Six of one, half a dozen of the other. Both are quality makers. You'll be happy with either!
Have you compared sizing? What about their wait times? This may affect your decision.
RS doesn't do gauntlets? If you're going with Boba Maker, stick with all one armorer to save on shipping.
Sizing not bothered because i am oddly the same size as Jermy Bulloch during his time as boba,
Wait times are : 4 weeks for RS on the helmet, jet pack and gauntlets
They only do ESB gauntlets not ROJ
Personally I'd go with BM. His wait time may be fairly long, but....
BM lid is based off of a Sgt Fang. A little small but a great mold.
the RS is based off of an MR cast, and looks a little off.
BMs jetpack is awesome, I have one. His new gauntlets look great, all ABS so will be a bit lighter.
Good communication and he typically hits his mark on forecast time.
BMs looks amazing the detail of the v3 is insane, its got uneven edges and everything
just FYI the RS jet pack comes with all the greeblies but it has a cast resin beacon, not an aluminum.
I am currrently painting up a ROTJ SE scheme on an RS Props jet pack and it is a great cast.
RS has Aluminium, in my price they said it comes with all the allu parts but not the harness, the harness is £40 more which makes it work out to the same as Boba maker
I have boba trooper guantlets and am thrilled at the quality of the work he did. They are top notch leaving his area. The one thing I would suggest...which he did for me...is to have the metal darts (not resin) attached to the guantlet. It costs a little more, but I absolutely love mine. The darts simply will not break (resin ones will break easily when trooping). The detail boba trooper did is amazing...everything is 100% accurate. I had a minor issue with my guantlets, but the guy was super cool and fixed me up quickly. I strongly recommend him (you will get your guantlets WAY faster this way).
Boba Trooper is just down the road from me it looks like i will buy the gauntlets from him because 1. save on postage and 2. its all pre painted, i wonder in the £200 quote he gave me included the metal darts ?
Or you could order from the states, get all your hard parts from FP and not worry about wanting to upgrade later as you'd have the nicest gear available. Obviously youve got to do what feels right to you. Better to postpone these decisions till you've had ample time to read more on the forum.
Thats true but the cost of postage would be another helemt, and i dont plan on buying the parts in one go, i plan on buying a different part each month this way i can afford the build.
It looks like i will be going with RS, they are in stockport 4 hours away from london- though i will have them post it to me.
as BM is based in portugal, and the shipping would be super expensive over time.
Now i need to learn about the sevo and LED options