December's Featured Radicon. . . . . . .TFmaster!

I still have his Dinobot head, and some of his Pm's saved in my account. He will be missed.

I think I have something in my eye...

In early 2006 I was surfing the web, looking at Masterpiece Optimus Primes, and at this time had never even thought of disassembling a Transformer, better yet painting one and truly making it mine. At this time, I thought I was a bit of an abomination, some late 20 year old who still collected toys.

Thane I ran across his Powermaster Prime. I was speechless! The fact that someone had the ingenuity and (pardon my french) the balls to do one was insane to me, and so impressive it made me seek out kitbashing. From that one custom, I have made some great friends, some great customers, and THE most fun work I have ever done, for fun and profit.

His passing hurt me, not just because we lost a huge resource of knowledge and expertise, but because eon the VERY first custom i ever did, I sent him a email asking him a question....and he answered it! The Noob that I was, asking a Customs Master a Noob question...and he answered it.

He was a fan first, and one of the greatest creative minds that I have ever had the pleasure to watch. From the bottom of my heart, God speed, Bill. You will always be missed...'Till All Are One!

it saddens me , I never got to meet TFMaster, I have a strange feeling we would have gotten along. I was devising a way to use Rid Magnus as a Motor Master, D'oh! he beat me to it again, like 8 years ago I'm sure.

Bill was a good guy, he pretty much invited me over his house the moment I spoke to him. He loved to talk toys and you could tell. I met up with him a few times and even have a few customs made by him. Most were actually just given to me as he had tired of them and didn't want payment. I know I have a black Strongarm he did and a purple Energon Galvatron. Also he gave me a Grimlock head sculpt that he had wanted to make into pins or magnets. He was a good guy and will be m ssed. I have a picture of me with his G1 Unicron custom and remember actually holding his MP Menasor. One custom of his that I always wondered if he finished was an Alternators Rhinox he was working on out of an Alt. Swindle.

I've loved his customs so much. I still miss him to this day. Godspeed, Bill.

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As I was not skilled in the customs department like Bill was, I decided to do a pic for him which I presented to his wife at the funeral.



Bill has did a lot for me and I will always appreciate our friendship.

Deviant Art Entries:
http://black-aria.deviantart.com/art...aster-50683033
http://black-aria.deviantart.com/art...ature-50691009

We will never forget you, Bill.

I remember seeing some of these back on Transtopia and just thinking WOW! Ther are so many good ones but I remember the Armada Seekers standing out and anything alternators related.

Because he inspired so many people to be better at or to just start customizing, we see him in almost ever custom posted on these boards. The influence goes on from people he directly knew to the people they help ie when Plowking helped get Nemesis Predaking started, that's just one example of how Bill's spirit will survive and continue to live on in our customs

Yeah, his body of work is nuts. So much range too.


Good stuff.

Originally Posted by Bryan. Man erech is CRAZY!!!