Official Commitment List: Han In Carbonite

I'm in for Front Flat Pours (No sides or boxes) in GUNMETAL to Abbotsford, BC, Canada!

That is a VERY reasonable price! I'm sure it will be a very successful run.

I would like to buy a black one since I would like to eventually do a full build up. Saying that it is easier to paint up the black, what color/s would be needed to finish it up with the side, once those are done up?

Hi,
Hi Already sent PM but Yes definatley put me down for one in black.

Cheers,
Rob

I "is" here

Need to talk to you about other matters we discussed last week anyway, so I'll give you a buz tomorrow and we can talk about the control boxes/panels too. I can do

-Chris

I'm in for a black front only (no sides or boxes)...I'll send u a pm regarding the shipping costs

cheers

Originally Posted by jedi.paramedic

I would like to buy a black one since I would like to eventually do a full build up. Saying that it is easier to paint up the black, what color/s would be needed to finish it up with the side, once those are done up?

The piece is uniformly a grey/black metallic. But it would be impossible to get the 'finish' uniform if you tried to match the box to the cast. Youll need to primer the entire piece, in order to get the proper finish.

The color and finish on the gunmetal is going to be next to impossible to match, and more to the point, paint doesnt stick well to it, because it bonds to the outer layer of the rubber, and creates a surface, for lack of a better way to say it, paint just doesnt like!.

Originally Posted by Stormrider

The piece is uniformly a grey/black metallic. But it would be impossible to get the 'finish' uniform if you tried to match the box to the cast. Youll need to primer the entire piece, in order to get the proper finish.

The color and finish on the gunmetal is going to be next to impossible to match, and more to the point, paint doesnt stick well to it, because it bonds to the outer layer of the rubber, and creates a surface, for lack of a better way to say it, paint just doesnt like!.

So if I get the black will the paint stick to it? I realize I may have to primer the whole thing after it is all together, but I just want to make sure I'll be able to match the sides/boxes with the front when all is said and done.

Yes paint sticks to it. I use pactra paints. However, when you paint it, if you roll it up again it will crack. You need to lay it flat. if you want it extremely hard to the touch, youll want to back it with an expandable foam or other substance. Its very firm in places, and softer in others. It will hold its shape perfectly, but is still about the consistency of a rubber car mat in others (or it wouldnt bend to ship).

Ive been in since the start...and Im still in -no messin
around here. EDIT - Black please PM sent.
Mike

One black, one silver done today. Ill pm tonight, possibly ship tomorrow.

I need to contact FedEx and see how much more it is to canada. Ive never fed'ex'd to canada but the USPS isnt much more, so im hoping fed ex isnt either.

Ill check tonight/tomorrow and get these ready to roll.

PM sent, been in since the start. I've wanted one of these since i was a kid....
Black plus i'd like some side if they're ever made!
THX

If we can work out shipping to Ireland - Yes please!
Front Flat - GUNMETAL please.

Could I be down the list tho - need some time to build up the credit card

Originally Posted by Stormrider

I need to contact FedEx and see how much more it is to canada. Ive never fed'ex'd to canada but the USPS isnt much more, so im hoping fed ex isnt either.

Ill check tonight/tomorrow and get these ready to roll.

Very awesome.

Ok,

Looks like because of the size of this, the postage is gonna suck. But its not as bad as I thought.

So, on a rough guess:

Most of europe: + 40
Most of canada: + 20
Australia: + 60
Austria: (looked up specifically) +40

The box is going to be 36 x 36 x 16 ish. Which most places dont like.

Itms will ship USPS or FedEx

That is a big box!

Shipping companies work to volume and weight which ever makes them most money, and they have a celling on this too.

If it did turn out around that - Id be DELIGHTED mate!!!!

Dave

Im OK with those prices. Thanks for trying so hard to keep the
costs down SR, Its appreciated!
Mike

Yep. Fine with me! I'm still in for sure!

J

Yes, im going to cut them down to 28 x 28 x 12 which fits the smaller shipping. I have 4 pulled, gonna wrap one up tonight, and unwrape it sunday, see how the wrinkles turn out.

Those prices, are with us splitting the difference on shipping. Some will be a litle more, but ill eat the cost, its easier than charging, checking, mailing, re-billing, refunding.

Im going to have to start billing and shipping tomorrow/saturday, as im in this thing about 3k now and would like to get out from under it a bit

Interested. PM sent

Would anyone be interested for about 50-75 more, for me to pour an 'inside the body,face,hands,groin' foam filler piece that would make the piece firm once put in for mounting. I would mold release it so its in parts shipped. But can be lightly glued in, and would make him rock hard. Each one would have to have a custom piece made for it.

You can of course do this yourself, for around $25 with expandable foam from the hardware store, you just ahve to be careful.

It will require some trial and error, and materials, an labor, but ive had a lot of mails asking for it.

Like i said, i want one, black....

And depending on final price, ill take the sides too....

Just one question... how much will be including sides and shipping?

Thanks a lot

Alfredo

You want the boxes for the sides, or are you saying you want a full rubber pull?

Im guessing 200 more for the sides and all, maybe a 100 more total on shipping. I dont however know how it will fold for shipping, so there may be a few creases if we go that way. I can take a piece of scrap rubber, put it in a vice for a day or two, and see what kind of wrinkles i get

This is of course a guess, and usually I guess high and lower it. I think most can attest for that

Originally Posted by Stormrider

Would anyone be interested for about 50-75 more, for me to pour an 'inside the body,face,hands,groin' foam filler piece that would make the piece firm once put in for mounting.

Yep!

This is really nice. Thanks for going through all the trouble to put this together. I am interested in ordering one, but I am basically a very lazy guy and don't have the time I wish I had for a construction project to make an accurate box to contain it. Like Madrid Boba, I am interested in a full pull. If you are able to offer that, please name your price and put me on the list.

Lufo where are you located?

Originally Posted by Stormrider

Lufo where are you located?

Los Angeles, CA.

Ok, a full rubber pull will be nice. Just let me know.

Thanks

Alfredo

Looks like I picked a great week to stumble onto The Dented Helmet!! These look awesome. Please put me in for one full front in gunmetal, and if you decide to go forward with the foam filler pieces I will take those as well.

Thanks for your efforts.

I will try to do the foam fillers this week.

I havent tried the full thing in rubber. It will require you to at the least, build an internal foam structure to hold it up. I know it wont stand on its own.

A sheet big enough to make one should be about 18 bucks at home depot though.

I again, ahvent tried to make a full one out of rubber, but ill give it a shot and see what happens.

Hi,

I would be interested in one of these to Australia if possible

Thanks
Boushhfan

PM on the way!....Very interested and can pay immediately. Thanks a lot!

PM replied to, payment sent!

Payment sent!

The first pm's payments have been received. All 5 of them.

I went to the post office to get official quotes. They are more than I thought, but Ill eat the price on this one because ive already committed to these.

Ill update the upcharges in the next list.

I expect to ship most of these tomorrow.

If you didnt specify your color in the paypal info, make sure you pm me today.

m2

Ok, shipping a couple of these a day for the next 3 days. My car can only hold 2 at a time

I had two of them boxed for 24 hours, and no wrinkling or anythying. I dont see a problem shipping them.

So if you paid, ill send you info for shipping as soon as it leaves.

m2

Awesome! Thanks for the update!

Thanks for adding me to the list... This truly is my holy grail item for my collection, and I pray that the mold lasts! Cheers to you for making an affordable, yet awesome Han in Carbonite available to the masses.

My car only holds 2:/

The two boxes I grabbed were:
Firespray Pilot
MIQT

Those two will ship today, and Ill try to drive my jeep tomorrow, which means I can ship 3/4 more.

Ill keep you all updated.

Boxes are shipped. I have info for you guys. customs number etc. Two more will go out tomorrow. And one or two more friday. Including 22splts.

m2

Wow - that is fast work!

pm sent.

WOW! Thank you for ALL of your efforts!!! I'm impatiently waiting!

Thanks for the head's up!!
I'll let you know the second it arrives!

SR, Thanks for the update.
Mike

No worries. The next set of pm's ahve been sent. Once all orders are filled here, Ill pull till the molds dead, (hopefully get 20 on 9 or 10 now) and thats the end of that

I sent out a couple of pms today, have one person picking one up this weekend locally, one to give away from a trade.

If everyone I pm'd today pays and I ship, im close to even! woot!

Yep thats me

Cheers,
Robert

Just wondering if there's a tracking number or whatever so as we can keep up on it. I don't want to not be home when it's due to be delivered. They may be special enough to send it all the way back! lol

I have customs forms numbers for you. Ill post as soon as I can sort them out. You will receive yours around tues/weds.

Awesome, thanks! I'm figuring it'll take longer due to Customs just being really strange about everything lately. LOL

How could I have missed this? With my Fett just finished, this is a must-have!

If the run is still open, please put me down for a Front Flat Pours, GUNMETAL, shipped to Sweden.

Thanks!

Picked my HIC cast up Saturday. I'm completely satisfied with how this turned out. The rubber holds the shape well, very durable even folded up for transport, details look great, and Stormrider is a great guy to talk to and deal with. Two thumbs up!!! I also got a first hand look at his foam interior helmet details and they are uber soft and also highly detailed in person. I had to pick up a set of those!! Finally, his Webley cast looks great and I must confess I'm tossing around purchasing one of those too. I'm sure everyone who ordered one of his HIC's will be equally pleased. Thanks again to Stormrider for being gracious enough to let me swing out and pick it up in person to save on shipping.

It was my pleasure Lac. Im glad you had a safe trip. Let me know next time your in the area, we can grab some lunch and Ill show you how much _fun_ it is to make one of these jokers

I have two blacks to ship today, and one silver. Note its not gunmetal, its silver. (I used the wrong powder).

Its REALLY aluminum color silver. Ill post a pic after lunch, and see if anyone wants it thats paid, and then put it in the cargo hold if not. I havent seen it yet, I must confess. But I accidentally did the lower half of one in silver and it was REALLY shiny. Unbelievably so. It would make a great desk actually.

Ill be pulling one more silver today. So three of the 5 paid should ship.

Ill update later today.

Super Silver HIC

Madrid Boba
Szlemm

Yours are packaged and going to fedex today.

2 more tomorrow.

Update: This is very important. So read carefully please

I print from paypal, to ship. Its really important that the address in paypal is the right address. It provides a little protection for me, and it makes things a LOT easier.

Today, I had the post office send one of my han solos to IBM! Because I shipped it in a IBM box. A tech called me like "***?"

That one was bound for miama I havent looked yet who that is, but ugg, im hoping I can sort that out quickly.

The other, was one mailed to New york, in stead of BC. Which im sure is my fault.

Im working to get that straight.

Its just really important that the packages arrive. Becuase one or two packages lost in a project this size, can bankrupt it.

The one that went to IBM/CSC was the ONLY us pacakge without a delivery notification. Go figure right?

Ok, im going to go drown myself in the sink for a while.

Originally Posted by Stormrider

Madrid Boba
Szlemm

Yours are packaged and going to fedex today.

2 more tomorrow.

Sweet cant wait, thanks

SZLM yours shipped. I have a few problems going to spain. THey are REALLY tight on their customs, so i cant ship through my normal service. Madrid, ill pm you as soon as I get it out. Sorry for delay. I took it back out of the box today, and it doesnt have even a wrinke on it after being in the box for 3 days. Thats good news)

And they are arriving places, and im hearing good things, so thats a good thing.

Well, heres one of the "good things", Ill chime in here and say that the HIC front is excellent. The pics dont do them justice and they will make AwEsOmE props. Rubber was definately the way to go with these. Cant wait to get started this winter along with my 2 mandos, and my TC armor.
Mike

Can't wait to get one.....Way to go Stormrider for the amazing offering and great communication/updates.

Yours should move out today musical. I have two pulled, and pulling a third today, which should cover all the paid orders.

Awesome. Thanks again.

Allright, recieved mine and...I'm stunned! Top noth quality, cast turned out great! Now starting building the box...and here are some questions that went up which may serve other members well:

Here's a quick'n dirty illustration done in MS Paint:


That includes the major questions I have on the box.

People who have seen the actual prop say, that it has rectangular shapes, pure 90 degree angles on the sides. Is this the case on the Illusive Concepts too?

Now leaving the sides aside (huh!) and looking at the top...is the top side 90 degree angled or is it trapeziod?

The bottom must be 90 degree angled because otherwise it wouldn't stand on its own, but the top seem to be angled in a trapezoid shape. Is this the case on the screenused prop and/or the Illusive Concepts?

I want to make my box as screen accurate as possible, plz forgive my ****** english since I'm not good in technical language and I'm a german native speaker.

There is so much confusion and no nailed facts about the box shape.

Thanks in advance!!!

For anyone with HIC projects on the go and have the many questions that come with it: Go join the HIC builders club on Yahoo groups. Just fire
the moderator a short message and you're in. Most HIC questions will be answered here and its a good source for the other parts needed for HIC if you're not into scratch building everything. Us guys who are lucky enough to have a HIC front now and are thinking of a full build should start a thread here to bounce around ideas and share resources. Lets call it....
Building a HIC prop? Ill go create the thread and we can start sharing here on TDH. Thanks again SR for getting us started.
Mike

I have two 'seconds' that im going to put in the cargo hold. One is _thick_ but it has spots where its normal, which means the 'outer parts' dont lay perfect on a flat ground. Some tweaking when gluing it down ill need to occur, on the other hand, did I mention its THICK.

The other has two small blemishes in the silver, where the rubber is tacky. (two spots the size of a dime ish). If it were black, it would be sealed in, because its silver, you see them. If someone were to paint it, like a black one, it would be perfect.

It would be a good pull for someone wanting to make a full prop down the line, but wanting to display it for a while until then.

The thick one is over 20 lbs, which is 4 lbs heavier than a regular one.

They are both silver gunmetal.

Ill sell them for the price of regular black ones.

375 shipped US. They can ship monday. Ill leave this post here for a day or two then move it to the cargo hold, so anyone in line here, that wants to jump on the good deal, can have it.

I also have the SUPER silver one up top, that would make a SWEET desk, for 375.

These are all considered seconds for above reasons, the silver silver silver one, a little silver comes off on your hands when you rub hard. You dont see a change in the surface unless you use press REALLY hard with a cleaning liquid though.

But is perty in person, and a really nice bubble free cast. Post here if you want one.

The two seconds (thick and one with a small tacky spot) were for samgamgee and musical,

So, to reiterate:

I have boushhfans done to ship to australia monday
I have musicals ready to ship on monday
I have samgamgee's in the mold now, prob ship tuesday ( needs to cure a day or two before folding)
I have madrids ready to ship monday (I have problems sending to spain that I have worked out now, with paperwork: tight customs!)


I have THREE silvers to sell, ready to ship, as seconds for 375 (as stated above)

Received my HIC today . These came out INCREDIBLE!!! It is AWESOME!!! It is perfect and rugged. Rubber is definitely the way to go with these! Many thanks to Stormrider for putting his time, effort, skill, and patience into this project :thumbup. Thank you for making this available to us, bro! I am more than pleased with mine!

Ahh thanks man. Means a lot to me. It really does. Most of the time, the projects I do here, im really worried people wont be happy with them.

Im glad you are.

For rubber, the hands and face, toes, and some of the body are pretty solid dont ya think?

Definitely solid; it keeps its shape perfectly! I seriously doubt that anyone will not be happy with theirs!

UPDATE: NO MORE COLD CASTING SILVER!

Well, ive had two that turned out blemished. A third the wrong silver. Anyone thats cold cast, knows they are a pain in the arse. In this case, its over 100 in rubber, and 2-3 hours wasted, and i havent had any luck selling the slightly blemished ones for black prices.

Therefore, sadly, I have to say no more of them. I was going to charge $100 more, but that seems rude, even though in order to cover costs, time, and waste, its actually low, so I think im just going to not offer the silver(gunmetal) from here forward.

On that note, I have all the HICS' pulled and ready to ship out tomorrow. Thats the last of the paids, ill re-juggle the list, pm the rest the 'interested parties' and see where we lay.

The mold is showing signs of stress while demolding, but not in the pours yet. Its a little sticky in spots etc. Usually I get about 5-10 more at that point. Ill not keep one for myself if thre are interested people, but I dont think ill make another mold without 5-10 ready to buy. It was a tun of work and stress


Thanks,
m2

Man!

I LOVE the silver (more than the gunmetal!) - could I take one of those please?

Dave

I havent sold the bright silver one yet. If you want it, its same price as the black.

After the ones I have poured are gone, they will all be black

The silver is pretty cool lookin. But if you paint it later, youll ahve to clean it really well, because the silver is really slippery. (a lot slippier than the black) but once cleaned, it is paintable no problem. But hard scrubbing dulls the surface.

Received mine today WOW, This is way better than i thought it would be. Cant wait to build the base for it. Thanks Stormrider
Rob

For those of you waiting, ULINE SWEARS my boxes will be here today so I can ship.

Ill let you all know as soon as they arrive.

Madrid, yours shipped yesterday morning.

Boxes are HERE. Everythign ships tomorrow. Sorry for the delay.

Ok, everything shipped today:

SamGamgee Gunmetal + Fillers New York
Ranger Chet MI/WI
musical fett
boushhfan
bobbyfettUK

all leaving FedEx tracked.

So, ill recompile the list, and pm who I have left on it. I have one more black ready to go, one silver second (thick one).

Im goign to try to get splits out tomorrow, i just keep forgetting to take it to the shop with me early morning.

Ill fix the list up top, and if i missed anyone, pm me.

NICE!!

RC, your gun did NOT ship because im waiting on expandable foam for your stock.

Ill get it out before I leave for rome though.

No issues, Brother. I don't mind waiting on quality work!

Great news - can't wait to see it!!

NY,and IL are both real fast ships, id guess sat or monday.

For those i pm'd, if I havent talked to you, im going to put a hold on taking the orders till i get back from europe. Im getting overly stressed.

So if you havent paid, lets wait till I get back.

Thanks
m2

Thanks again for doing this run. Can't wait to receive mine!

Have a nice trip!

Just got home after a long day at work to find a welcome surprise on my doorstep! A+++ all around for Stormrider for all the work on this run. It looks amazing. It feels very solid, and looks fantastic.

On a related note, I am planning on trying to make a mount for it to hang on the wall. Any suggestions?

If it were _me_ id do this.

Id trim it to the edge of the 'textured' front.

Id cut a piece of masonite (compression board, real thin, or even tool hole board for the garage) thats 2 inches or so bigger all the way around( 2-4).

Then id moun *** in the center of that, and maybe put trim on it. Almost like a frame. I saw some aluminum baseboard transition stuff (for the doorway) that would make a great aluminum frame for it. Thats probably what id do.

Cut the corners at nice 45 degree angles, so it makes a perty frame, and your golden.

The other option is to just get some board annd recess it enough so the rubber surface, meshes up with a grimmed 4 inch border, then when you hang it, it will look like the whole prop, recessed in the wall.

Im glad you like it. I hate dissapointing.


Im really glad you like it. Im sorry it took so long.

Originally Posted by Stormrider

If it were _me_ id do this.

Id trim it to the edge of the 'textured' front.

Id cut a piece of masonite (compression board, real thin, or even tool hole board for the garage) thats 2 inches or so bigger all the way around( 2-4).

Then id moun *** in the center of that, and maybe put trim on it. Almost like a frame. I saw some aluminum baseboard transition stuff (for the doorway) that would make a great aluminum frame for it. Thats probably what id do.

Cut the corners at nice 45 degree angles, so it makes a perty frame, and your golden.

The other option is to just get some board annd recess it enough so the rubber surface, meshes up with a grimmed 4 inch border, then when you hang it, it will look like the whole prop, recessed in the wall.

Im glad you like it. I hate dissapointing.


Im really glad you like it. Im sorry it took so long.

Thanks for the fast reply. Some great suggestions there. How would you recommend mounting it to the masonite? I'm assuming some sort of glue or adhesive? It feels very firm, but I think I want to fill it with some foam first if I do use glue, as it would be pretty permanent.

Thanks in advance.

Well, it depends on how hard you want to work.

A soft foam, like FFX from smoothon would create a surface that expanded. Their heavey foams, are thicker, and would fill any 'inconsistensies.

Honestly, i bet liquid nails would work great for filling in and stiffening up things.

Its a tube glue for putting up drywall etc. It comes out like grease, and gets rock hard. Doesnt swell or expand when hardening. Sort of like a silicone caulk, which also would work to make the bottom smooth.

Actually a silicone caulk might work wonders, because it would come off if wasnt right.

But because of how thick and heavy it is, a glue gun would probably work.

Today i received glow in the dark powder, I may make my han radioactive

Well, mine showed up today...and as always you couldn't disappoint if you tried! It is incredible! Solid, while fairly light in weight, and the detail is sweet. It maintains itself well without any support from behind and shipping does nothing to it. Great job, Brother! I recommend it to anyone who even thinks they want one.

Thansk brother! Glad you like it!

The only problem with these is every once in a while there will be a 'sticky' spot in the rubber. (Small, usually smaller than a dime).

Once painted it seals it in and is fine. Eventually they cure, but ive had them take a month. So if you see a small sticky spot, dont pick at it. Just leave it, and it should cure and be easily covered when you paint

Got mine today and I am pretty speachless. The actual item to look at is just fantastic and somehow magical, takes you right back to being a kid and watching the movies. Then you come to the craftmanship and genius im casting the item in this material.

Another awesome Stormrider item :thumbup

If anyone is still thinking about one of these you need to jump on it while you can........that's if you still can

Thanks M - totaly awesome (although my wife thinks not)

Rob

Originally Posted by Bobby Fett UK

Thanks M - totaly awesome (although my wife thinks not)

Rob

Yep! My wife thinks I'm nuts and my 2 year old daughter was terrified of it. I had to stash it in my man-cave!

Haha. Wow that was fast BFUK.

Im still making them, though ill be in europe for a couple weeks, when I get back, ill start the grind again.

Today I cut the tip of my finger to the bone, and stopped working early. I need to get the blasters done for ppl before I leave. So im going to give it a shot one handed tonight.

Im glad you guys like them.

For anyone still thinking about getting one, when I get back, im going to pull 1 or 2 a day till the mold dies, and then if people still want them, it will be a sign up list to make a new mold.

The mold is 100 lbs so its not an easy feat. But if people want them, ill make them.

The silvers are too time consuming, to do them id have to charge abotu 75 more than now, and if someone _really_ wanted me to do one, I would for that, but I really dont want too. It takes me sooooooo much longer, and theres so much more risk of it being a bad pull.

Anyone from here live in italy?

Originally Posted by RangerChet

Yep! My wife thinks I'm nuts and my 2 year old daughter was terrified of it. I had to stash it in my man-cave!

My 3 year old thinks it is great, which is handy as it is pretty much going to be the center piece to his Star wars, errr, space themed room , totally educational. Obviously it will have the little light alla Jabbas Palace

Thanks Stormrider

Mine arrived in Aus today, and we are more than happy with the product, and speed of delivery. Have a great break, and look after yourself, we only have so many digits to work with.

Kind regards
Boushhfan

Originally Posted by Bobby Fett UK

My 3 year old thinks it is great, which is handy as it is pretty much going to be the center piece to his Star wars, errr, space themed room , totally educational. Obviously it will have the little light alla Jabbas Palace

Sooo, does the bed look like a skiff...