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GD INTERVIEW PRESENTS:
:::::PODIUM FINAL GBWC 2015 IN TOKYO:::::
By
Corino & Lemcat
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Staff GD
Hi guys! The “GD interview” continue to grow and this time we have the pleasure and honor to interviewing the complete OPEN podium GBWC 2015:1°: Win Eiam-ong (Thailand)
2°: NG Siu Way (Hong Kong)
3°: Jeff Ho (Malaysia)
along with the two special awards:Char's AURIS Ⅱ Award: NG Siu Way (Hong Kong)
Gundam Visa Card Award: Riccardo Forni (Italy)
So, let's hear what they have to say to the GD community!_________________________________________________________________________
Win Eiam-ong, First place
Hi Win!
Few questions to know each other better and discover how you reach the first place of GBWC 2015.
How was this experience of GBWC final in Tokyo?
It was truly amazing! I loved every bit of it... the winning thing is just icing on the cake (awesomely great, I am very humbled and honored). But what I love above all else is to be a part of this awesome community, to learn from others, to improve, to meet new friends, as well as see some old friends. I’ve bond with most of these people for life. Just awesome - AWESOME - people.
What is your favorite model of the other participants?
Sorry, I'd rather not say.... The thing is I concider him to be a really good friend of mine and if he reads this, and see me saying that I like his work best.... He'll just tease me non-stop and I don't want to give him a bigger ego...
Can you tell us an episode to remember in this final?
I never expect to win. I usually do the best I can, throw it in and hope for the best... so when they announced the results for the 3rd place, and then second place- I thought to myself there is no way I would get anything, because there are other really cool entries that I thought would win. Then when they announced my name followed by "Thailand"... it didn't register in my head- so I just sat there clapping, waiting for the winner to go up.... Until the junior winner of Thailand behind me punched me in the ribs and said "that's you- you idiot!" (she's awesome.)
Would you like to add anything about this edition of GBWC 2015?
Gundam building is an art form that has no "end" or "ultimate" point.... All you can do is have an idea, experiment with it, fail, learn from it, or succeed and move on to another idea and have more fun. Gunpla builders are simply artists who chose gundam as their canvas.
Tell us who you are and how you enter the world of Gundam model building:
I started doing models in general when I was 11 but with warhammer models and I've been making, painting and sculpting models since. Warhammer is a table top war game where player create models then using their rules, rulers, and dice- you use the models to fight each other as an army. like Warcraft but with models. My first gundam kit was actually a year and a half ago with this guy:
I watch Gundam series alot and when they brought out Gundam built fighters where a modeler can build a model then put it on a table and it comes to life and fights each other... I'm sold..... after the first one I became addicted and never looked back
Let's go deeper: what kind of modifications have you done to reach this result? Are there any parts you are particulary proud of?
Just telling the story I wanted to tell, and communicating/connecting with non gunpla people who've seen my work I think. Personally I think a diorama needs to tell a story. So I wanted to tell the story of us as modelers working long and hard on perfecting our art, but also something that people that dont know anything about gundam can see and understand. so instead of modelers and models- it is a carpenter and a wooden sculpture (same thing but different skill sets but some reason more relatable.)
The way I see it- GBWC is a Bandai and sunrise promotional event, so this diorama MUST come from one of the Gundam universe. Because I got into gundam with the Gundam built fighters universe- I wanted to created a story in that universe. that's why if you look in the diorama there are many refference to that world. Mao's hat on the table, Mao's gunpla school wooden signs, the Haro mosquito replent. Also the logo on both the diorama plaque and the wooden sculpture plaque has the gundam built fighters' logo on it. The name of the wooden sculpture is actually the name of one of the episode (gundam built fighter try ep 14 "Worthy Rivals"(好敵手たち). The gundam them selves are not gundam wing and gundam epion but a custom mix of many gundam kits.
Have you already had the next works in mind?
Yes actually I was lucky enough to be invited into a International group build off called "CLASH OF TITANS"
The idea is 20 builders from around the world with 20 VERY different ideas and styles, 1 model kit (Graze 1/100).... I'm very honored to be in this group full of awesome god like builders.... I just hope I don't f*ck up too much... no pressure...
Thanks a lot for your time and enjoy this well deserved victory!
And do not forget, Italy loves Gunpla!
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Thank you guys for the helpfulness and courtesy on behalf of the Gundam Dipendente and all the Italian Gunpla Builders!
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