Also, I should note: his cape has a snap hidden under the collar, so you can take it off. The rest of his clothes are there to stay, sadly; maybe I'll try to remedy that in future versions.
If you'd like this one, he's for sale as soon as I redo his boots, actually. But if you want a Tim-Robin, and don't mind that all the fiddly details of his costume would make him kinda pricey, I'd love to make one.
His costume's just a lot more complicated-- I honestly have no idea how I'd do his cape, for one thing, and he's got so many freaking pockets.
Once I sit down and start cutting out pieces, I'll have a better idea of how big a difference there is between them. I spent at least six or seven hours on this one, and I was gonna price it at $35 or $40.
Actually, you know what? The problem is, I feel like a jerk for charging my friends for things I had so much fun making, and I'm crap at judging what a fair price should be. And now I feel kind of silly.
The problem is, I feel like a jerk for charging my friends for things I had so much fun making
Just because you had fun making it doesn't mean that your time and effort -- and finished product -- aren't worth compensation, even if it's a pukka shell or a goat in barter.
As I have no pukka shells and no goats (I had to fill up my gas tank, which meant I had to barter my last goat to the good people of BP), all I can offer is folding money.
I think $40-ish is about as much as I ought to spend (I'm trying to keep a closer eye on my budget, because if I don't, then I start randomly buying superheroes made of felt and then I bemoan how broke I am). So, that said, I would love either this Robin, or a Tim-Robin that you make *IF* you find you can make one that's similar to this Robin in terms of time/effort/materials.
Would that work? Can we conduct a goat-free barter?
I think that'd work fine! Let me hit the craft store tomorrow and get more fabric-- luckily, felt is seventeen cents a square, so I don't really have to factor in materials cost. I'll start working on a Tim, and if he's a success he's all yours.
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Date: 2005-06-12 07:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-06-12 08:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-06-12 08:22 pm (UTC)Seriously -- if you feel like making another Robin to sell like an undercover hooker, name your price, because I would LOVE my own wee felt Robin.
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Date: 2005-06-12 08:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-06-12 08:42 pm (UTC)What fiddly details would you add, and what would you estimate for a price for a Tim-Robin versus the currently completed Robin?
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Date: 2005-06-12 08:50 pm (UTC)Once I sit down and start cutting out pieces, I'll have a better idea of how big a difference there is between them. I spent at least six or seven hours on this one, and I was gonna price it at $35 or $40.
Actually, you know what? The problem is, I feel like a jerk for charging my friends for things I had so much fun making, and I'm crap at judging what a fair price should be. And now I feel kind of silly.
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Date: 2005-06-12 11:52 pm (UTC)Just because you had fun making it doesn't mean that your time and effort -- and finished product -- aren't worth compensation, even if it's a pukka shell or a goat in barter.
As I have no pukka shells and no goats (I had to fill up my gas tank, which meant I had to barter my last goat to the good people of BP), all I can offer is folding money.
I think $40-ish is about as much as I ought to spend (I'm trying to keep a closer eye on my budget, because if I don't, then I start randomly buying superheroes made of felt and then I bemoan how broke I am). So, that said, I would love either this Robin, or a Tim-Robin that you make *IF* you find you can make one that's similar to this Robin in terms of time/effort/materials.
Would that work? Can we conduct a goat-free barter?
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Date: 2005-06-13 12:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-06-13 01:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-06-13 01:25 am (UTC)I love that.
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Date: 2005-06-13 01:05 pm (UTC)(and i have to see u to give u ur gift thingy... i hope u will flip out and go insane... and i hope u don't already have one...)
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Date: 2005-06-14 04:06 am (UTC)Also: gotta love the smirk.
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Date: 2005-06-14 04:15 am (UTC)