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=Jin-Saotome:iconJin-Saotome:

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Yes, I do sell my customs.

Journal Entry: Wed May 7, 2008, 2:56 AM

Click above to see what customs I'm selling this week and check out my, customizing tutorials, guides, and more!
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But I'm only selling them on Ebay right now. Like this week my Iron Man:1 Tank:0 is up for auction. I see a lot of comments on submissions of mine like, "How much do you want for this?" and "Will you make me that figure?" But why don't I do commissions you ask?

I know a lot of artists out there do commissions but it's not that simple for me. Artists who draw commissons already have their basic raw materials right there in their homes to make any commission, their pencil/paints and paper. (or Photoshop in digital art cases)

With me, I have to research past/present figures to determine which one is right for a custom, order certain ones online, hunt down parts, head to different towns to find base bodies, and then put it all together, sculpt intricate parts, then paint it. If all that sounds complex, it is! It doesn't have to be that complex for every customizer but for me to make my style of customs, a lot has to go into a figure.
Now put all that together and factor in there's thousands of you out there and only one of me, I'm pretty overwhelmed. I'll spend a week working on one person's custom 8+ hours a day and will have to charge for that time spent. That gets very pricey and very hard for me to estimate how long/how much effort a custom will take.

I had one sour experience where a long time ago someone commissioned me to make a Deadpool. Easy right? I quoted a basic cost, asked for part up front, and we agreed. He sent me a list of specifics and wanted scratch-built steel swords, working boot-knife sheathes, real leather harness sections, a removable Wade Wilson head, articulated trigger fingers, custom metal buckles, magnetic grenades, all this stuff. By the time I was finished 2 weeks had gone by and that's all I worked on. I quoted him the final price (I think it was around $400) and he went ballistic.

There was no way for me to make him understand just how much time goes into making a custom figure and I ended up giving him his partial payment back to avoid more problems. A few more similar experiences like that and I gave up on doing commissions completly. It's just easier for me to put a custom up on Ebay and let everyone set their own price. That way nobody can complain, they put up the bid, not me.

This of course leaves a large number of you out there in the cold, unable to afford my customs. And for that I apologize. To try and balance things out I make an effort to answer every email asking for advice/techniques and host a wide array of guides and tutorials on my site so you can make your own figures. But should you want to try and snag one of my customs just head to my site and see what I have up for auction that week.

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  • Mood: Optimism
  • Listening to: food cooking
  • Watching: this screen?
  • Playing: Capcom Fighting Evolution
  • Eating: nothing, foods a' cookin!

Devious Information

  • Current Age: 30! And still collecting action figures. Shhh!
  • Current Residence: Somewhere in the people's republic of liberal California
  • Interests: Superhero sculpture, custom works, action figures, experimenting with new products
  • Favourite movie: Army of Darkness! Bruce Campbell is the man.
  • Favourite band or musician: Flyleaf
  • Favourite genre of music: Rock/alternative
  • Favourite artist: Jessica Elwood! Yeah you Jess!
  • Favourite poet or writer: Whoever wrote Blackheart's character as a badass in the old Ghost Rider comics...
  • Favourite photographer: Michael Crawford. He's the only one I know really.
  • Favourite style or digital art: Drawn anime style with a digital flair.
  • Operating System: XP. I've had Vista and next time my cursor disappears I'm killing a CEO.
  • MP3 player of choice: Whatever's cheap on the Woot.com, SanDisk usually.
  • Shell of choice: Conch shell. Eh, maybe an oyster, they're all 'abstract' and such.
  • Wallpaper of choice: Floral with verticle lines. Makes a room look cozy.
  • Skin of choice: Human flesh, without tattoos usually. And still attached to a living person mind you!
  • Favourite game: Tag. No really, tag you're it, now run!
  • Favourite gaming platform: The floor. Otherwise my Playstation overheats on the shelf.
  • Favourite cartoon character: David Willis drawn as himself in a webcomic. Nothing else screams 'cool' like that.
  • Personal Quote: "Sorry, I can't hear you through my big wad of cash." (I stole this from Willis)
  • Tools of the Trade: Aves Apoxie Sculpt and Fixit. With enough of it I can rule this world...

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=KyleRobinsonCustoms:iconKyleRobinsonCustoms: 1 day 40 minutes ago
And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night
And he's watchin' us all in the eye of the tiger

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=Jin-Saotome:iconJin-Saotome: 1 day 57 minutes ago
Naw, just your ordinary guy!

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=Jin-Saotome:iconJin-Saotome: 1 day 57 minutes ago
It's the eye of the tiger, it's the cream of the fight
Risin' up to the challenge of our rival!

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=KyleRobinsonCustoms:iconKyleRobinsonCustoms: 1 day 19 hours ago
cant wait to see your take on hitman... also, that brush link in your new tut, GREAT! I have so much trouble finding the brushes i like locally, they are always out at micheals.. when my current set is toast, i'll try the tiger!!!

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~Redgrave08:iconRedgrave08: 2 days 10 hours ago
Are you some sort of action figure god!? your stuff is new to me but i still say "I'm not worthy!":worship:

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~RobertDamnation:iconRobertDamnation: 3 days 7 hours ago Mood: Joy
JIN!!!! I just posted up pics of my first custom Iron Man Mk II if you would like to see!!!

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NEVER FEAR DAMNATION IS HERE!!!
~ja01:iconja01: 3 days 10 hours ago
Awsome collection man! :thumbsup:
=Jin-Saotome:iconJin-Saotome: 4 days 2 hours ago
Woot, they fixed it somehow!

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=Jin-Saotome:iconJin-Saotome: 4 days 4 hours ago
Hey, just so everyone knows I'm unable to access my Journal, deviantWatch, messages, or notes. For some reason it continually stalls out on those and has been doing this since yesterday. I've tried clearing my cache/temp files, logging out, clearing cookies, but it's still not working.

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=Jin-Saotome:iconJin-Saotome: 4 days 18 hours ago
Why thank yas

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~reddragon162:iconreddragon162: 4 days 21 hours ago
Oh, BTW, thanks for the advice on Dremels! I just picked up a model 1100 from eBay.

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~PT200:iconPT200: 6 days 18 hours ago Mood: Wow!
wow man your works are awesome, you are in my friends list. you are amazing.

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*sketchxj:iconsketchxj: May 2, 2008, 1:11:02 AM
You sir are some kind of renegade genius of action figures. Your figures are truly beautiful.
*Shinobitron:iconShinobitron: May 1, 2008, 5:10:12 PM
Thanks for the fave on Cosmos!

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~reddragon162:iconreddragon162: May 1, 2008, 10:04:25 AM
Well, I just bought a siphon aribrush from a guy on eBay. Now if the 'small cups' as you say, is on top of the brush then its gravity feeding. I asked Matt Busch what he thought was better because in his video tutorials he uses a gravity feeding airbrush. He told me he liked gravity feeding because he didn't want the paint jar to fall off or leak when he was painting.

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I want to have性交!

Jack Starwin kicks butt in [link] !

Fembots Unite! [link]
~DecepticonsRule:iconDecepticonsRule: May 1, 2008, 4:10:00 AM
Cool. :thumbsup:

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=Jin-Saotome:iconJin-Saotome: May 1, 2008, 3:30:47 AM
Thank you, and I will as long as I'm around.

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=Jin-Saotome:iconJin-Saotome: May 1, 2008, 3:30:15 AM
GI JOEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! A real American Hero!

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=Jin-Saotome:iconJin-Saotome: May 1, 2008, 3:29:57 AM
Hey man, with your art, you deserve it. That's some detail you put into your work there!

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=Jin-Saotome:iconJin-Saotome: May 1, 2008, 3:29:17 AM
:bow: Aww, thanks, don't give me a big head or anything!

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=Jin-Saotome:iconJin-Saotome: May 1, 2008, 3:28:48 AM
Eh, don't really know the difference. Siphon I guess, or whatever uses the small cups. I have a Testors Aztek which I practiced with. But what I want is one of those Micro-airbrushes that take like 5psi and can detail veins!

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"If my Father were alive, I could make him proud!"
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=Jin-Saotome:iconJin-Saotome: May 1, 2008, 3:27:30 AM
At some point, yep,

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~A-n-K:iconA-n-K: Apr 30, 2008, 9:37:38 PM
Congratulations on your work! You are very talented =D

keep it up!

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=KyleRobinsonCustoms:iconKyleRobinsonCustoms: Apr 27, 2008, 9:11:45 AM Mood: Joy
He never gives up.
He'll stay til the fight's won.
GI Joe will dare.

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*BGWorX:iconBGWorX: Apr 27, 2008, 1:30:09 AM
Much appreciation for the fav buddy it truly means a lot to me :D

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