Pro Wrestling Guerrilla FANTASTIC FOUR Round 1

[Sound888]

I'm not sure what the requirements of having a pic fed is, but I am doing a four way tournament type deal that I want to share. There's no storylines yet, but if this turns out well, I might start doing PWG shows.

So without further ado: Round ONE! Roderick Strong vs Claudio Castagnoli!

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[WCM's Izzy]

Hi, Hellboy. Do we have a new pic fed in the makings here? You only had one match, so I will make my commentary short and concise (I always do, even if you would have made a 20 match card, I'm a man of few typed words...).

Cons:

- No words! A little bit of text would have added lots of spicy salsa to your match.

Pros:

- Astonishingly superb posing skills and match making.
- Excellently, superbly executed photography (what camera are you using, btw, and any particular lighting setup?).

With the camera style you are using, damn, you don't even need a backdrop.

[brm]

Okay. I went on the pic fed board today and saw a PWG post. I was like, "THIS IS GONNA BE GOOD." Then I looked over and saw it was posted by Hellboy, and my heart stopped. I'll talk some more about the fed in a minute after I comment on the match. Oh, and THANK YOU for the reply to my FIW show. It was like I was getting an HB reply from a pose again! Hopefully I can return the favor with a reply here. Claudio vs. Roderick. Oh man, this is gonna get amazing. I can't tell what head you used for Claudio, but it WORKS well. Loving the muscular body on Claudio and the smaller body on Roderick. I'm hoping to completely retool all the guys in my fed to have scale and body consistencies that reflect Indy wrestlers, but I think I'm going to go with RA figures as they have the most parts available. I know it won't be as easy to pose with them, but I think it will present a challenge to me and hopefully one I can make work. Anyway, I love your scale with these. Man, I can't believe how believable you make the chops look. With Roderick, you NEED chops to be in the match, and you didn't make it look like he touched him, you made it look like he CHOPPED him. Love seeing the old "I'm the heel, so I hide under the ropes for a dirty break" tactic in a pic fed. Wow that's realistic. Oh my shoot. That European uppercut! I felt it, and you have Claudio's mannerisms down amazingly. HA when Roderick leaned into the ropes, for I second I thought he was going to pull a Nigel lean back and lariat thing. Guess I've been watching too much ROH lately. That overhead military scoop slam looked amazing, and the amount of frames you have in there made it look so realistic. HOLY that shot RIGHT before Roderick connects with the enzugiri is so great. I remember we used to talk about the connecting shot right before my Van Daminators was always better than the connection shot, and I think of that here, except the connection shot is freaking awesome here too. I mean, that shot of Roderick with his back turned to the camera looks so much like Strong. His body looks EXACTLY like Roderick. HOLY Gut Style Backbreaker Buster!!! Strong's Signature move in my eyes! Love seeing it and love seeing you do it especially. Uh Oh! Seeing lots of string around this part in the match. I'm guessing you tried to do the old white string on white background no need to edit trick, which I do in FIW all the time with black and black. Sick Kick / Boot reversed into a schoolboy was amazing and out of nowhere. Loved that one. HOLY SHOOT GIANT SWING BY CLAUDIO! Never seen that in posing, but man is it so great to see! Some of the shots of Claudio LEANING and not standing while swinging him are so freaking cool. Great posing. HA love seeing that pic of Generico and child just randomly while scrolling between segments! There it is. I knew it was only a matter of time. SICK. KICK. And holy. That shot of Roderick just THROWING his body backwards in mid air before even extending the leg. You're right. The best shots are pre-connection shots. That's where the accuracy lies. HOLY how did Strong kick out of the elevated Euro Uppercut! That was one of the most fun poses to watch in a long time. I remember you used to say I had...I forget who...all I can think of is you liking Sabu actually losing his balance on the springboard and having to readjust himself...anyway, what I want to say is YOU HAVE CLAUDIO's MANNERISM DOWN! Go send him more poses / animations! True heel victory from Strong there, and great way to end things with Roderick ducking Claudio for the exit. What a great fun match. It was just the right length and I loved it. You definitely should do a fed. I don't mean anything against full blooded pic fedders, but I think posers make great pic fedders. I'm having a blast doing a pic fed, and I think I'm having more fun with that than just posing. And nobody could do a PWG fed better than their camera man. Do it Hellboy, and GET ON AIM!

[Deleted]

awesome match ! i loved this. I see that Roddy's head was a modified Christian head correct? What was used for Claudio's?
Again, great work.

[indywrestling]

Very very nice, posing was good, roddy and claudio 2 great workers, id like to see more matches out of u man, ill be watch for the other matches in the tourny

[Deep Shadows]

Pretty damn awesome! I'm always impressed when you post. Some of the poses were a little awkward but overall you did a great job. I'm also always a fan of your customs/fix-ups... both guys look great. My only gripe is that you can see string which kills a few shots. You should take the extra time and edit that out... it'll do nothing but enhance the presentation. I look forward to the rest of the tourney. You should definitely do a fed.

[whatthe[img]http://www.wrestlingfigs.com/images/wfcensored.gif[/img]isrop]

Thought I had already replied to this, turns out I haven't...the match was absolute dynamite. I'm a huge PWG fan, and this flowed really well, it looked like it could have been a real Roddy/Claudio match. The customs look great too. There was string in a few of the pics, but when you use string as much as you do in your poses it's easy to see why a few might slip under the radar. You and brm absolutely destroy everyone else as far as poses go, I just can't compete! I'd love to see you do a full fed like this.

[slowgraffiti]

Just thought I would add...what head did you use for Claudio?