That's pretty typical. Most of the time, unless it's an established developer, people who message for commissions like this will only pay nothing/next to nothing. Sad to say a lot of people will do the work for ridiculously low prices. It's hard for amateurs to get work sometimes, and there are people accepting well below…
Before switching to digital 3D, I made a living building prototype models for studios and clients. One overall thing that got to me was how long I thought something would take vs. the price that was needed. Things always go south. I got this email the other day and yes I intentionally low-balled it as there wasn't much…