Importracer
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Post by Importracer on May 18, 2008 15:35:16 GMT -5
Im not voting on any of the matches.Just want to say great job to everone all of these customs look great.
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Post by tibbs1984 on May 18, 2008 15:42:42 GMT -5
The Bravo head consists of the following: Ken Shamrock eyes and mouth from a BCA figure. transplanted onto a Regal shell. The Regal was used because of the similar chin. The face was then sculpted on the cheeks and a full hair sculpt was done. The nose was fully sculpted because I couldn't get Shamrock nose to look right I then made the pecs a lot bigger and I made the triceps massive. I can't help the fact that we made them look simple. The only reason they look that way is because we made them look that way. Especially when I remembered the eyebrows! LoL. He doesn't look like he is fresh from the burn unit now.
The Angle looks great though and I can't and won't sit and pick apart everything like some of our competitors do. (they don't happen to be on this card, and one of them thinks Bravo looks quit odd. I think he means quite though) I think it's a good match and closer than most think. Same outcome however. I like every custom on the card in fact.
For the other match, since I'm not a judge I won't pick a winner. I have been accused in the past of not having an opinion so I will now live up to that. Since I'm so undecisive I think I can now run for congress. It's a law.
P.S. Angus got his @$$ handed to him last week so even a loss can't bring me down too much!
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akawildfire
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Post by akawildfire on May 18, 2008 15:58:11 GMT -5
Angle= Screams titan tron posed figure, even though the stomach is RA, Looks good but still falls short of anything great.
Eddie= Wrist/hand tape is way to thick and the paint looks lumpy or something and since when was eddie black....
Dino Bravo= Looks nothing like him due to the lack of bland painting of the face, I think it might be one of those situations when it looked alright before being painted and then all the detail got lost in the painting process, Keep up working on the skintone painting and the definition painting and you'll be alright.
Ronnie Garvin= Everything but the heads looks fabulous, Which is a shocker to me coming from you. If I seen that head on top of a pencil I would never have guessed it was ronnie garvin, I can't tell by the pic but is his famous mole there? And I don't ever remember ronnie having a grinning smile like that.
WINNER: Biohazard/Warsman- Ronnie Garvin was the sole reasoning in picking the winner, the best of the bunch.
Ultimo Dragon- This Is Awesome. The only thing I even notice "off" is that there seems to be lack of any definition on his back (no shoulder blades or anything?), If this figure had a cape it would be perfect. All The Painting and Sculpting is above superb.
Dink= This little guy is incredible the scale is great and major props in taking the time to build him with full functioning joints.The paint job was duplicated perfectly and that initself is a rarity.
WINNER: Rozz When I seen the dink in progress I thought for sure it would be a hands down victory for Rozz but it turned out that Beyondo stepped his game up another notch and made a damn near perfect figure aswell, These 2 figures are some of the best "produced" here on wrestlingfigs in the last 6 years.. I can honestly say that I will now remember the name Beyondo because of this figure... Double props to both of you....This is 2 examples at the same time of what customizers should inspire to be like....
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Post by pimpmaster5000 on May 18, 2008 16:08:21 GMT -5
The Bravo head consists of the following: Ken Shamrock eyes and mouth from a BCA figure. transplanted onto a Regal shell. The Regal was used because of the similar chin. The face was then sculpted on the cheeks and a full hair sculpt was done. The nose was fully sculpted because I couldn't get Shamrock nose to look right I then made the pecs a lot bigger and I made the triceps massive. I can't help the fact that we made them look simple. The only reason they look that way is because we made them look that way. Especially when I remembered the eyebrows! LoL. He doesn't look like he is fresh from the burn unit now. The Angle looks great though and I can't and won't sit and pick apart everything like some of our competitors do. (they don't happen to be on this card, and one of them thinks Bravo looks quit odd. I think he means quite though) I think it's a good match and closer than most think. Same outcome however. I like every custom on the card in fact. For the other match, since I'm not a judge I won't pick a winner. I have been accused in the past of not having an opinion so I will now live up to that. Since I'm so undecisive I think I can now run for congress. It's a law. P.S. Angus got his @$$ handed to him last week so even a loss can't bring me down too much!yeah that angus kid did a good custom, i think he said it was a whore for ebay so didnt really care, but that new eddierules guy did a good job. i think he deserves a ppv match maybe verses nydream guy that should be a good match.
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CMD
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Post by CMD on May 18, 2008 17:16:33 GMT -5
North South Connection- I'm going with these guys. Besides the fact they are posed, they are just plain more detailed. The skintone of Eddy is too dark though.
Rozz- I have to go with Rozz here. Both look very good, in fact I love Beyondo's Ultimo, but I'm incredibly impressed with Rozz's Dink. Never before have I seen a Dink that articulated. The articulation is what gets me.
-CMD
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Post by The Canadian Killer Deen on May 18, 2008 17:29:57 GMT -5
north south connection def cornshuckers kurt angle: looks really good i love the skin tone i dont really like the hands but w/e eddie guerreo:looks lumpy in some areas and the sculpting on the wrist tape is way too thick i hate the skin tone though i would recomend mixing some white yellow and orange mix untill it looks somewhat like an eddie guerrero skin tone dino bravo and ronnie garvin: both are really simple and i read why u chose them but if i were u guys i would do as much sculpting as possibe (i know u guys are capable of that)
the thing that did it for me was the lack of detail by the corn shuckers and i really like the kurt angle
beyondo def rozz both of these customs are awesome and i cant find anything wrong with them but i give beyondo the slite edge because just think it looks more solid than rozz's custom
great job by everyone one
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robl7up
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Post by robl7up on May 18, 2008 19:02:41 GMT -5
Beyondo vs Rozz:
Beyondo's Ultimo is quite impressive, no doubt about it.
BUT, that DINK that ROZZ put together is something right out of a JAKKS CLASSIC'S series line! Its just FLAWLESS!! The articulation is phenominal!
MY vote is for ROZZ and that AWESOME DINK fig!
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Post by NYdream™ on May 18, 2008 20:13:28 GMT -5
The Bravo head consists of the following: Ken Shamrock eyes and mouth from a BCA figure. transplanted onto a Regal shell. The Regal was used because of the similar chin. The face was then sculpted on the cheeks and a full hair sculpt was done. The nose was fully sculpted because I couldn't get Shamrock nose to look right I then made the pecs a lot bigger and I made the triceps massive. I can't help the fact that we made them look simple. The only reason they look that way is because we made them look that way. Especially when I remembered the eyebrows! LoL. He doesn't look like he is fresh from the burn unit now. The Angle looks great though and I can't and won't sit and pick apart everything like some of our competitors do. (they don't happen to be on this card, and one of them thinks Bravo looks quit odd. I think he means quite though) I think it's a good match and closer than most think. Same outcome however. I like every custom on the card in fact. For the other match, since I'm not a judge I won't pick a winner. I have been accused in the past of not having an opinion so I will now live up to that. Since I'm so undecisive I think I can now run for congress. It's a law. P.S. Angus got his @$$ handed to him last week so even a loss can't bring me down too much!yeah that angus kid did a good custom, i think he said it was a whore for ebay so didnt really care, but that new eddierules guy did a good job. i think he deserves a ppv match maybe verses nydream guy that should be a good match. woa woa woa..... dont be talkin about me...... how about after titan hands you your a$$ you face NYdream at the next PPV.....
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Post by pimpmaster5000 on May 18, 2008 20:18:19 GMT -5
yeah that angus kid did a good custom, i think he said it was a whore for ebay so didnt really care, but that new eddierules guy did a good job. i think he deserves a ppv match maybe verses nydream guy that should be a good match. woa woa woa..... dont be talkin about me...... how about after titan hands you your a$$ you face NYdream at the next PPV..... dude i was saying that i thought itd be a good match. i wasnt putting you down .............i could though, thats if you wanted
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Post by NYdream™ on May 18, 2008 20:33:19 GMT -5
woa woa woa..... dont be talkin about me...... how about after titan hands you your a$$ you face NYdream at the next PPV..... dude i was saying that i thought itd be a good match. i wasnt putting you down .............i could though, thats if you wanted i already have an exibition match with him.... next friday in the board..... but if your up to a match for the next PPV then i am game..... you can name a stip.... that is if titan beats you... wich is most likely gonna happen...
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Post by pimpmaster5000 on May 18, 2008 20:38:42 GMT -5
dude i was saying that i thought itd be a good match. i wasnt putting you down .............i could though, thats if you wanted i already have an exibition match with him.... next friday in the board..... but if your up to a match for the next PPV then i am game..... you can name a stip.... that is if titan beats you... wich is most likely gonna happen... well thanks alot yeah ill except ill think of a stip later
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Post by gatecitysinner on May 18, 2008 21:00:59 GMT -5
Take it to the Competition thread fellas.
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Post by NYdream™ on May 18, 2008 21:22:37 GMT -5
^^^ well enough of that..... on to my votes... Angle-I like this one.... the skintone is pretty much flawles. thats my favorite thing about this one. The other thing i really like is the sculpted down straps and chest hair..... what i dont like is it is a straight up angle scan.... straight up HW torso.... I would have liked to see it modded.... would have looked pretty good.... but other than those it looks really good..... Eddie-I also like this one too.... But there are a few flaws...... The skinton is a lil too dark...... the shirt sculpt is a lil sloppy..... i have trouble with those things too.... i like the pose done in this one... portrays one his best looks..... WWE CHAMP... about that.... is it just put on there or did you sculpt it on? Either way GREAT JOB!!!!! Dino Bravo-First off i must say the mods look really good.... looks accurate..... i like the parts use...... one thing i dont like is that the face mods look a lil sloppy.... but i am not so great at those yet..... maybe a lil more finish sanding......The skintone is great.... looks just likes jakks tone...... very smooth...... really helps the figure alot...... GREAT JOB!!! Ronnie Garvin-Not much i can really say abot this figure...... A negative is there are no mods to the body..... But the body used was really accurate...... So that doesent take too much away from it.....But the head looks awesome and the skintone is amazing...... It looks like you didnt een do one wich is a HUGE compliment.... not many can do that..... Winners: Bravo/Garvin(cornschuckers) Special Callenge Ultimo Dragon-This is one of the best figures you have made Beyondo.... I love how you bring your A-game to every match SNME or not.... Heck this might not even be your A-game..... I love the sculpting of the mask and stff.... Nice use of a Rock head...... The skintone is flawless... What do you sculpt with???Great job man..... Dink-This figure is simple THE MOST CREATIVE CUSTOM EVER.... Hands down.... Nobody has done this.... They have done a dink but not the proper mods the way you did...... Ive seen quite a few midget wrestler customs..... None of them did the arm mods like this..... or torso and leg mods..... Id love to see a Hornswaggle and Lil Boogey made the same way..... The legs torso head and all look incredibly accurate and are very smooth..... Great JOB MAN!~!!!! Winner-Rozz simply on the creativity facter..... other than that this match was HARD to judge...... Great job to all compeditors this was a great SNME.... im sad i didnt get to show mine in it since Walkhard dropped out..... Thank you guys and especially becca for making this stuff happen.....
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Post by "The King" Tony Stewart™ on May 19, 2008 9:24:25 GMT -5
Match 1 - I have to go with Biohazard and Warsman. I am a little biased of the Dino Brave figure and I am not really digging the black Eddie.
Match 2 - definatley goes to Rozz for Dink. The minature sculpting is impressive. Ultimo however is very impressive as well.
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Post by The Silent Flute (joepetree) on May 19, 2008 21:12:43 GMT -5
Texacide and Beyondo all the Way those figures are some of the best work i have ever seen from customs , or even by Jakks
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Post by skribbel24 on May 20, 2008 9:43:38 GMT -5
Tag match - I'd go with Angle/Eddie. I don't think the torso is perfect for Kurt, but the modding of the singlet and the paint job is pretty good. The Eddie is also not bad but the skin tone could be lighter.
Dink vs. Ultimo is a very hard match to judge. The sculpting and painting on Ultimo looks very professionally done. Dink looks factory done as well. I would go with Dink, however, as while both have great painting and sculpting, Dink made use of creative parts choices that I wouldn't even have thought of! Still, a close match.
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Post by Gonzo Customs on May 20, 2008 12:48:24 GMT -5
Angle - Everything is smooth and clean. Paint job is phenominal. I love how you added the down straps. Great parts choice. The only part I do not like are the connection of the arms and shoulders. I think the deltoids should have been sculpted up a little so it's not so much of a slope between the bicep and the shoulder.
Eddie - Wrist tape is a little chick, skin tone works, but is a tad too dark. The sculpting is rough in a few places on the shirt. Overall it's brilliant. You captured Eddie's pose perfectly. Paintjob is very well done and looks pretty clean otherwise. Adding the belt just helped top this one off. Doing posed customs is not just about filling in joints, but doing a pose that captures the feeling and character of that person. You did this well. Great job.
Dino Bravo - Original Custom, can't say I've seen one of him made yet. I like the head modding and torso modding. Your sculpting looks very smooth and paint job is very clean. I think for presentation purposes you should have found a good picture of him posing and just put he figure in that pose for the shot. I probably would have made the torso a bit thicker, as well as the waist and the thighs. Dino was short, but very thick. Great job overall.
Ronnie Garvin - I think you captured him perfectly. The head choice works. Simple custom, but clean and smooth. The hair is sculpted perfectly. The pose for the picture and the towel help top this one off.
Ultimo Dragon - This Ultimo is phenominal. The sculpting is almost perfect and the painting is perfect. This would have to be the best custom Ultimo I've seen. Skin tone looks spot on. Great sculpting on the head piece. My only complaint is that the shoulder piece almost looks like it's missing detail on the bottom sectoin of it, the solid black area. Looks like it should have some designs or something there, however I may be wrong. The figure overall has a comic book feel. Great job Beyondo.
Dink - This Dink is phenominal. The parts choice and modding is perfect. Proportions and sculpting are perfect. Paint job is perfect. I can't see a single flaw. Head sculpting looks great. Good to see you didn't just use a Doink head, as Dink had that wider head. The shot with Doink completes it. "Mini me, you complete me..."
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Post by wwe4ever on May 20, 2008 17:41:57 GMT -5
Tag Match Texacide & JPD VS Warsman & Biohazard
Kurt Angle - First of all I really like the skintone. The sculpted kneepads and shorts look great but the torso needs to be modded. I don't think angle was ever that ripped. The painting is nice and smooth.
Eddie Guerrero - Overall the only thing in my opinion that brings the custom down is the skintone. It worked well for one of your Headshrinker customs, but it is way too dark for eddie. The painting is nice and smooth and the sculpting looks to be solid as well.
Dino Bravo - Congrats on making a Bravo, I've never seen a Bravo custom before. Although I applaud you for the effort, the Regal head just didn't work for him. The painting looks great though.
Ronnie Garvin - The custom is pretty plain like Bravo but I like the custom skintone. Again, the head doesn't really work. His white towel is a nice touch though.
Winners: Texacide & JPD
Special Challenge
Beyondo - This custom is truly a work of art. The sculpting does the custom a lot of justice. I especially like the mask and the chest plate, or whatever it's called. The painting is extremely smooth, did you airbrush or hand paint him? His skintone looks very good. The spikes on the tights and the belt look great too. What would make this custom perfect would be a custom made cape to match the attire.
Rozz - The Dink looks amazing and I'm actually surprised that you made him. Did you use a small GI Joe as the body for the figure? it looks like it, judging from the arms. The sculpting and the painting look spectacular but what realls makes this custom is the sculpted clown hair. It looks just Like Doink's hair and the green hair Dink has looks like it matches Doink's hair perfectly. You did an excellent job on the stars, I always find them really hard to paint, especially if you're not using a stencil and are painting them free hand.
It's really a tough match to call but there's no way that I'm leaving it a draw. I'm going to have to vote for Beyondo, because of the really good sculpting and custom skintone.
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Post by terrybollea on May 22, 2008 14:19:03 GMT -5
I think Dino and Garvin win the 1st round.
Although, Ultimo is nice, I am going to go with Dink in the second round.
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Post by rey54 on May 24, 2008 10:44:39 GMT -5
I think Angle wins and a Draw becuase of the dink looks so good the painting is so smooth the dragon though is amazing great sucplting. you can tell both of them took alot of time to do it. Also the angle butthe ediie G looks black But the other one im just not to much of a fan on the head. rey54
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