Tommycoholic
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Post by Tommycoholic on Sept 17, 2016 17:05:32 GMT -5
I'm finally done with the biggest project i've ever built. I was sick of the lame grey background for so long and wanted to take better pics of my stuff, that's why this came to life. I've wanted to create a whole Hasbro arena for so long and it took me 8 months to complete it. That's why i didn't make too many custom figures in that time period, that bastard was just so time consuming. The hardest part was to plan and find bits and pieces in the size of a Hasbro figure, so i had to built 90% myself from the scratch. Like the announcers table or the structure-frame around the tron for example is all made by hand with wooden sticks and glue, but patience is the key. It contains 5 different light installations, the one on the top is even sound activated. All of the fans were drawn by myself and colored digitally with faces of my friends and people i admire. All of the signs are individual, the ads on the balconys contain brands of friends like Goodleg Toys and Wreds.de just to name a few. The ringside fans can even move up and down by the use of a motor shaft, the first video doesn't capture it, but i hope to bring that feature up in the next videos. The ring is still Hasbro-ish with the squared ring posts, the aprons were made with a transfer ribbon, same goes for the banners on the top at the metal structure. Size does matter, so i tried to make this as big as possible but my spare room is still limited, so i went with a size of 6'7" x 1'12"x 2'9". CLICK HERE FOR THE FIRST VIDEO
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2016 17:23:58 GMT -5
Incredible work!
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Post by LostHawk05 on Sept 17, 2016 23:18:04 GMT -5
WOW! Very impressive.
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Post by dynamitekido on Sept 23, 2016 11:07:28 GMT -5
Dude. No seriously, DUDE.
This is absolutely incredible. You did an amazing job! 8 months?!?!?! That's dedication my man!!!!!!!!!
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Tommycoholic
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Post by Tommycoholic on Sept 23, 2016 13:20:57 GMT -5
Dude. No seriously, DUDE. This is absolutely incredible. You did an amazing job! 8 months?!?!?! That's dedication my man!!!!!!!!! Thanks a lot for the replies so far! Yea, f'n 8 months, nerve wrecking all the time. I started it as a side project and spent a limited bugdet every month, because i didn't want to spend a huge amount of money at once. So i kept building it every now and then, but it was a really slow growning process. I'm used to work on one custom for 3-4 weeks, so i am already really patient. The building itself isn't that time consuming, the planning really is because i'm not a craftsman, i know hasbro customizing very well, but carpentry and electromechanical work is out of my league. So i had to find ways to work with my skills and material i can work with. I'm sure there are cheaper and easier ways to do this and that, but i couldn't think of any and didn't want a sloppy look at the end. The fans for example took me 1 1/2 months, i've drawn 70 different fans and made variants in color and changed the faces. After that, i had to create an empty arena from the scratch and copy and paste the fans into the picture. Sure, i could have went with the awesome arena display by extremesets, but almost everyone is using it nowadays and i really wanted to say, that i've made all of this by myself. That's why it took me so long, i wanted no help from anybody, that's maybe a little dumb but that's what i wanted . I didn't even mentioned the fact that i'm working on an arena, because i wanted to impress with this one out of nowhere and i knew people would ask about the status of it all the time. I'm now just happy to have my life back, i was thinking of this all the time, even changed some parts from time to time, because i wasn't satisfied. Actually i made a SmackDown! arena back in 2003 in the basement at my dad's house when i was a kid, but i didn't had an income, so it was very limited. I had the thought of a bigger arena in my head for 13 years now and i couldn't be happier. Here's a pic of my first arena, sorry for the quality, it's the only picture i have:
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Post by naparo01 on Sept 23, 2016 19:52:33 GMT -5
So well done. Would like to see your hasbro custom collections.
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wrestlingfan1000
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Post by wrestlingfan1000 on Sept 23, 2016 20:18:07 GMT -5
Words can't describe how awesome those arenas look! Everything from the figures to the whole arena is amazing.
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Post by theMOESIAH on Sept 25, 2016 20:16:29 GMT -5
I LOVE your work! That Raw stage is unbelievably realistic. I never cared for the SD stage, but yours look fantastic.
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druid360
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BEST IN THE WORLD
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Post by druid360 on Sept 30, 2016 21:39:51 GMT -5
I am not a fan of hasbro and I never collected them (I don't see the appeal). That being said, that is amazing how accurate that Raw is War Arena is. Everything looks so clean and looks like an actual mini arena. Now if only we could get a Mattel version (not by you, but whoever)
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Vengeance
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Post by Vengeance on Oct 5, 2016 11:24:31 GMT -5
Fantastic! great job.
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Post by D.B.K. on Oct 16, 2016 6:40:19 GMT -5
AWESOME!!!!
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@brit_figs
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Post by @brit_figs on Oct 22, 2016 17:44:50 GMT -5
What chairs are those?
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Post by naparo01 on Oct 24, 2016 17:07:55 GMT -5
I'm wondering. What did you use for the metal stage floor/ramp parts?
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Tommycoholic
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Post by Tommycoholic on Oct 27, 2016 16:08:58 GMT -5
Thanks a lot guys, here's a new video:
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Hitman Bono
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The Sunday Jeff of it all...
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Post by Hitman Bono on Nov 3, 2016 17:34:52 GMT -5
I remember that Smackdown arena!!!
The 1999 version of me just creamed himself looking at that RAW arena... The current me is very impressed as well.
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tommyb
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Post by tommyb on Nov 8, 2016 22:16:19 GMT -5
AMAZING
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Post by hCo.Bro™ [brandon_lee] on Nov 9, 2016 1:29:17 GMT -5
Love, love, love the arena! It really takes me back to 98 The crowd is amazing and it's really impressive you designed it! Everything looks clean as hell. Hasbros aren't my niche, but if there was some TTLs in there.. Man-oh-man. Thanks for sharing this! Hope to see more of your work and action shots in the arena!
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Post by supermariobrother on Nov 16, 2016 19:32:13 GMT -5
This is the greatest custom wrestling arena i have ever seen online...
You should be proud...
If i had a Dave Metzer action figure, he would give it *****
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robbutler01
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Post by robbutler01 on Nov 28, 2016 15:17:06 GMT -5
Speechless! Absolutely incredible work!! Looks unbelievable!
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China Claus
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Post by China Claus on Nov 28, 2016 21:18:10 GMT -5
EPIC!
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