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03-01-2017, 12:36 PM
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KamenRiderOOO
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Visalia, CA
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March Interview- Grimlockimus
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1. When did you first get into the Toku Community?
1) Well my very first introduction to Toku was in 2002 with the first Power Rangers series I watched which was Wild Force. I've loved animals my entire life and seeing giant robot ones combining into robots and fighting monsters, it was everything I could've wanted at that age. And I've been a fan of Power Rangers (and later on Sentai and Kamen Rider) ever since.
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2. How long have you been customizing?
2) I've actually only been customizing for little over a year now. The first piece I ever made, a Transformers Beast Wars Snapper with a vehicle mode, was made around January-February of last year.
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3. What was the first custom you did and was it for yourself or for a customer?
3) As I mentioned the first custom I ever did was of Beast Wars Snapper using the Beast Hunter Bumblebee mold. That custom was 100% for myself as Snapper is one of my favorite lesser know characters in Transformers. Plus at the time I was working on it I had no idea what I was doing so there was no way I could sell it with that in mind. XD
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4. What materials and methods do you use when customizing?
4) Paint wise I primarily use both Model Master and Tamiya brand acrylics for my customs. As for everything else, parts, tools etc. I typically just look at what I have at my disposal and find a way to make what I want to achieve work. I have large bins of loose parts I've collected from Transformers, Gundam, Bionicle and Power Ranger toys that I go through when a particular custom requires a bit more than what the basic figure provides. For example the wings on my Nova Primal custom, or in a more relevant example, the handle for the Megazord's shield which was made out of the Pterodactyl's claw mechanism along with some Transformers parts.
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5. How much do you enjoy customizing?
5) I enjoy customizing a lot, like, a whole lot. You don't spend two months working on customizing a 28 inch tall robot and all of it's component parts unless you really enjoy the work you're putting into it. Plus thanks to kinda knowing what I'm doing when it comes to customizing I get to look at my interests in a whole new light. Now when I pick up new Power Rangers or Transformers toys I look at them and think what I could make out of them, or how I could improve upon what the base toy provides. And that just adds to the fun of customizing and collecting for me.
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6. What is your favorite piece you've made?
6) Oh man, it's like you're asking me which of my children are my favorites here. Out of everything I've made, as much as I want to say the Megazord, I'd have to say Nova Primal. That custom is very special to me as it's the first piece I really struggled on when it came to achieving the idea I had going into the project, namely adding wings to a triple changing robot where the wings would fit in all three of that toy's modes.
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7. What is your least favorite piece you made?
7) I don't remember if I ever posted this one anywhere, and if I did I'm sorry to anyone who saw it, but my least favorite custom I ever made was my attempt at a custom Combiner Wars Beast Wars Waspinator. The idea going in was pretty simple, take the head off Generations Waspinator, attach it to a Combiner Wars Aerialbot, paint it up and wallah instant success! Well this was a very early customizing attempt by me, around the same time as Snapper, but I didn't know which paints to use or needing to put down a base coat and the whole thing just turned into a mess of green, yellow and black. I'm actually planning on going back to that idea in the future to try and make up for that mess up of mine.
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8. Biggest customizing job you've had/most tedious to make custom?
8) Hmmm, biggest custom...biggest..custom. *looks over at 28 inch tall movie Megazord* Yeah I think this guy is as big as they'll come. Honestly the Megazord is by FAR my biggest and most tedious customization job so far and not just by size alone. Each Zord had their color schemes planned out in advance and how it would look both on it's own, and combine while also trying to give them a classic color scheme. This wasn't as easy as I thought as one Zord in particular, the Spid..I mean Mastodon Zord, was so different in design that it was hard to make the new paint job outshine the glaring design faults. Ultimately though, time consuming and tedious as it was to paint this toy, it was all worth it to see this thing combined and, if I do say so myself, looking pretty good.
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9. I've noticed your social media depicts several works in progress. Any that we're gonna see real soon?
9) Not sure where you see those, I usually don't post WIP pictures unless it's something I'm just too excited about like the Movie Zords. However so this question isn't a complete non-event I guess I can mention some stuff I have in the works. In no particular order I have the following projects planned: Beast Wars Uprising Torca, IDW Obsidian, my retry and Combiner Wars Waspinator aaaaand...Movie Green Ranger.
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10. Any advice for fellow Customizers?
10) Plan ahead, visualize what you want to achieve,map out how you're going to do it and what you need to get it done. That's worked for me at least and has helped me finish a lot of customs over the year. Also don't be afraid to ask for help or advice if you need it, there are a lot of amazing customizers out there to learn and seek advice from.
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