I want to give a little shout out to Steve and his powdercoating work:
Steve did two of games a year or so ago; they turned out great. Recently, I had a smaller powdercoating job I needed done, and since Steve is about 2.5 hours from me, I figured it made sense to check out a few local powder coaters. While one was able to offer me a slightly lower price (and did pretty good work!), I had a way better experience working with Steve. Several of the local shops I reached out to never returned my calls. The ones who did were able to do most colors, but weren't really interested in helping me choose. When I asked about adding metallic flake, one shop was an outright "no", and the other was very hesitant and said I'd have to buy and order the flake myself if I wanted to do it. I'm not saying this to complain about the local shops, but to highlight Steve's work. When I talked with Steve, he was able to tell me what colors he had in stock, he made suggestions on colors that would work good for my games (and even gave opinions on what *wouldn't* work well). When I wanted extra metallic flake, he had several options he was eager to use, and it didn't change the price at all.
All that to say- Steve does excellent work, and next time I need powdercoating, I'll be happy to pay the shipping/do extra driving to have the experience of working with him. Thanks Steve!