since the Prop den has relocated i am unable to log on
i have heard rumblings of a a recasting issue that i would like to clarify and ULTIMATELY CONFIRM AS THE TRUTH
im hoping that someone from the prop den will copy and paste this thread in their forum for all to see
News has come to light of a recast issue regarding the VM02 and i feel it is my duty to put the record straight and tell the truth to the story.
Those that know me well will know that before Graham Campbell died i got involved in helping to build that latter orders of the VM02 helmets and after Grahams sad death we then worked on a produced Grahams other project the VSF Stormtrooper Helmet.
During that period and still today i am very protective of those projects and also very proud of the work we did to carry on Grahams Legacy.
It angers me actually no ......... it sickens me ...to think that some one could recast someone elses work and pass it off as there own.
I had a very lengthy telephone conversation with Gino from the RPF and what a fantastic guy he is, he helped me to undertstand the ethics and bond that USED to exsist in the Prop community a sort of Code of Honour if you will, the bottom line is You just do not Recast another Prop makers work.
(by the way Gino if you read this pics on the way buddy)
Several months ago i was banned from the UKG looking back it seems that every bad element going on at that time was my fault but i still believe to this day wanting to add a change was the major contributing factor the bottom line is, i was seen as a threat to the Hierachy.....
During these times i met and got quite friendly with Rick Herod AKA Snoman, and between the 2 of us we decided to form and build KOTE Knights of the Empire.(another Stawars costuming club uk based)
Very quickly KOTE became very successful and Snoman and i did build quite a rapour and become friends or so i thought.
I moved into my new home and pride of place was my own VM02 which incidently i built myself, one windy day i came home opened my door and a freak gust of wind sent the VM02 from its postion crashing to the floor breaking one of the Tusk areas i was absolutely mortified.
Now previous to this i had travelled one weekend from Birmingham to Manchester to wire in the electrical Mains to Snomans workshop and also connect up his distribution board in the workshop a job i was promised either payment for or a set of his clone armour both of which i have never seen to this day.
During the day id told Snoman what had happened and he offered to repair the tusk area for me, ive seen some of Snomans work and i have to admit he knows his stuff, so in my naivety i trusted some one i thought was my friend
At the next KOTE event i handed over the VM02 and looked forward to getting back a repaired Vader helmet.
For some reason things seem to go belly up and once again i found myself banned from a club i had help create, Snoman became very evasive and arrogant toward me and my imediate concern was for the return of my VM02 after many heated conversations by phone and txt messaging my VMO2 arrived in what i can only describe as a worse state, sure the tusk area had been repaired but the helmet looked different.
The finish seemed very dull, there was bits of silicone all over the inside of the dome and mouth grill and the lenses had clearly been removed and re-fitted.
worse still the top of the face mask where the connection is to the dome is cracked beyond repair, the state of the packaging it came back in was unbelieveable, it had just been dumped in a box with a bit of bubble wrap and that was it
My prized possesion is now worthless.....................
i know my props and i know about building props and my VM02 has been recasted.
what makes this totally laughable if one can see the funny side, is this Joker claims to be an honest straight up guy, a Commanding Officer of a group of costumers in the UK, he has the audacity to ban a member of KOTE from the 99th Garrison on the grounds that he claims his Clone armour has been re-casted, pot calling the kettle black me thinks.
This Guy is the scum of not only the Prop Making Community but also the Costuming community.
i urge all of you to avoid giving him your money and believe in the code of real prop makers
HE IS SELLING THESE HELMETS ON EBAY AND I FEEL PHYSICALLY SICK THAT SOMEONE I TRUSTED COULD HAVE DONE THIS
Recasting is just plain bang out of order
i have heard rumblings of a a recasting issue that i would like to clarify and ULTIMATELY CONFIRM AS THE TRUTH
im hoping that someone from the prop den will copy and paste this thread in their forum for all to see
News has come to light of a recast issue regarding the VM02 and i feel it is my duty to put the record straight and tell the truth to the story.
Those that know me well will know that before Graham Campbell died i got involved in helping to build that latter orders of the VM02 helmets and after Grahams sad death we then worked on a produced Grahams other project the VSF Stormtrooper Helmet.
During that period and still today i am very protective of those projects and also very proud of the work we did to carry on Grahams Legacy.
It angers me actually no ......... it sickens me ...to think that some one could recast someone elses work and pass it off as there own.
I had a very lengthy telephone conversation with Gino from the RPF and what a fantastic guy he is, he helped me to undertstand the ethics and bond that USED to exsist in the Prop community a sort of Code of Honour if you will, the bottom line is You just do not Recast another Prop makers work.
(by the way Gino if you read this pics on the way buddy)
Several months ago i was banned from the UKG looking back it seems that every bad element going on at that time was my fault but i still believe to this day wanting to add a change was the major contributing factor the bottom line is, i was seen as a threat to the Hierachy.....
During these times i met and got quite friendly with Rick Herod AKA Snoman, and between the 2 of us we decided to form and build KOTE Knights of the Empire.(another Stawars costuming club uk based)
Very quickly KOTE became very successful and Snoman and i did build quite a rapour and become friends or so i thought.
I moved into my new home and pride of place was my own VM02 which incidently i built myself, one windy day i came home opened my door and a freak gust of wind sent the VM02 from its postion crashing to the floor breaking one of the Tusk areas i was absolutely mortified.
Now previous to this i had travelled one weekend from Birmingham to Manchester to wire in the electrical Mains to Snomans workshop and also connect up his distribution board in the workshop a job i was promised either payment for or a set of his clone armour both of which i have never seen to this day.
During the day id told Snoman what had happened and he offered to repair the tusk area for me, ive seen some of Snomans work and i have to admit he knows his stuff, so in my naivety i trusted some one i thought was my friend
At the next KOTE event i handed over the VM02 and looked forward to getting back a repaired Vader helmet.
For some reason things seem to go belly up and once again i found myself banned from a club i had help create, Snoman became very evasive and arrogant toward me and my imediate concern was for the return of my VM02 after many heated conversations by phone and txt messaging my VMO2 arrived in what i can only describe as a worse state, sure the tusk area had been repaired but the helmet looked different.
The finish seemed very dull, there was bits of silicone all over the inside of the dome and mouth grill and the lenses had clearly been removed and re-fitted.
worse still the top of the face mask where the connection is to the dome is cracked beyond repair, the state of the packaging it came back in was unbelieveable, it had just been dumped in a box with a bit of bubble wrap and that was it
My prized possesion is now worthless.....................
i know my props and i know about building props and my VM02 has been recasted.
what makes this totally laughable if one can see the funny side, is this Joker claims to be an honest straight up guy, a Commanding Officer of a group of costumers in the UK, he has the audacity to ban a member of KOTE from the 99th Garrison on the grounds that he claims his Clone armour has been re-casted, pot calling the kettle black me thinks.
This Guy is the scum of not only the Prop Making Community but also the Costuming community.
i urge all of you to avoid giving him your money and believe in the code of real prop makers
HE IS SELLING THESE HELMETS ON EBAY AND I FEEL PHYSICALLY SICK THAT SOMEONE I TRUSTED COULD HAVE DONE THIS
Recasting is just plain bang out of order
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