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News Credits: 1 · by **jgilkinson** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 12:56 pm

my prayers go out to his wife and son

News Credits: 6 · by **Dr. Caelus** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 1:14 pm

I don't know what there really is to say...

My prayers will go out to his family, and may his remarkable creativity, enthusiasm, and goodnature live on in his son and wife.

News Credits: 38 · by **TheMuffin** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 1:16 pm

Those pretty much wrap up my feelings. My condolences and prayers go out to his family.

News Credits: 18 · by **Immortal Starscream** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 1:34 pm

this was one of the many people i was looking forward to meeting at Botcon

to get a chance to talk to one of the people who have helped push this fandom forward.

it realy scares me, since i myself am 28.

my best wishes to the widow and her son.

know that his spirit lives on in the hearts and minds of any tf fan whose ever taken a brush or screwdriver to a transformer, and looked to his site for guidence.

truly we have lost a great man.

News Credits: 149 · by **Big Grim** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 1:36 pm

Good God! TFMaster was a great guy! Gave me several great bits of advice which were put to good use. He was an artist and a genius Kitbasher. He will be sorely missed. My thoughts are with his family.

Rest in Peace, Big Guy.

News Credits: 150 · by **GetterDragun** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 1:42 pm

My condolences go out to his family and friends. He contributed so much to this community as well as his friendship to all that knew him, he will certainly be remembered and will always be missed.

by **Bluebullet** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 1:53 pm

RIP Bill.

I just wish I could've known him.

News Credits: 3597 · by **Seibertron** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 1:57 pm

Ultra Magnus wrote:I was fast asleep. Ryan called me about 8 times last night/this morning to give me this horrible news. He finally got ahold of me at about 6:00 this morning; and I was so distraught that I just lay there for about 4 hours, thinking of him.

I'm including a picture of he and I working on one of my projects; he was sort of my "Kitbash Konsultant", as it were. I lost touch with him when I relocated to Chicago, and that will remain a great shame on me; were were great friends! I had to take a few years off of kitbashing, as it's a VERY expensive hobby, and I went through some EXTREMELY trying times. Now, just as I'm about to get back into it...

...There's nothing more I can say. I will miss him greatly, as will the rest of the TransFan community.

Till all are one, my friend...

Thanks for sharing those pictures with us, Q. I'll make sure that Lauren gets them.

If any of you out there have any pictures of Bill, please post them in this thread or send me a PM so that I can send you my email address so that I can pass them along to Lauren.

News Credits: 3597 · by **Seibertron** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 2:04 pm

The following pictures were from the Casino and Awards night on the last night of BotCon 2006.

Here's a cute one of his son Racheal ...

This is a picture that Racheal took of Bill with my camera.

And then one Racheal took of his mom, Lauren. I thought it was so cute that the first pictures that Rachael took with my camera were of his Dad and Mom.

Playing poker with our friend Misty ...

News Credits: 9 · by **New Brandon** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 2:04 pm

Very sad.

I didn't know him really, but he did audition for TFCog's Beast Wars II fan dub. He had a good voice, but we didn't have a place for him. Later on he was cast in another group's project as Chromedome and did a pretty damn good job.

It's surreal to see that one of our own has passed away at such a young age, leaving behind a family.

RIP

News Credits: 2 · by **Basketball Jones** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 2:12 pm

A saLUEte to the fallen.

I was not personally aware of TFMaster's contributions to the community, but he looks to have been a vital asset.

We will remember him at this year's Botcon.

News Credits: 3597 · by **Seibertron** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 2:13 pm

Accepting an award for one of his Kitbashes. Does anyone know which kitbash won Bill this award? The picture should be in the Botcon galleries somewhere. I'm really glad I've got pictures of all of this.

News Credits: 3597 · by **Seibertron** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 2:14 pm

Basketball Jones wrote:We will remember him at this year's Botcon.

By god I'm buying us all a round of Jägermeister shots in his honor at Botcon this year.

News Credits: 3597 · by **Seibertron** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 2:20 pm

Here's their son Racheal with a handful of Battle Beasts that Bill had bought him ...

Professor Smooth and Bill ...

Lauren and Racheal ... they're certainly going to miss Bill.

News Credits: 3597 · by **Seibertron** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 2:29 pm

Here are some pics of Bill's "Menasor Attacks" diorama entry at Botcon '06 ...

He had some other entries but I'm not exactly sure which ones are his.

News Credits: 26 · by **Wheeljack35** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 2:34 pm

My god those are beautiful :shock:

by **Satanatron** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 2:47 pm

May he rest in peace, he was extremely talented. I bet he was even better person.

by **Nemesis_Apoc** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 2:51 pm

Jeez. It sure seems like he was awful young to have a fatal heart attack. My utmost condolences to his wife and children. My your spark join the Matrix, my friend.

by **tentagil** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 2:55 pm

I knew he'd had health problems the last few years from the Transtopia boards. This still so unexpected. The big guy will be missed, both for his incredible customs and his inspiration to the rest of us. I'll have to see if I can spare some cash for that donation link.

News Credits: 2 · by **Galaxy_Convoy** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 3:07 pm

I'm gonna miss the big guy... he was one of the best there was. He was the driving force behind kitbashing, causing the rest of us to strive higher.

by **Cyber-Kun** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 3:10 pm

I'm sorry to say I'm new at the online fandom community and thus didn't know TFmaster, but my codolences go out to his family nonetheless. Rest in Peace.

EDIT: Just visited his site and saw his work, his stuff was awesome...