I know it's hard for some people to believe because he's such a 'nice guy', but it is true.
So many people have recast this helmet I'm pretty sure people stopped getting banned for it, so why not just call it for what it is.
It would be like me having someone's raiders idol cast, then showing my version off (which shows only some slight modifications) and then saying, "Oh no, I didn't recast it, I just used it for reference to sculpt my own so I could sell them freely. I'd never sell copies of yours. My sculpting abilities are so good, it's just like I'm a 3-d xerox machine."
Gimme a friggin break.
Well the reason someone would come up with that story is to avoid the whole "recaster" label so they could openly show off and sell their stuff to the forums. And look, it worked.
Adding confusion to the whole situation, he actually did start out sculpting from scratch, but then when his desire for accuracy became greater, and he knew the only way to attain a certain level of accuracy was to use a recast, he abandoned his scratch sculpts.
People remember the super early photos showing his scratch sculpts, which is why they are all so willing to believe what they see now are still his scratch builds which they are not.
At this point, it's clear that recasting trooper helmets is unfortunately no longer considered a ban-able offense and I'm not pushing for any kind of punishment.
I just want everyone to stop fooling themselves with this charade.
Again, if you think it is just me having an axe to grind with Paul, that's not it at all. This is the ONLY axe I have to grind with him and has been from the beginning.
Both Jez and Braks will tell you that this is at the very least a recast faceplate, but I feel very confident it is the whole thing.
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