lordvader1974[501st] Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 LOL - true enough and apparently on another board he hinted at recasting CAP. It's an interesting point though - does CAP care if people recast him? He has said openly that he doesn't care if someone recasts any of his pulls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootch[TK] Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 (edited) Daetrin said: LOL - true enough and apparently on another board he hinted at recasting CAP. It's an interesting point though - does CAP care if people recast him? Hey buddies I have a really cool NGB, I love it so much that I keep it in my office for my viewing pleasure. I think Smitty's got a good eye for detail, I may just have to start referring to him as "ol Hawkeye". Anyway, regarding the question, CAP doesn't have a prob with being re-cast. He actually encourages it since......... as was stated earlier...........he views it as a "$30.00 piece of plastic" and thus even when shaped into a part, it's still just "$30.00 worth of plastic". 30.00 being a nice round number of course. The idea being if more people knew how dadgummed easy it was to produce plastic armor pieces there'd be a heck of a lot more folks doing it. My opinion of the CAP vs TE and TE2 is (and I own em all) the CAP is superior in overall thickness, sharpness of pull, and quality as his molds are upgraded fairly regularly. Not to slam the other guys who I also happen to enjoy, just making a statement of opinion. Maybe Smitty or one of the other fellas could back me up on that. Back to NGB, The man himself is a friend of mine, his work is pretty cool, so I like it. Also a thick, sharp, quality example of a stormie bucket. Edited February 8, 2021 by gmrhodes13 photos updated gmrhodes13 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootch[TK] Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 (edited) One more look at my prized NGB: Enjoy fellas! Edited February 8, 2021 by gmrhodes13 photos updated gmrhodes13 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 I have owned all 3 as well (CAP, TE2 and TE) CAP and TE2 are clearly winners over the TE. The TE suffered from a weak pull and a large indention in the top of the dome. Its very much a toss up between the TE2 and the CAP in my opinion. I like the thick AND sharp pull of the CAP faceplate and the ear caps are beautiful. But the TE2 bumpy cap-n-back shows much more detail than the CAP and if there is 2 things in this world I'm a sucker for its redheads and an extremely bumpy cap-n-back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synaptyx Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 You could have dismantled them both and mix 'n' matched your favourite parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-4224[501st] Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 (edited) so here are some other NGB pics ---------- i´m not a friend of the whole origin discussions sometimes it´s intresting where the parts came from but most time i´m exited of the product himself i love the way NGB is going to build them they´re not perfect but cool looking helmets he´s no power seller only want to play with plastic and make a cool bucket there are a lot of guys around who would mess up with the biggest balls around but he does not only a guy who want to have some fun so forget the name and have fun with the pics @turrican you should proof your statement my friend ;-P maybe we could talk about it at our next chat session Edited February 8, 2021 by gmrhodes13 link not working, removed gmrhodes13 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootch[TK] Posted May 2, 2009 Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 Nice pix bro! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troopermaster Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 Stefan, MFX used to make his kits from 3mm HIPS. I am not sure what he uses these days as it has been quite some time since I spoke to Guidon. What I do know is that he did not have an original tour suit. The armour he made was recast from either a CO or TE since it had the exact same duplicate parts as well as other tells. As for this NGB, I would guess it is the work of Marcus and if it is, it's a recast of a CAP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turrican Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 Oh Ok Paul ,i think because you know many about other armors and origins of them, i maybe was wrong. I know Guidon ,too and as i remember he told something from a RotJ Tour Suit where he casted parts off. But i had a MfX Armor befor i bought yours and i'm shure that it was made from 3mm high gloss ABS. The armor was made in 2006. Because of the NGB ..he wrote me a mail a few days ago i think he singed with marcus. So maybe you are right there ,too. Paul know's best..lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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