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01-04-2017, 05:12 PM | #1 |
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Visalia, CA
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January's Featured Customizer: King Ranger Quote:
Originally Posted by KamenRiderOOO
1. When did you first get into the Toku Community?
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2. How long have you been customizing?
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3. What was the first custom you did and was it for yourself or for a customer?
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4. What materials and methods do you use when customizing?
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5. How much do you enjoy customizing?
Custom King Ranger Custom Megaranger Team Custom Dekamaster vs Custom Wolzard Quote:
6. What is your favorite piece you've made?
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7. What is your least favorite piece you made?
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8. Biggest customizing job you've had/most tedious to make custom?
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9. I've noticed your social media depicts several works in progress. Any that we're gonna see real soon?
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10. Any advice for fellow Customizers?
For anyone looking to get into making custom figures for commission, just know that it’s not as profitable as you might think. Be smart, plan accordingly, and don’t take on more commissions than you know you can handle. Too many times have I heard about artists being bogged down with so many customs because they thought they could handle it or they’ve stopped because it was too overwhelming. Don’t let this happen to you. Other than that, the sky’s the limit. Use whatever resource you have necessary to make your project turn out how you would want it to. If you have to sacrifice that hard-to-find figure because he has the perfect head, then sacrifice that hard-to-find figure. Mint-in-package figure has the perfect weapon for your custom? Rip that sucker open! You can always replace something you can buy even if it takes some time to do so, but making that perfect figure is a unique experience that has its own level of gratification and, in the end, it’s totally worth it. OH, and before I forget, stay humble. There is a difference between being proud of your work and coming off as a prick. Don’t criticize someone else’s work just because you think yours is better. Think that yours is better, by all means, but don’t down someone else’s hard work because of it. After all they probably put in just as much work or more into their mediocre custom as you might have in your awesome one. And if they didn’t, well, talk them up, relate by telling them what you went through, and help them improve. After all, if we can all stay humble and look at this hobby as a collaboration and not a competition then we ultimately better the community as a whole and the output we produce.
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01-04-2017, 07:39 PM | #2 |
Tommy's 1700's Clone
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 149
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Great interview and a great idea for a new feature!
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01-04-2017, 08:50 PM | #3 |
KNIGHT OF SPADE
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 360
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Kingranger, if you're reading this, I LOVE YOUR CUSTOMS! Before I got into Riders, I loved Sentai and PR to death and I drooled over your customs. Now, I'm reliving that sense of amazement again, I didn't see that Wolzard before and it is gorgeous, along with Dekamaster!
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01-04-2017, 10:22 PM | #4 |
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Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Chilling with StarNinger, Kyoryu Gold, ToQ6, and Shinken Gold
Posts: 954
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Very nice interview with the king
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01-04-2017, 10:22 PM | #5 |
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Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: The North Woods
Posts: 83
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I have seen the Deathryuger and Kyoryu Silver, and they are so great! I wish Figuarts had done official releases of these characters; it's good to know that there is an exceptional unofficial option.
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01-05-2017, 12:01 PM | #6 |
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Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Sunland, ca
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Love king ranger work, customizing is hard work so props to him and all that do it
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01-06-2017, 02:14 AM | #7 |
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@TokuChris Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Denver, CO
Posts: 4,697
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There's definitely an art to customizing. Kingranger is probably the best in the Power Rangers business and I'm happy to see that he's expanded his work to cosplay related stuff these days.
I'm also excited as the pictured Gold Ranger/Kingranger S.H. Figuart custom was once for sale on eBay - and I tried to purchase it - before he had to pull it because the original guy who commissioned it decided he wanted it after all. But Kingranger reached out to me and is currently working on one for me and I should have an update on it soon. And of course I'm going to gallery the sh*t out of it.
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01-06-2017, 08:44 AM | #8 |
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Florida
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There's definitely an art to customizing. Kingranger is probably the best in the Power Rangers business and I'm happy to see that he's expanded his work to cosplay related stuff these days.
I'm also excited as the pictured Gold Ranger/Kingranger S.H. Figuart custom was once for sale on eBay - and I tried to purchase it - before he had to pull it because the original guy who commissioned it decided he wanted it after all. But Kingranger reached out to me and is currently working on one for me and I should have an update on it soon. And of course I'm going to gallery the sh*t out of it. |
01-07-2017, 01:07 AM | #9 |
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Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Chilling with StarNinger, Kyoryu Gold, ToQ6, and Shinken Gold
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King is a great guy; really laid back. I have commissioned Teo figures from him. And I've sold some things to him. Other than choosing his own moniker, there is a reason he is the king lol
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01-07-2017, 04:19 AM | #10 |
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 76
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Man, I remember being so jealous when I saw your mighty morphin figures.. they were (are) so awesome looking.
I'm so glad we got official figuarts versions. |
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