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Here is a just completed commission based on the 1/35 Meng SOF pick up posed with the Masterbox “Somewhere in the Middle East” figures. The dog comes from a Tamiya DAK set of a few years ago and he was drafted to account for the guy in the middle crouching. The figure with the Barretts has the legs and hat from the Meng kit’s figure, the torso and arms from spare part and the head from an Academy M1114 figure. The weapons are a combination of weapons from the Masterbox set and Live Resin. I printed the flag and applied thinned white glue (aka Elmer’s School Glue) to the insides before folding it over. The moistened paper is easy to pose with folds and creases. The gear in the back comes from a variety of sources. The truck and tires were dusted with AK interactive pigment.
I know the flag should not be posed that way, nut my customer wanted the truck to resemble this:
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That's fabulous. The figures are very nice indeed! Although that guy in the back seems to be laughing at something and I want to know what the joke is lol.
You have definitely shown great skill here. :)
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M. Brindos that guy in the back seems to be laughing at something and I want to know what the joke is lol.
that guy in the back seems to be laughing at something and I want to know what the joke is lol.
Just proved he had the biggest gun.
Looks good. Great job on the figures and truck.
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Definitely inspires reflection on current world events....
Very nice work! I personally think one of those guys should be facing the other way pulling security, but that's just me. Everything else looks pretty much right on!
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Nicely done! Do you have a hard time letting pieces of art like this go? I know you are getting paid, but it still seems like it would be hard. Wish I was close enough to attend Vallycon. That sounds like a fun show. knox
Do you have a hard time letting pieces of art like this go?
I don't know about AJ, but I don't have any issues letting a commission piece go. One, I know it is for someone else when I start it, and two, I can always build it for myself again later. The money is pretty decent too.
Great diorama! Love the man petting the dog.
AJ, if you ever want to build something in a lighter, more humorous vein, you should build a model of Red Green's Possum Van.
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Jim Barton Great diorama! Love the man petting the dog. AJ, if you ever want to build something in a lighter, more humorous vein, you should build a model of Red Green's Possum Van. Keep your stick on the ice.
Thanks...there was a Possum Van at Noreatcon a few years ago.
knox Nicely done! Do you have a hard time letting pieces of art like this go? I know you are getting paid, but it still seems like it would be hard. Wish I was close enough to attend Vallycon. That sounds like a fun show. knox
The first piece I sold about, 13 years ago (Warriors American Heroes...the firemen raising the flag at Ground Zero) was a bit tough because I had built it for myself. But getting my price was nice, too. The commissions I've don, no matter how much work goes into them do not carry an emotional attachment because from the start I know it's for someone else. My reward is a happy customer (and his cash). As it is, while I was working on this pick up, I was doing a second for myself, but with a couple mods. .
After the MFCA show in Valley Forge last year, I sold a couple pieces to collectors and since they met my asking price, I had no qualms about letting them go. There is a nice feeling that comes from someone being willing to pay for your work, not just in a mercenary sense, but that someone values whet you can do.
Thank you for the reply. I really hadn't considered the satisfaction that comes from having someone want your work enough to pay for it. I'm glad you share it here before you let it go. knox
I wouldn't have any Idea what to charge for something I made. How do you guys figure that out, past the cost of the kit and supplies that is?
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AJ: I was wondering the other day where you'd gotten off to. Beautiful figures but then again your figures always come out great- love the truck!
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modelcrazyI wouldn't have any Idea what to charge for something I made. How do you guys figure that out, past the cost of the kit and supplies that is?
I use a pretty simple formula. If it is a straight, out of the box build, I charge the price of the kits and supplies times 3. So a $50 kit becomes a $150 build. If it is more involved with scratch-building, PE, resin sets, etc., I will multiply by at least 4 the total cost of the kit and other sets. Depending on what I have to do with it though, I may go higher. That gives me a general pricing guideline.
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Love the man petting the dog.