Upping the embossing skills: A movie replica license plate (NM 09Q SBN from the Breaking Bad TV Show)

As I learn and grow in my CNC knowledge and capabilities, I feel like the embossed products we produce are getting better and better! Previous embossed plates we've made have really struggled with racking and twisting issues (when sheet metal is bent into all the curves required for embossing weird torques and tensions can twist a license plate to where it won't lay flat!). 

I believe I've largely learned how to cancel those torques (proprietary knowledge haha) and am getting much better embossing results! Here is a custom job that someone in the Netherlands requested! It is from the "Breaking Bad" TV show (I've never watched it btw) and is a New Mexico license plate with the number 09Q SBN). This tag is seen on Walter White's 2004 Pontiac Aztek crossover. 

Here is a screenshot of Walter White's vehicle in the show: 

And here's one more photo showing the back of the plate and the embossing. I really like how the curved cut out on the border emboss turned out! 

I think I am going to post my work to reddit and get some feedback. I want to try to make this replica as accurate as possible. Reddit can be cutthroat :| but I greatly appreciate opinions, even if they're harsh! (Also you're welcome to shoot me a message and let me know what you think...)

Look for this plate to be for sale soon through the webstore!

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