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Turinu
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Dec 31 2014, 09:25 AM
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Crazy Mecha Fanatic Admin
- Posts:
- 45
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- Joined:
- Nov 26, 2014
- Build Grade
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- Character
- [url=http://gundamverse.com/topic/10475328/1/?x=0#post10034900]Cait Sakurai-Hartnett[/url]
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[tabs][tab=Character Information]| Character Information |
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Character Status:
| Active
| Name:
| Andy Rutledge
| Nickname:
| N/A
| Gender:
| Male
| Age:
| 17
| Height:
| 6'0" ft.
| Weight:
| 170 lbs.
| Role:
| Builder / Fighter
| Occupation:
| Student, Part-timer at Arc Design 3D Printing
| Residence:
| Suginami, Tokyo
| Nationality:
| Japanese-American |
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| Character History |
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Never settling in the same place for too long, it was common for Andy to pack up and move along with his parents due to their jobs. His father and mother traveled across Japan due to their occupation in research and development for next generation technological infrastructures. Every few months it was one apartment or home to another across the Japanese archipelago. This resulted in Andy making very little acquaintances in school, though this never really bothered him; he simply made the most of it. In order to get his son engaged into some sort of hobby to pass the time, his father introduced him to Gunpla Battle.
At an early age, Gunpla Battle really pulled in Andy's interest. Not only that the Gunpla people built could fight each other and be destroyed, but the mechanisms regarding how they functioned and operated during battle. When he learned the next school he was transferring to had a Gunpla Battle Club, Andy began actively participating in Gunpla Battle, training his skills. While his stay at the school would not last long, it was long enough for his classmates to introduce him to the world of Gundam and the true wonders of Gunpla Battle. By the time he hit junior high school he began learning the art of building Gunpla himself.
By the time senior high school rolled around, Andy had begun experimenting with scratch builds; the art of building Gunpla parts from scratch. Taking advantage of his uncle's store in Tokyo, which he would later start working part-time at, Andy learned how to model parts in 3D and print them out using molds. Applying them to the bodies of the Gunpla he had built, he created several unique variants of titular mobile suits from the show; however the parts were rough and did not translate well into Gunpla Battle. It was not until his second year in senior high school that he would perfect his skill and take it to the next level.
Transferring to a new high school near the beginning of his second year, Andy opted to stay there while his parents moved on to the next city. Joining the school's Gunpla Battle Club, he was determined to participate in official tournaments. With the support of his uncle and an apartment rented out for him by his parents, Andy began working part-time at his uncle's store. Using his pay as a part-time worker at the store, he began designing his own parts and printing them using molds, in order to craft his own original mobile suit ideas for use in Gunpla Battle. |
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- Andy doesn't have a particularly favorite Gundam series, though he does enjoy the settings of some. After War Gundam X and Gundam AGE sit well with him due to their environments promoting the development of unique and custom mobile suits.
- Most of the parts Andy makes are first designed in 3D modeling programs, then made into molds, which he then uses to construct the parts. His skills in 3D modeling are top notch, though his skills in refining those parts and perfecting the Gunpla's systems still requires some work.
- While he has never actively participated in official tournaments due to the situation of his parents, he has nonetheless participated in numerous practice matches between schools. His actual battling experience against tournament-level opponents is relatively low. | [/tab][tab=Character Progression]N/A[/tab][/tabs]
Timestamped by Turinu 3/30/2015
Edited by Turinu, Mar 30 2015, 09:35 PM.
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