Soldat Custom Aging

1.3.06

Here is a KM officer cap that we made a blue top for and then aged (4 on 10 scale).  It is sitting on the white anbord top.   Note this is a bit green due to fluorescent light in the shop

Over the years that I have been aging our Soldat items I have had customers coming and asking if I would age or do something "to make it look better" to product that came from another vendor.  I have always been happy to do this, I mean why not, guys should be as happy as they can with their stuff.   There is nothing that looks sillier than a bright, new item being used to fill in a collection or to give historical presence to a display.  But it finally dawned on me that I should post on Soldat FHQ that I do this and give some prices.

A Hitler war period cap that is from FHQ (3 on 10 scale).  However, customer wanted this aged to look like the cap used in the movie "Downfall."  Aside that we use the correct cord and metal cockade while the movie cap did not, I think we came pretty close to the end of the line crushed look from the show.

I will be working on a Heer Fieldmarshall tunic in the next week and will put up photos. 

Prices are an individual thing depending on what I'm working on.   Believe me some things are harder to fix than others.   Usually the less you spend on something the more you spend to fix it, sometimes you win and sometimes not.  Here is a general break down.  This doesn't include anything but aging process.

Price List

Caps $25 to $35,  Tunic $50 to $60, trousers or breeches $35 - 45, awards $5 - $10, flags & banners $10 - $75.

Shipping is $10 on caps, $15 on tunic, $10 on trousers & breeches, $7 on awards this is for USPS Priority Mail in the USA.   Overseas we need to talk about your order.

Ok, now for about the only DISCLAIMER you will see on my site.

I do not guarantee miracles!  Some things are not possible, but I have made some sow's ears into pretty fair silk purses over the years.

I'm not responsible for your item.  If it get ruined in the process because the dye is not fast, the materials fall apart in the process, etc., whatever it is not on FHQ.  I say I'm sorry.  Have I ever lost anything?  No, but boy I sure have had to work to get them back and you will pay if I have to undo your Führer Standard guaranteed to be color fast runs red into white!   Kinda sounds like going to the ER.

   I do not age or modify replicas for the purpose of committing fraudulent sales or any other illegal purpose.  What you do with what you own is on you, but if I find out about you using something I worked on for ill gotten gain you go on THE LIST and you never come off till you prove that you have changed your evil ways.  I took endless crap from the "experts" in the field about how my work was "ruining" the hobby.  While this is a real back handed compliment,  I don't want to go through this again.  I suggest your read Soldat Volumes XI and XI-C, I'm not alone in this aging business, but I am straight about it.