762s Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 sometime ago i started my build and decided to go with what was only known at the time as Strider's armor. i contacted Constantin and he told me he was working to make new armor and i was put on the waiting list for it. time passed(many months) and we finally heard word of the new CFO/Strider armor. i was surprised to find out i was first on the waiting list for the armor. i got my armor January '18 and was very pleased with it, during my build process i pointed out a couple things to Mark and Constantin that needed looked at. they looked over my concerns and choose to fix them. the molds where fixed and i got the new reworked pieces shortly after. well, I got approved, made lancer and started trooping. it wasnt but within a troop or two that I started seeing a couple more problem areas. again, i sent my concerns to them. i made fixes to my armor and and kept trooping. more troops, more issues and more fixes on my side. i put in some 20+ troops and really put the armor to the test. all in all there where about 7 things that i found while building and trooping their armor and I informed Mark and Constantin of all the issues. i sent them pictures and info and we talked back and forth. the lines of communication where always open and they talked among themselves to come up with proper fixes. well, all the talks, pics and my concerns where heard by Mark and Constantin. i got a BBB yesterday with the new thicker armor pieces. i can tell a big difference in the new stuff. wow! i must say, these 2 guys are top notch! i have never had a company deal with a customer as long as these 2 have dealt with me. for what almost a year now? well, for Constantin its been over a year since our first talk about your armor they gave me advice on how and why the armor issues where happening and even decided to make the armor stronger in the problem areas that we talked about. so, if anyone needs some confirmation on CFO/Strider armor here you go ... they have went above and beyond to make a customer happy and their product even better. for those getting this armor you will not be disappointed. Im so glad to have waited as long as i did to get this armor. and to have been able to work with them on making it even better. a big THANK YOU to the both of you ... Mark and Constantin ... you did it right and im proud to wear your armor! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Voorhees Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 That is great to hear! CFO/Sskunky has always been top notch, and Constantin/Strider always seemed like a good guy from the little contact i have had with him and just reading his posts. Its good to see that they are always working with customers to make the product/experience better. thats what it is all about! Good on you guys! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aliaz Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Great to hear! Can’t wait for my parts I ordered from CFO.Skickat från min iPhone med Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubledx Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 I got my strider on February, trimmed the armor and found some problems, the top of the tank was to thin (I glued some ABS under it to make it stabler) the same problem on the bicep Armor, after I cut in for the elastic the ABS is too thin. now I have a gap i wil fix this with some ABS. for a few week ago, I starter so build the belt and the ABS was broken at the end (rivet area). I send Mark a message and he send me a new one, the new belt is much better as the first from February Constantin and Mark did a great job. Thank you for the help with the Armor !!!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sskunky Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Oh, you guys Thank you. It’s means a lot when you get praise and good feedback. When Constantine approached me with the idea of producing his armour I was humbled by the idea. At that point I was only making stuff either cast from original production made props or my own sculpts. This was the first time I had ventured into a fan sculpted armour. But this sculpt was so good it wasn’t hard to say yes. After many months of moulding, tweaking and testing of plastics we are finally there. And to compliment the Strider armour I approached John aka Lonewolf to see if I could complete he set with his amazing fan sculpted helmet. He said yes! So I believe although not cast from original production but cast from original sculpts we finally have a top notch looking affordable armour and helmet. I think unless you stand next to an original you’d be hard pushed to see the difference. Thank you Constantine and thank you John, without you guys and the likes of Ken this kit wouldn’t be were it is now. A lot of people forget or don’t even think about how long and what problems occur when developing armour and helmets. Although most of the hard work had been done in the sculpts I always put my own mark on things. Let’s be honest I’m pretty anal. but that works in your favour. Thanks! Happy Christmas guys. Mark. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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