Gorgeous!!

Yeah, I'm pretty stoked about how this is looking. Just hope the scaling matches what was printed before. It should, but you never know and with my luck I'm pretty pessimistic... so... just slap me if I get too gloomy and panicy.

But man... just look at those prints. I still can't believe this technology exists. 3D laser scanning and printing... WOW... it's like living in a science fiction world come true.

I'm going to try and recreate this with the Prowse head.

Just a little something to soothe the palate until we get this in hand, mold it and thinking how awesome this is:

RotJ to the left and ANH to the right:
, on Flickr

Wow that looks great and sharp.
Not long ago you would be happy to get that in 1:1.
To see this in 1:6 is just awesome.

Wow looks great. Did you use a 3d printer?

I sent the 3D models to a printing company.

We have stopped trying to mold the saber, due to the complexities of molding them with the D-ring attached, so we have decided that for the people who signed up prior to us cancelling the armor kit run will get all new freshly printed sabers instead. Please bear with us while these are being printed and we'll approach all of you again to hear whether you are still interested.

I didn't express an interest in the complete figures, but I would be interested in the mini-helmets individually or a complete set, should you offer them.

We might do helmets separately... we are still debating that.

Currently we are ironing out the details with our producer.

We have no real intention competing with the licensed companies and this piece really isn't for anyone - it's for those who appreciate the wobbly, uneven, dinged up look of the actual props, so if you are not accustomed to how those look, you'll probably not like these and think the casts were warped and damaged.

What I'm most afraid of is recasters though. Yes, we are expensive, but this cost a lot to make, and yes, we have made things complex in order to make it look better with separate parts - I'm looking at you face masks... you evil tiny devil things. We have a few things planned, but if we are recast, then all that will stop, 'cause there's no point in spending so much money, time and effort on this if we are just being ripped off.

Would have been cool, though, if we could have collaborated with a licensed company, but they would probably have tried to idealize things, either by LFL/Disney demand or because they think they are improving things.

Understood. Thanks for considering the helmet option. Perhaps selling them as a set only would deter those with less-than-scrupulous intentions. And I can only imagine the patience and precision required for the face mask details.

outstanding stuff NHM. Lucas/Disney should buy it off you. i get the feeling though they prefer us to keep buying inferior stuff

amazing stuff Carsten!!!

Will hopefully have an update soon.

Won't be long now until everything reaches our new producer and hopefully we'll have an update real soon on how we progress from there.

Sorry I haven't updated in so long. It seems the rest of the stuff was received by our new partner and we are slowly sorting through everything to see what is and what is still needed to be done. Since the new mold maker has a pressure pot it will ensure perfect, flawless castings without pin holes and air pockets, but we have to make sure the molds are geared for that, so it's a slow process of checking everything. It seems some of the smaller parts didn't make the journey, so they will have to be reprinted, but the printing company is busy right now, so it will take a while. However, we may be able to make do with the stuff we have to create perfect production molds and pieces. I think the only think needing to be molded now is the ANH face mask and all the new prints and some of the minor accessory parts that were machined in metal.

And sorry for not keeping in touch personally with all the people showing interest. It just felt difficult to keep writing I had no real updates to report. I'll try and be better in the future.

Cool! I know it's irksome wanting to update a thread but not having anything to report.