Customizing seminar Wednesday and Thursday...

kingofpain26 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:34 am

I know this might be a sore spot for a few people,.. but is anyone going to the customizing seminar on wednesday and thursday?

BadAsh · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 1:27 pm

If it's anything like the one he gave at last years, I would give it a Hell No to anyone. He sucked at explaining what and why he was doing things.

Stealth Viper · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 1:32 pm

the extra $115 cost will no doubt put a lot of potential interested parties off.

chaosx · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 2:08 pm

i didn't read about an extra cost. That makes me rethink things.

pluv · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 2:17 pm

chaosx wrote:

i didn't read about an extra cost. That makes me rethink things.

It is a two day class that will be held the Wednesday and Thrusday before the Convention.

Club borchure wrote:

This year we will be offering a two day Sculpting and Casting class led by well-known customizer John (Alyosha) Russell. This will be a two day (Wednesday and Thursday) class where John will teach you beginning and intermediate techniques in sculpting and casting. Projects presented in the class will be sculpting backpacks along with male and female character heads. If you have ever wanted to become a customizer, this is the class for you, as you will leave with the basic skills to make your own custom parts! Cost is $115.

Kilcarr · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 2:21 pm

If I were going I would not be going to this class. For two reasons, actually.

1: The cost. I realize it's a two day seminar but seriously, even if I had the disposable income to justify it I don't need to customize that badly.
2: The teacher. After ALL the reviews I read last year about his "class" I know I wouldn't learn anything more than I already know which is to say I don't customize because I suck. :lol:

BadAsh · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 2:33 pm

Kilcarr wrote:

If I were going I would not be going to this class. For two reasons, actually.

1: The cost. I realize it's a two day seminar but seriously, even if I had the disposable income to justify it I don't need to customize that badly.
2: The teacher. After ALL the reviews I read last year about his "class" I know I wouldn't learn anything more than I already know which is to say I don't customize because I suck. :lol:

Is what you do called "customizing"? :shifty:

What he showed us last time at his class, you could learn from watching vids on YouTube. Actually you would learn more from them. He just ran through the motions of what he was doing, about how much it costs for molding of certain pieces of his :shifty:

but he never explained why he did things. Half the time he was talking to his buds anyways.

Kilcarr · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 2:47 pm

BadAsh wrote:

Is what you do called "customizing"? :shifty:

Sadly, no. It's more like wasting space.

FireFox91 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 2:47 pm

Me and my roomates talked to John last year while picking up some cast stuff from his room. He was a really nice guy and easy to talk to. However, I agree about the seminar he gave last year. It was quite boring and he wasn't a very good presenter. I think I recall he didn't even introduce himself. He just started talking like everyone already knew him. My roomates wanted to go to his second seminar and I passed and did something else.

And didn't I read that these classes would be all day events? 9am-5pm or something like that? I couldn't even hang out in a stripper bar for that long.

Well, okay maybe I could but not for this class.

chaosx · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 2:59 pm

for $115...that's a few lapdances. ;-)

Tex · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

chaosx wrote:

for $115...that's a few lapdances. ;-)

4 lap dances and 2 beers. :shifty:

General Hawk · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

Big_Tex_Wild_Phil wrote:

chaosx wrote:

for $115...that's a few lapdances. ;-)

4 lap dances and 2 beers. :shifty:

Maybe at those high-falutin' Texas strip bars... up here we can get 12 lapdances and a case of beer for that price... :shifty:

roguetiger · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:49 pm

pluv wrote:

chaosx wrote:

i didn't read about an extra cost. That makes me rethink things.

It is a two day class that will be held the Wednesday and Thrusday before the Convention.

Club borchure wrote:

This year we will be offering a two day Sculpting and Casting class led by well-known customizer John (Alyosha) Russell. This will be a two day (Wednesday and Thursday) class where John will teach you beginning and intermediate techniques in sculpting and casting. Projects presented in the class will be sculpting backpacks along with male and female character heads. If you have ever wanted to become a customizer, this is the class for you, as you will leave with the basic skills to make your own custom parts! Cost is $115.

PLUS the cost of two more days of hotel fees that aren't at convention rates either. :roll:

FireFox91 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 22, 2008 3:35 pm

General Hawk wrote:

Big_Tex_Wild_Phil wrote:

chaosx wrote:

for $115...that's a few lapdances. ;-)

4 lap dances and 2 beers. :shifty:

Maybe at those high-falutin' Texas strip bars... up here we can get 12 lapdances and a case of beer for that price... :shifty:

Justin, there is a reason they charge less for the day shift girls. (Or guys if that is your preference.) Try going at night time.

Dream · **Posted:** Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:57 pm

I'll talk to anyone who wants to learn about molding, I'll be charging either a pair of Cross Contry V1 arms or any 25th anv webgear per hour :shifty:

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Seriously thought come ask me I'm always willing to help out anybody. If you would like to know the quality of my work ask anyone who got one of the Snackpack beavers at the Joecanuck con.

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