Toymaker versus DC23 revealing soon...

During the start of the year ( January 2011 ) I challenged Kenny Lim aka Toymaker to a build off. I follow Kenny's blog religiously and saw that he was planning to build a MG The O too. So I asked him if we could do a sort of build off together which will also serve as our BAKUC entries come yearend of the same year.

Kenny is one of the best and most respected modelers in this part of the world ( at the very least ), thus I am totally insane and out of my mind when I thought of the idea. Honestly I was thinking of just trying to out do myself as I desperately need motivation to improve. The best modelers here in the Philippines are semi retired already, they are only doing relax builds and are not really as competitive as they used to. So there is not much reason to compete with them anymore.

So there... challenging Kenny is basically a move to motivate my self to improve my craft by challenging one of the best and one of my original inspiration when it comes to detailing and modifications.

Fast forward to today ( November 12, 2011 ), Both me and Kenny are sort of rushing our custom MG The O builds for the Singapore Gunpla Builders World Cup 2011 on November 15. He is now painting the armor parts of his kit and I am rushing a simple base after this post. We will be revealing both our custom MG The O exactly on

November 14 11:59 PM

The build off is almost over... I have posted around 13 WIP posts of my MG the O while Kenny has posted only a couple ( as I expected - lol ). But I have been in constant contact with Kenny since the start of our challenge back in June 2011.

This was a win and win situation for me as not only did I get the chance to compete with one of the best in the craft, thus pushing myself to somehow out do what my skills would allow me to. I also won a friend from across the sea. 

I got to meet Kenny back in our MAC forums anniversary party last August 2011 here in the Philippines, and since then he has been a mentor, tutor, inspiration, a rival and a close friend. This build off although not yet finished has served it's purpose already. I won a great friend.

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TOYMAKER The O WIP update - some torso mods

Almost missed this, glad I checked my long blog roll before retiring today. Kenny Lim aka Toymaker just posted a quick update on his MG The O build during which I was in the hospital watching tv. His build is shaping up to be a really huge monster with a more complicated armor.

It is no surprise that at this early stage we could already see glimpses of how this will turn out. Makes me itchy to work on mine but I still have a couple of commishes on the way. Anyways Kenny has a couple more photos of his progress so far and I am pretty sure he is going to edit his post to add more explanation on the direction of his build. Now here is the link to Toymaker's blog post on his update on his MG The O....
TOYMAKER The O WIP update - A quick update

Thanks for dropping by! Til' next featured guest modeler! :)

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TOYMAKER The O WIP update - a head start

Kenny Lim aka Toymaker just posted his first update on his The O build. As most of you know, yours truly challenged Kenny 6 months ago to a MG The O Build-Off. I was totally insane when I thought of the idea and was totally reckless when I actually asked Kenny Lim at Facebook.

I am long ways to go from Kenny's skills obviously, thus I thought having a build off with one of the true masters of the craft would make me push my ass off to pull off something at least half as good as Kenny's builds. Anyways, after seeing his first update and take on the MG The O, I thought I could better keep track of his progress if I blog about every post he makes.

You could join the discussions and follow Toymaker's progress at various forums specially at our MAC Forums. However, I thought of giving you Kenny's personal Blog instead. Here is the link of Kenny's first update on his MG The O build...
TOYMAKER the O WIP update - a head start

Thanks as always for dropping by! Til' next post! :)

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