about the shield, that was Ronin. All I did was throw that old shield in the pic for effect but since we are on the subject...I would have to assume that the transparency of the shield actually negates it's functionality, A light sword working on the concept of a limited projection of light in a given spectrum that would allow the weilder to slice through say, flesh and bone, would also be able to pass through any transparent object. If indeed the shield where to actually work at all it would have to be black and would, during the course of, take for instance a fencing match, heat the sheild to a high enough degree to melt it, not to mention the arm of the person crazy enough to think that a transparent shield provides protection from light rays. My best guess is that in addition to having the shield for purely cosmetic purposes our heroin has also coated herself with an ampel amount of spf 15 sun block. Do you smell coconut? 8')

As for the Orbiting Kinetic cannon, I can only theroize that if for some unknown reason anyone paranoid enough to use such a large and powerful weapon to take out one person armed only with a light sword wouldn't be in any mental state to actually aim at a man size target from space. And afterwards wouldn't know if they hit their target due to the large debri eruption in the target area, that would not only block the aiming and target aquisition of said cannon but would alter the global ecosystem thus, most likely, cause the not so untimely demise of the afore mentioned paranoid individual. But I could be wrong. Now where did you say you lived? And, could I get that in latitude and longitude?

55 degrees north...45 degrees east...Lati...HEY! PAN~ :)

Wait, wait What if the shield is actually a really really intense magnetic field? If it was strong enough that would stop almost anything, & it wouldn't push her over! WOO! only one teeny tiny problem....that sort of energy would need her to have a personal nuclear generator...which would probably farther dissuade anyone from shooting anything remotely explosive at her. It would also probably leave her sterile. On the plus, any of those starwars battle droids going near here would have their circutry fried from the magnetismismwhatever SewerRat (did I learn nothing during physics except how to build a magnetic shield)

no no no no no! when you stick your light sword through the transparent shield, the difference in refraction bends the blade so it turns into a harmless pretty rainbow! (the munchkins especially like this effect!)

Actually the refraction effect sends hundreds of shards of lazer light tearing in every direction cutting through all that it comes in contact with. Since light travels at such a fast speed shards would be impossible to avoid without the aid of some bionic implants to move swiftly out of harms way. That or a mirror coated armor that could reflect the rays off harmlessly. PAN~ Where have all the good munchkins gone?

Actually the refraction effect sends hundreds of shards of lazer light tearing in every direction cutting through all that it comes in contact with. Since light travels at such a fast speed shards would be impossible to avoid without the aid of some bionic implants to move swiftly out of harms way. That or a mirror coated armor that could reflect the rays off harmlessly. PAN~ Where have all the good munchkins gone?

but even the bionic implants need to see the light, and that only happens when it's too late don't forget all the light is still attached to the sword, so when it gets split into hundreds of shards, it just ends up making the light sword look like a brightly lit christmas tree... SewerRat

Hmm, one must have to wonder the mental state of the original LIGHT SWORD creator when designing the concept into a working model! Had he now idea of the danger this new weapon carried with it!? Ok so let's say it ends up looking like an xmas tree...say it does. I'd say the enemy would never see it coming then! Toss on a few xmas bulbs, a bit o' the ol' xmas cheer and WHAM! it's egg nog out da nose for the baddie as he will think it was merely an xmas tree coming at him at light speed! I don't know about you all, but xmas will NEVA be the same for me again...hehehe PAN~