kalkamel
Master Member
I've been wanting an aluminum spun Cap shield for years. When TFA came out, I bought a Disguise shield, tried to improve on it, but after that gave up because I just didn't like how flimsy it was. I then got one of the pre-painted (comic style) Cattoys ABS plastic shield and thanks to tutorials by Fly4v and greymatter, I was able to make it look (almost) movie accurate. But I still wanted an aluminum shield.
I was weighing the option of buying a blank shield and brackets set, but plus shipping to my neck of the woods, that would set me back almost $600. And I still needed Duplicolor Metalcast paints which are not available locally.
So I bit the bullet and got myself the Cattoys Aluminum shield. Prior to purchasing, I couldn't find any reviews of it here. There were a couple of videos on Youtube and it did look good. So I scoured through Ebay and Aliexpress and amidst a multitude of China based sellers, I found one that had not only good feedback and pictures, but also put up a more reasonable price compared to the others (some of them quoted almost $200 for shipping by regular parcel post, the guy I got it from quoted DHL shipping for $75).
It arrived within 4 days and the packing box had a good heft. The shield came in a nice wooden crate stamped with the SHIELD logo.
Inside the crate, the shield is nicely padded with foam. A+ for packaging. One Youtube video showed the crate slightly damaged in transit, but luckily mine arrived intact.
The shield itself. And it is BEAUTIFUL.
Here's a close-up to show the spun texture. The star is CNC machined onto the shield, albeit slightly raised. The engraved lines on the star are nice and sharp.
The back of the shield is equally nice. The brackets and leathers are well attached. It should be noted that the brackets are symmetrical, unlike the movie shield.
Close-up of the handles.
Here's a comparison between the aluminum shield and the Cattoys ABS shield. The ABS shield came with comic book red and white stripes. I added the spun textures to the whites, engraved the lines onto the star and painted them chrome. The blue and red were untouched.
Here's a look at the backs. For the ABS shield, I added brackets out of styrene and handles out of cheap pleather belts. I also painted the back chrome.
Overall, I'm pretty happy with the Cattoys aluminum shield. The only downside to me is that it (as well as the ABS shield) is a bit undersized compared to the movie shield, but that doesn't take away from the fact that it is very well made. If you're looking for a nice shield to display straight out of the box and not looking to splurge on an EFX, a King Arts or a Lager Toys shield, then this is the option for you.
I was weighing the option of buying a blank shield and brackets set, but plus shipping to my neck of the woods, that would set me back almost $600. And I still needed Duplicolor Metalcast paints which are not available locally.
So I bit the bullet and got myself the Cattoys Aluminum shield. Prior to purchasing, I couldn't find any reviews of it here. There were a couple of videos on Youtube and it did look good. So I scoured through Ebay and Aliexpress and amidst a multitude of China based sellers, I found one that had not only good feedback and pictures, but also put up a more reasonable price compared to the others (some of them quoted almost $200 for shipping by regular parcel post, the guy I got it from quoted DHL shipping for $75).
It arrived within 4 days and the packing box had a good heft. The shield came in a nice wooden crate stamped with the SHIELD logo.
Inside the crate, the shield is nicely padded with foam. A+ for packaging. One Youtube video showed the crate slightly damaged in transit, but luckily mine arrived intact.
The shield itself. And it is BEAUTIFUL.
Here's a close-up to show the spun texture. The star is CNC machined onto the shield, albeit slightly raised. The engraved lines on the star are nice and sharp.
The back of the shield is equally nice. The brackets and leathers are well attached. It should be noted that the brackets are symmetrical, unlike the movie shield.
Close-up of the handles.
Here's a comparison between the aluminum shield and the Cattoys ABS shield. The ABS shield came with comic book red and white stripes. I added the spun textures to the whites, engraved the lines onto the star and painted them chrome. The blue and red were untouched.
Here's a look at the backs. For the ABS shield, I added brackets out of styrene and handles out of cheap pleather belts. I also painted the back chrome.
Overall, I'm pretty happy with the Cattoys aluminum shield. The only downside to me is that it (as well as the ABS shield) is a bit undersized compared to the movie shield, but that doesn't take away from the fact that it is very well made. If you're looking for a nice shield to display straight out of the box and not looking to splurge on an EFX, a King Arts or a Lager Toys shield, then this is the option for you.
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