Thread 1019838

I want a second opinion just to be safe. I'm commissioning someone to make me a blank 3d body base which I can use for various custom action figures of my own. I tried googling his sample just to be safe he isn't scamming me. I found stuff that looked ismilar but weren't exact matches. But I thought i'd share what he showed me here just to be safe to see if anyone can recognise the work.

Thanks for that link, going to call out this guy to see what they say. Otherwise its going to have to be a dispute on paypal to get y money back.

>>1019838 (OP)
There are like millions online you can just download

>>1019842

Thats true, but i need one that would allow me to modify them and possibly sell them myself as various characters in the future. I'm open to suggestions for existing models or modellers who would be interested in making custom designs.

>>1019843
time to learn

So I called them out on it and they send me a video of the model in blender. Still looks very similar to the link that was shared here earlier. Plus they want my email so they can send me files which I'm not sure I want to give them to be safe on my end.

>>1019843
If you can't create a model that simple, what kind of modifications do you think you can do? And you think people will pay for your work?

>>1019863

If I can find people who would be willing to work with me to create models to sell then yes.

>>1019861
Just using my eyes here. It looks like he's scamming. Those models look 1 to 1.
Now he's running damage control, hoping you'll be persuaded by showing documents you're not familiar with.

Do what you must to get your money back, and stop talking to him. Lest he rope you into his bullshit further.

>>1019862
it's the same model

>>1019879
also he removed the edges marked sharp and separated by connectivity for some reason lol
the model he's selling is objectively worse than the one you can just download for free

Well they said they were going to add more details and other things but I highly doubt its not going to be a scam again so we are just going to leave the paypal action open to get my money back, since they keep saying the model is original when its obviously not.

>>1019843
>sell them myself as various characters in the future
If you know how to modify it into another character then you know how to make a fucking mannequin dude.

>>1019838 (OP)
and why the FUCK aren't you making your own base? i can do this in 10 seconds

>>1019864
im down, i actually had similar idea, however, what leverage you have to make people partner up with you? like do you at least have an audience to market to?

This thread reminds me of the time an Indian dude tried to commission me for a model to put in on his store

small update. I tried to make a claim on paypal to get my money back since you guys sharedt he evidence it was a stolen model. But it was unfortunatly denied. I think it will be more trouble than its worth to get it back. However I have some other more reliable people to work with in the future. The artist said they would make a new model for me in the meantime but I highly doubt it won't be another stolen model.

>>1020372

For now this would just be for personal use. But if I make an audience in the future i could market on places like Etsy or other sitest hat sell 3d printable models. If you have a galler yor something i'll happily check your work out.

>>1020371

I have no 3d modeling skills, basicly my idea was to get a base made and then to commission others to help me design various characters or ideas using it.

>>1019843
This just tells me that you wanted to do exactly the same as what this dude did to you, but you were retarded enough to not find a base model for free.

>>1020434

yes but the differance is i would credit the people with the proper design work, i wouldn't try to pass it off as my own. Plus the thing is not every model out there can be used for commercial purposes, so some things would have to be designed from scratch with that purpose in mind.

>>1020441
Listen retard, if you are so new at this that you couldn't even recognize the Unreal Engine mannequin models and you actually paid for them, you never planned to do anything proper.
Take the L, use this as a teaching lesson and actually learn about 3D modeling before thinking about business ideas

>>1020488

to be fair it was only after I payed them that I learned of the existance of that model. But yeah i did have to learn the hard way so lesson learned indeed.