I certainly hope he does NOT show himself over here.
And even if he does, I'm sure he knows by now that everywhere he goes to troll my custom Boba Fett project, he will likely be met by the same hostility from the customizing community as what he received over on Rebelscum. Incidentally, these responses, in most cases, came from people who don't even know me or have ever even corresponded with me (and therefore have no vested interest in defending me or my work).
I have absolutely no issues with receiving constructive critique on my work. Believe me. The LAST thing I believe about my own work is that it's somehow perfect... (or frankly even particularly good). As an artist, I'm primarily always seeing the FLAWS in my techniques, and I am on a constant quest to find ways to become better at my craft.
But the truth is, this guy had no interest in offering constructive critique. He wanted to bash my work. He even said so! At POTF2.com, he declared that he would no longer give me any more "hints" to help me improve my figure. He explained that instead, he would prefer to wait until my figure were finished, and then he would point out all of my
mistakes !
Now, what is the reason for this? I can only speculate.
Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that he too has made custom Boba Fett figures, a few of which he has offered for sale. Maybe in his mind, I was somehow muscling in on his "territorry" with this project. I really do not know.
He certainly spoke as if my silly little custom project were an "invasion" on
his turf... especially when he'd say things like
"... i'm tired of people creating incorrect fetts and leading folks on. be it a high end company or an individual..." "...i do not like it when folks build inaccuracies and then want to portray them as correct. i also told you i don't care if this comes from high end companies or individuals. 30 years after esb with todays technology i expect better for my money..." He said these things as of I were offering my figure for sale somehow (which I most certainly am not).
Last week, I even tried to extend an olive branch of truce by commenting on
HIS CUSTOM BOBA FETT FIGURE (over at POTF2.com). I told him what a great job I thought he did on the recent customizing of the laser rifle for the figure to be more screen accurate. I was sincere, and legitimately meant what I said.
Evidently, that did nothing to end his attempts to smear my work.
In the final analysis, I do my very best to get along with everyone, and to be helpful and accessible within the STAR WARS toy/customizing community.
So this venom and stalking really took me by surprise.
