So....I am going to the eye doc tomorrow to see what is up with my eye. From all the research i have done, all of my symptoms (warped vision, skewed depth perception, blurry vision, dark spot) point to early signs of wet macular degeneration. If it is in fact that, from what i understand, there is no cure for it, it can only be made to not get worse. There is a slight chance, if it is early enough, some vision can be restored, but im not sure if that only pertains to advanced cases of the disease (which causes a blind spot in your central vision). If this is the case, and what has already happened cannot be improved, i will no longer be painting and commissions will be shut down permanently.
For now i am keeping the commission thread open and may take commissions on a one by one basis depending on how this doc visit goes. I will however, no longer be painting helmets at all, as that has become very difficult due to the detail involved and i have a hard time focusing and am straining my left eye. The armor, jetpack, and gauntlets are less detailed in comparison to helmets so i can do those that are all ready here. They are still a bit challenging to do now, but way better than the helmet with such tiny details. Doing more in the future will depend on what can be done, if anything to correct at least some of these vision issues.
I have 2 helmets i need to do, i am going to try and do them as my last 2, but if it becomes too difficult, i will likely have to send them to another painter to get done.
At any rate, vac forming is going to be what DVH will become for the most part. I will likely not be doing any Fett realted items for the foreseeable future, except the rubber chin cups. As most of you know all of my molds have been sold (to Walts trooper factory). I had a set of vac forming molds for the gauntlets but have decided to sell those along as well, so i now dont have any molds for any Fett items. I do still have my masters so in the future i COULD possibly bring Fett back into the fold, but again, for the foreseeable future, Fett will no longer be in the cards.
Next year i should have a few SW items available though such as biker scout armor and helmets, Snowtrooper armor and helmets, Imperial Gunner helmets, Rebel fleet trooper helmets, X-wing helmets, TIE pilot armor and helmets and a few others, as well as some non-SW items.
I thank you all for your support over the years and hope to do business with some of you again if you plan to expand your costume library beyond Fett!