At this point in my build I got my Fathers Day gift from my Wife and Daughter....
I got an iWata HP-CS Airbrush and a Master Airbrush TC-40T Compressor! Now I can officially start hitting my gear with paint! (
After some practice first)
Next in the line-up of items that I received was Boba Maker's Chest, Shoulders, Knees, Collar and Back Armor and Helmet!
First the Collar and Back Armor...
Not much to say about these pieces other than WOW! They look really good! Can't wait to start hitting them with paint!
Next up, I have Boba Maker's Helmet...
Such an exquisite bucket.....only......
As you can see there are a couple cracks on it. While disappointing, it is understandable that this stuff happens during shipping. I will say that Boba Maker makes every effort in packing his items very well. All items are heavily bubble wrapped and well padded. But......things do happen and again totally understandable that the shipping is out of EVERYONE'S control. Take for example my Gauntlet box that I received (
Shown Below).....
When I got this one, I totally thought the worst.
I imagine the shipping services played a full game of soccer with this box!
However, after careful inspection, you can see those gauntlets in the above posts arrived to me in immaculate condition! (
Thank you Baby Jesus!) And as stated above after reaching out to Daz, he made every accommodation to make it right, he initially offered to pay to have a local shop that specializes in fiberglass, repair the work. But as stated before I declined that offer and requested a re-cast, which he had NO problem in doing.
Next up are the Shoulders, the Knees and the Chest. As stated earlier I paid Boba Maker to fully finish these as I personally felt that the painting and mixing of the paints seemed a bit difficult and was not super confident in placing the decals.
First the Knees!
Which look great!
Pretty outstanding work done by Boba Maker.....but do you notice something? Here is the 501st's Reference pic.
Yep......missing the colored rings on the Knee Launchers. Not a huge deal as I pulled out my shiny new airbrush and got them painted on very easily, afterwards I hit them with a matte enamel sealer....
Next up is the shoulders....
See the issue here? Hehehe! Boba Maker gave me a set of Hybrid ESB/ROTJ Shoulder Armor!
At the same time as our Helmet discussion I brought this to his attention and needless to say he was a bit embarrassed by it. Saying that after 20 years of doing Boba Stuff he never made that mistake before. I think this guy deserves a round of applause though......he's the only one working in his shop (
Due to COVID-19), and rushing to get orders met on time! But what happens when you rush? Sometimes mistakes are made. We're only human. I told him this was forgivable, and with my helmet I sent back my shoulder, he said he'd get the correct decal on there and have it shipped back.
And lastly my Chest Armor......
A work of art! These came out great I thought! I tossed on my red transparent film on it with a few drops of superglue....
Whew.....this was a long post. But it's coming along! More to follow.
Thanks,
-Iron