I feel really weird posting in this thread - I do want to thank you guys for the kind words. I really appreciate them very much :0)
I wanted to throw another "animated style" master in the mix who hasn't been mentioned yet: Bill Burns. I bought a couple of customs from him *way* back in the day and his work was what actually inspired me to get started in customizing in the first place. Check out his site here:
http://billscustoms.com/
Also an alternate site for Lars which, I think, is updated more frequently than his RTM page:
http://lawrencesnelly.blogspot.com/
Thanks again fellas! More customs coming shortly-ish - I'm battling a severe case of the procrastinations at the moment ;0)
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