"Now here is the question from a newbie. Since some of the JB and SPFX stuff originates from the GH Vader parts. And you say that GH was recast, what do we call JB and SPFX? Recasters, armorers, artists (since they have made modifications to said parts)? "
The way I see it is this.
If you take someone elses' helmet, prop, etc... make modifications to it and then offer a run of them for sale, you need to get permission from the originator of that item before doing so. If you don't know who the originator is, then you can't do it either.
"Also with TM even if the faceplate is a recast, you still got to give the guy a ton of credit for scratch building a set of stormtrooper armor thats incredibly accurate."
Since you asked...
I did give him a ton of credit until the day his faceplate mysteriously resembled a cast from original that had modifications done to it. Appearantly, his initial scratch sculpt wasn't going to be accurate enough to cut the mustard, which is why I believe he abandoned it.
Nothing else on his helmet or armor is anywhere near as close to a cast form original piece as the faceplate. Which just happens to be the most complex piece of the entire suit.
You mean to tell me that he nailed the complex faceplate sculpt but couldnt' get the more simplistic simple shaped armor pieces correct?
Gimme a break.
Sculpting/modifying onto a recast does not make it an original sculpt from scratch which is what he claims. It's become a "from a certain point of view" line of thinking that I just don't agree with as I find it very misleading.
I know I'm not the only one who thinks this, it's just that no one else has the courage to speak out about it.
A lot of people don't want to accept this because they don't want it to be true. A lot of people either have or hope to have his items. It's no different than the situation with GH or Matt. They don't want to condemn the person who is responsible for getting them their items. There's no honor in that.
As far as the armor goes...
There are nuances in the armor that simply cannot be replicated in a scratch built sculpt. Also, a scratch built sculpt can never be more accurate than armor with lineage to the originals. Regardless of the superficial detaling.
Simply the fact that the armor was sculpted from scratch, it could never truly be considered screen accurate.