Re: Purely QMx Sonic Screwdrivers
CT, (I tried to post on your blog but it won't let me do a copy paste to there and I'm not going to write this all over.... I wish it would let me)
First, I read your blog reply and I don't know what you want me to say. But, be honest... you mentioned me first. Read the thread. I tried to stay out of the entire fight. I made mention of the props that I sa out there were not 100 percent. And, that's accurate. Your prop itself is not 100 percent... correct? So why would you attack me? I didn't baskh your product at first. I never mentioned it. Everything is in the posts. It wasn't until you took my name and placed it on your site. When I saw that, I reacted. Do you blame me? I think everything above is enough said about the who topic. Do I think you have a good replica? Yes.... do I need to say that to gain your trust to remove your career damaging posts on your blog? NO. I'm saying it because its true. However, would I say its accurate to the one I documented at the studio? No it is not. This is a true statemnet and not at all bashing you or your work.
Now, you made mention that I'm pretty much a small person in the industry and a BSer. Well, when you make that statement.... I know you don't know me or my work. And, you are right when saying you didn't know who I was. For several years, I stayed off the grid from being hit by the fans to make them stuff. My last two projects were building Kate Beckinsale's machine pistols for the new Underworld movie and then next film I worked on comes out August 5th... Rise of the Planet of the Apes. I made lab equipment, I made all the serum canisters, and I made the special effects canisters. Now, for a high budget film.... I don't think FOX would let some small time guy build that stuff. Do you think?
SO lets look at some of your questions.
You ask me why I needed Nick. Well, the truth is is that I didn't. I was only going to make the 10th and the 11th... at least that's whay I was under the notion. It wasn't until after being in the UK for a few days that I was informed that they would like me to build all the ones you saw at Comic Con. I had access to the 10th that they had and all 4 11th scredrivers. I had 1 week with all of them. I never saw the other heros nor did I ever claim I did. I asked QMX if I could have Nick make me masters of the others he worked on to exact to wht he did for the show. Since Nick was finishing with Dr. Who, he could work with me on that. Since Nick didn't make the 10th, I made the complicated parts off my CAD I created of the hero from the show. I then gave him the parts to build and paint. He made one completed and one just assembled but painted. He also made the 11th. BUT, the 11th and the 10th sonics were really for me for my collection. That's why he build and or assembled those. I di not need him for those two because I had most of the data. Now, why would I say most? Becasue you are correct by saying you can't take the two screwdrivers completely apart. BUT, you can go pretty far before you hit glue. But, it doesn't take a rocket tech to see both ends of a copper tube and figure out the total length if the guy who built it says it one tube.
You made mention of the laser scanning proicess. Yes, you are correct in saying that there can be issues with reflection of the laser across shinny surfaces. I agree with that statement. You made mention that the studio would not allow me to prep the surface with any medium to min the reflection. You are wrong.... I did and was allowed to do that. So, my scan were rather nice and the parts cleaned up perfectly. Now, as you know, the scans do not give me a model. What the scanner is for is to give me reference material.... point clouds etc. I use Rapidform to reverse engineer. The scans I took were in case I didn't have enough time to get all the dimensions needed using calipers and micrometers. I could alsways fall back on the scans just in case. But, I did have enough time and I ended up with three drawing pads of sketches and dimensions. Did I use the scans? Yes I did to confirm my dimensions. When you create a model from a scan only, you need to figure out what the design intent was if you want to manually change data. Well, if I know what the dimension is and the scan is close.... well its good and no problems. This is how I did every part of the 10th and 11th. It is extremely accurate.
So now you ask about the paint. Well, if you know what it is... then you know the company hasn't made the paint in quite a while. With every passing month the shelf life on that stuff becomes a problem. I don't know what else you want me to say on that.
You ask for a number for me to give to the members here. Why would you do that CT? It's not ethical to do something like that to QMx. I haven't even finished working out numbers for the 10th or 11th because of three films I'm committed to right now. Without seeing what my final cycle time would be on every part of the 10th, I can't just give an arbitrary number to an exact... I can't. What your failed to mention is other factors I'm not included in knowing anything about. That would be packaging, licensing, utilities, workers, shipping, materials..... etc etc. So, I have no clue what the numbers would be for these guys. To be 100 percent honest.... I have no clue what my number would be. And, if I did... I probably wouldn't post it. Not becasue for fear that the members would be upset or pissed or anything..... but because its wrong and not ethical. We have two different economies between your country and mine. So, until I finish my pricing and get the cucle times down.... I just can't answer you on that question. Plus, I never know the number QMx gives. I find out when you find out and the's the GOD's honest truth.
You're now asking me why I'm asking the memebers what they want. Well, to be honest.... I want to build it they way I want so the majority is answered. But, I saw a lot of concerned memebers here and I'm trying to see if there's a happy medium.... some other solution. Just because I said that doesn't mean I can't deliver on my promise to give an exact replica of the hero I saw at the studio. It just means I needed to step back and do something different.... listen to the fans and what they want. That's it... there's nothing else to it and nothing under lying. Whether you believe me or not is not my problem... you're going to believe whatever you want.
Now, you said the reason for the attack is becasue I poked first. CT.... read the posts man..... I did no such thing. Did I tell people to not respond to you or purchase from your site? Yes, I did. But, that was after wht you did to me. You took some of my initial posts and assumed I was talking about you. That's not the case. I was staying neutral and not start anything with anyone. I didn't care what anyone made before me and I still don't. If you ask anyone here that knows me, they will be the first to say that I don't care if someone is making replicas without a license. I think its cool how members try and replicate stuff.... stuff I may have made. However, when they do runs for profit.... I think the studios would beg to differ and I don't want to even suggest I condone un-licensed replicas for profit.
Now.... I tried to answer all your questions without any BS and I did. Again.... I don't know you and I don't care what you make..... I will never bash ones work to promote mine... especially in public just because. I will only promote mine with the confidence that I got it as accurate as I could with what I had to examine. And, I still stand behind that. If I could only get it close..... I would say that. But, and CT.... I'm being honest.... I can get it exact to the one I saw. I have that much data as I'm sure you have. I'm not trying to blow any smoke up your ass to get you to remove all posts from your blog and stop any tweets. I don't have to. I'm being 100 percent with you. I'm asking you to remove the posts and remoce /stop the tweets because its damaging to my career. You have the upper hand and I could never fight with someone I don't even know. It's not fair and there's no contest. Just remove the stuff because its the honorable thing to do.
