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Post by TotalDivaCustoms on Mar 29, 2008 14:28:19 GMT -5
Those customs are awesome .. i wish i could do something like that...
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Post by joe on Mar 29, 2008 15:47:04 GMT -5
I think WF should make a gallery to store all these awsome customs so people can see. What do you guys think?
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Post by Calcifer Boheme on Mar 29, 2008 15:55:58 GMT -5
And archive would be cool...
Does anyone remember Jason Clark? He was one of the originals that got me into it.
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Post by Importracer on Mar 29, 2008 17:09:34 GMT -5
Hmmm... I'm wondering, any one wanna see some old Joe M./Kane2o00 customs? sure post them
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Post by raz2005uk on Mar 29, 2008 19:31:42 GMT -5
I asked before nobody answered, what happened to HBREAKID? why did he stop customising etc?
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Post by AndyPeck13 on Mar 30, 2008 1:02:05 GMT -5
I asked before nobody answered, what happened to HBREAKID? why did he stop customising etc? i believe he started making P.O.D. customs....idk if he still does that or how long it lasted tho..
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Post by Joey Eches on Mar 30, 2008 2:29:01 GMT -5
I asked before nobody answered, what happened to HBREAKID? why did he stop customising etc? i believe he started making P.O.D. customs....idk if he still does that or how long it lasted tho.. He lost interest in wrestling and between that and a growing lack of parts to use he stopped making customs. Hmmm... I'm wondering, any one wanna see some old Joe M./Kane2o00 customs? sure post them Thanks Import, coming right up... Jushin "Thunder" Liger Scotty 2 Hotty (Though not much put into it, it was loved by many) Classic HBK HBK Inspired by the WMXIV Series BCA HBK Hollywood Hogan Later 90s Understaker Joey Ryan
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Post by The Assassin on Mar 30, 2008 13:49:43 GMT -5
Brings back a lot of memories. Tinyman was always the best in my book.
Most customizers are better at either sculpting or painting and I always liked the great painters (even if they weren't great sculptors I mean).
Not naming anyone specific, but I always felt that a lot of the supposed "best" from the old days of WF were overated and overconfident. And the "Customs Elite Forum" was just another part of their ego. Sad really.
I used to be really active on the customs board years ago, i didn't post many customs myself, but I always enjoyed seeing people's work and giving constructive criticism to help people improve. I barely ever bother replying to anyone's customs nowadays tho. Too many people can't take criticism. Especially from novice customizers like me. But you don't have to be a master customizer to have an artistic eye...
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Post by Johnas on Mar 30, 2008 18:08:07 GMT -5
I always liked this one: That Johnas guy was terrible at sculpting hair though.
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Post by Gonzo Customs on Mar 30, 2008 18:22:14 GMT -5
Brings back a lot of memories. Tinyman was always the best in my book. Most customizers are better at either sculpting or painting and I always liked the great painters (even if they weren't great sculptors I mean). Not naming anyone specific, but I always felt that a lot of the supposed "best" from the old days of WF were overated and overconfident. And the "Customs Elite Forum" was just another part of their ego. Sad really. I used to be really active on the customs board years ago, i didn't post many customs myself, but I always enjoyed seeing people's work and giving constructive criticism to help people improve. I barely ever bother replying to anyone's customs nowadays tho. Too many people can't take criticism. Especially from novice customizers like me. But you don't have to be a master customizer to have an artistic eye... I have to agree and disagree on what you said. I agree in the stand point that I know I'm much better at sculpting than I am at painting, recently my painting is improving with drastic measures. I never considered myself one of the best though. I did join up with the CEF board, but only posted about 5 customs there that were also posted here. I'm sure I was a cocky bastard back then, if so I apoligize, I'm a very humble individual. Some customizers were over confident, some were just that good. Guys like M2K, NBT, Chinese Chicken, Tee, KDR, Vortex, Crossfire, Baity, Tinyman, Downfall they were all just that good. I know there were a lot of other greats, but those were ones I always thought were the best, and consistant.
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Post by The Assassin on Mar 30, 2008 18:44:56 GMT -5
Brings back a lot of memories. Tinyman was always the best in my book. Most customizers are better at either sculpting or painting and I always liked the great painters (even if they weren't great sculptors I mean). Not naming anyone specific, but I always felt that a lot of the supposed "best" from the old days of WF were overated and overconfident. And the "Customs Elite Forum" was just another part of their ego. Sad really. I used to be really active on the customs board years ago, i didn't post many customs myself, but I always enjoyed seeing people's work and giving constructive criticism to help people improve. I barely ever bother replying to anyone's customs nowadays tho. Too many people can't take criticism. Especially from novice customizers like me. But you don't have to be a master customizer to have an artistic eye... I have to agree and disagree on what you said. I agree in the stand point that I know I'm much better at sculpting than I am at painting, recently my painting is improving with drastic measures. I never considered myself one of the best though. I did join up with the CEF board, but only posted about 5 customs there that were also posted here. I'm sure I was a cocky bastard back then, if so I apoligize, I'm a very humble individual. Some customizers were over confident, some were just that good. Guys like M2K, NBT, Chinese Chicken, Tee, KDR, Vortex, Crossfire, Baity, Tinyman, Downfall they were all just that good. I know there were a lot of other greats, but those were ones I always thought were the best, and consistant. (Not refererring to you Gonzo) but being really good at anything still doesn't mean you should be an arrogant know-it-all a'hole. When confidence turns to arrogance, it only leads to bullying and misery. Not gonna name anyone specifically, but for a lot of those guys I liked their customs, but their attitude was just awful, i couldn't even read their posts without cringing. Especially around the time of the CEF. whatever happened to the CEF anyway? i remember all the egotistical customizers getting sick of WF for some reason and starting it as an "exclusive" forum. I wanted to see their customs, but I didn't want to associate with that type of people. I don't want to contribute to that kind of a world.
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Post by Gonzo Customs on Mar 30, 2008 19:24:50 GMT -5
I have to agree and disagree on what you said. I agree in the stand point that I know I'm much better at sculpting than I am at painting, recently my painting is improving with drastic measures. I never considered myself one of the best though. I did join up with the CEF board, but only posted about 5 customs there that were also posted here. I'm sure I was a cocky bastard back then, if so I apoligize, I'm a very humble individual. Some customizers were over confident, some were just that good. Guys like M2K, NBT, Chinese Chicken, Tee, KDR, Vortex, Crossfire, Baity, Tinyman, Downfall they were all just that good. I know there were a lot of other greats, but those were ones I always thought were the best, and consistant. (Not refererring to you Gonzo) but being really good at anything still doesn't mean you should be an arrogant know-it-all a'hole. When confidence turns to arrogance, it only leads to bullying and misery. Not gonna name anyone specifically, but for a lot of those guys I liked their customs, but their attitude was just awful, i couldn't even read their posts without cringing. Especially around the time of the CEF. whatever happened to the CEF anyway? i remember all the egotistical customizers getting sick of WF for some reason and starting it as an "exclusive" forum. I wanted to see their customs, but I didn't want to associate with that type of people. I don't want to contribute to that kind of a world. Believe me, I know exactly who you are talking about, and yeah that did get kind of old. The egos used to fly around here, and still does from time to time. Those guys that were acting that way were 16, 17, and 18 at the time when they were at that stage in life where ego mattered. I'm sure if they came back today, they'd be completely different people, as I know I am. I too do not like to support that kind of behavior as well. It gets old real quick and is unnecessary. I forgot to mention CK(CustomKid) in my last post, he was always a humble great.
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Post by The Assassin on Mar 30, 2008 21:12:50 GMT -5
(Not refererring to you Gonzo) but being really good at anything still doesn't mean you should be an arrogant know-it-all a'hole. When confidence turns to arrogance, it only leads to bullying and misery. Not gonna name anyone specifically, but for a lot of those guys I liked their customs, but their attitude was just awful, i couldn't even read their posts without cringing. Especially around the time of the CEF. whatever happened to the CEF anyway? i remember all the egotistical customizers getting sick of WF for some reason and starting it as an "exclusive" forum. I wanted to see their customs, but I didn't want to associate with that type of people. I don't want to contribute to that kind of a world. Believe me, I know exactly who you are talking about, and yeah that did get kind of old. The egos used to fly around here, and still does from time to time. Those guys that were acting that way were 16, 17, and 18 at the time when they were at that stage in life where ego mattered. I'm sure if they came back today, they'd be completely different people, as I know I am. I too do not like to support that kind of behavior as well. It gets old real quick and is unnecessary. I forgot to mention CK(CustomKid) in my last post, he was always a humble great. we can only hope. but in my life i've come to realize some people never change. most of them probably aren't into wrestling anymore anyway. lots of people have lost interest. i know tinyman started making customs of other genres, i remember him doing the beatles. tee started making customs of porn stars. M2K started doing buffy and comedy stars. baity went on to become a pro sculptor i think. but obviously most of the greats disapeared to the CEF forum, so I don't know for sure what happened to them all. i always find it strange how most of the great customizers don't keep an active public website/archive of their customs. i mean, all the greats made so many customs, i can't imagine any of them giving up customs completely, even if they switched genres. It seems sad that all these great customs only exist on old barely-working websites, harddrives of us older WFers and presumably the customizers own computers. Maybe some of the greats will return one day. Like Chinese Chicken did.
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Post by Importracer on Mar 30, 2008 21:33:59 GMT -5
Seems like the gold club is the new version of cef.I belive the ego trip is just a phase in doing customs.I myself got a ego when i was winning alot of contests.When i stoped doing customs for almost a year the ego did not come back with me.I dont have to have a ego anymore because imo i can sculpt and paint with the best of them.
I would love to see the CEF come back and challange the gold club
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Post by TxR on Mar 30, 2008 21:41:53 GMT -5
Seems like the gold club is the new version of cef.I belive the ego trip is just a phase in doing customs.I myself got a ego when i was winning alot of contests.When i stoped doing customs for almost a year the ego did not come back with me.I dont have to have a ego anymore because imo i can sculpt and paint with the best of them. I would love to see the CEF come back and challange the gold club Just for the record... the Gold Club is far from what CEF was... The ONLY similarity there is the exclusivity of it. CEF was a group of the BEST customizers at the time... Gold Club is simply a place for a group of people with similar interests to meet.
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Post by becca on Mar 30, 2008 22:01:39 GMT -5
the gold club was not started because people got sick of this board, it was because Jack kept locking our discussion thread, and we got sick of it. It was never (and still isn't) about being better than anyone else. The only reason that it's more exclusive now is because of the competitions, and this crazy faction war.
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Post by Importracer on Mar 30, 2008 22:19:09 GMT -5
Hey Joey M i remeber your work now.
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Post by Sandy on Mar 30, 2008 23:32:45 GMT -5
Jesus Christ.
It is obvious who "The Assassin" is talking about. Am I being a dick in this thread? NO. I may have been a dick back in the day but that was just how I was...this is an internet forum where people talk about action figures, no need to take what CEF said so seriously.
I'm 21. Been on these boards and the old boards like AFR since I was like 13. Customizers Elite Forum was a damn joke. Me KDR and dogg all thought it would be fun to make a board making us sound so f***ing cocky and so arrogant...and have it be an exclusive thing for the close group of customizers... and when throwing names around KDR said "What should we name it...something that makes us sound like a**holes..." and I said "What about ELITE"....
So we ran with it. What was something that was only supposed to be KDR, myself, the dogg, m2k, and nbt quickly saw all known customizers not reluctantly joining but rather wanting to join. It was fun... we weren't a**holes on the site...Just a bunch of guys who appreciated the art of customizing and didn't just use it as a tool to make some money. If that is your thing though by all means go ahead and do it...
If I am wrong then I apologize..But since I seem to be the only CEF member who posted in this thread....and you said it wasn't Gonzo then by the process of elimination I immediately assumed those insults of some customizers who think they are that damn good and really are not was intended for me.
Would I be correct in this assumption?
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Post by Sandy on Mar 30, 2008 23:38:39 GMT -5
If I am correct then by all means test my skills...The last "custom" I made was 3 years ago. I don't do "customs" anymore. As much as I love it, I don't have the money for it anymore. I do, however, make full sculpts. So would you care to challenge me?...
Even though you don't make customs on a regular basis...it should be easy, right? You know, since I'm not all that good...
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Post by Gonzo Customs on Mar 31, 2008 0:31:06 GMT -5
Jesus Christ. It is obvious who "The Assassin" is talking about. Am I being a dick in this thread? NO. I may have been a dick back in the day but that was just how I was...this is an internet forum where people talk about action figures, no need to take what CEF said so seriously. I'm 21. Been on these boards and the old boards like AFR since I was like 13. Customizers Elite Forum was a damn joke. Me KDR and dogg all thought it would be fun to make a board making us sound so f***ing cocky and so arrogant...and have it be an exclusive thing for the close group of customizers... and when throwing names around KDR said "What should we name it...something that makes us sound like a**holes..." and I said "What about ELITE".... So we ran with it. What was something that was only supposed to be KDR, myself, the dogg, m2k, and nbt quickly saw all known customizers not reluctantly joining but rather wanting to join. It was fun... we weren't a**holes on the site...Just a bunch of guys who appreciated the art of customizing and didn't just use it as a tool to make some money. If that is your thing though by all means go ahead and do it... If I am wrong then I apologize..But since I seem to be the only CEF member who posted in this thread....and you said it wasn't Gonzo then by the process of elimination I immediately assumed those insults of some customizers who think they are that damn good and really are not was intended for me. Would I be correct in this assumption? Wow, I totally forgot you were part of CEF. I still have active membership there, I go back to check it out every once in a while but its been dead since 2004 or 2005. I don't think you are the one he was talking about Sandman. I don't remember you being really cocky or an ass, maybe you were, I don't remember. And really CEF was about just getting a bunch of guys that appreciated good customs together. It got rapped on this board as being a bunch of a cocky a holes, and some were. But for the most part, most of us were there only to get good opinions of our work instead of 40 "BEST CUSTOM EVER" replies. I remember that towards the end of the old days when I got out of it, I had lost interest in wrestling, and was tired of seeing the star of the week customs as was everybody else. A lot of the customizers had moved on to indy works as the WWE stuff was crap. WWE as a wrestling unit was crap, and was right around the time of the WWE takeover of WCW and wrestling pretty much died for a bit then. It wasn't till TNA came about that a lot of people got back into it. I was never one of them. I have seen a hand full of matches from 2003 until now. I have no interest in it anymore. I still cherish my memories of the old days of wrestling and will watch an old match anytime, but the new stuff I just can't get into. Assassin, as I mentioned a couple paragraph's back, the CEF forum died a long time ago. It was shortly after it started that I got out of the customs. Many of the other guys did too. CK and AWS were probably the last two really active members there. For me, life set in, I moved away from home to go to school and to be with my then g/f who is now my wife, was working 40 hrs a week and going to school for 15 hrs a semester. I'd been itching to get back into it for a long time and just recently I took the step and did it. I'm glad I did.
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