Possibly. But if SS wants no custom work shown then those posts will get deleted.
Indeed. As much as SSC wants to try and squash, custom work will never go away. There are some extremely talented custom artists out there and I don't mind paying them for their work. And I will. Surprisingly I get most of my custom work from the artist on FB rather than SSF. Maybe if SSC focused on putting out a better product we wouldn't have to resort to custom in the first place.
So... I guess I kinda get where the business folks at Disney / Sideshow are coming from.. but in the overall arc of reality.. They are shooting themselves in the foot (in my humble opinion) I have been doing custom accessory work for Indy figures ever since Sideshow released their first Indy figure during the Indy product heyday on the heels of KOTCS... If you don't want to read a sappy post reminiscing about the good ol' days.. go ahead and scroll past now ! 
Seriously though... I had gotten into 1/6 scale collecting due to the arrival of 21st Century Toys' Ultimate soldier line waaaaay back... like circa 1997/98 maybe ? As a kid in the 70's I missed the height of 12" GI Joe.. BUT! My dad took a trip to London when I was about 5 and brought my brother and me back Each an action man figure with a slew of military clothing sets.. Favorite toy until Christmas of 1981 when Santa brought me the 12" Kenner Indy .. Fast forward back up to the rebirth of 1/6th in the late 90's and my quest was always to build the perfect 1/6 custom Indy.. Started with Lonnie Hale's hero heads sculpts.. trying to cobble an Indy together with various shirts and pants from DML WW2 releases.. but then Sideshow finally dropped their Raiders Indy.. I was in heaven ! I took leave from the police dept soon after the birth of my son and that is when I started really diving into making a belt, holster, and whip just for my own Indy figures (1/4 and 1/6) After posting a few pics here I had a slew of requests to make some for other collectors looking to embellish their Sideshow products..SInce then I have had the absolute pleasure of meeting, corresponding, and helping collectors from ALL OVER THE WORLD... Off the top of my head I know I have made accessories for Indy fans from here in the US, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, Mexico, New Zealand, India, - just to name a few.. The custom work aspect of this board was a huge factor in connecting people in a positive way.. But in the end they were all still buying the base products from Sideshow.. they just wanted to make them better.. more fun.. it is honestly how adults are able to "play" with their figures. It was never about competing with Sideshow.. (Or later HT) but all about collectors never being satisfied with the final mass production figure and just wanting to tweak what they had.. For so many of us, this hobby never has been about taking a figure out of the box and just setting it on a shelf.. done.. I think many of us grew up building models and painting figures which later blended well with 1/6.. Anyhow... if the business attorneys feel like we are a threat.. it is what it is.. but they're not exactly on point.. I just find it to be a bummer because I made ALL of my Indy figure connections over the past 10+ years here on this site.. But if silencing the folks trying to improve their products is where this place is headed.. then thats a shame.. Meanwhile, as the writing is on the wall, I am jumping over to the Facebook custom figure community .. will keep my account here of course.. but if they dump the custom sections then I'm out.. Last thing I want to look at is 100's of factory fresh figures with no work done on them.. 
Anyone wanting to keep in touch in the event this thread gets scrapped... email - [email protected]
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Think that I have a draft of the Well of the Souls Fedora that is somewhat passable ...
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That is one of the rarest whips in 1/6th history. It definitely is something I wish I could have gotten back then. To bad, but on the bright side we have mfisher and his amazing work.
