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Last week, Mike Schramm introduced Abotu (Emerald Dream-US) and his to-die-for custom Troll Rogue action figure. Abotu has been sculpting custom figures as long as he can remember. "When I was little, if there was a toy I wanted that I didn't have, I'd try to make it myself out of modeling clay or construction paper," he remembers. He's done exactly that here by creating Abotu, his own World of Warcraft figure – puts Figureprints to shame, doesn't it?

15 Minutes of Fame visited with Aboto this week, not only to find out more about the player behind the talent but also to get inside scoop on exactly what went into making his Abotu custom. Our two-part look at Abotu the sculptor, the making of Abotu the action figure, plus photo galleries of the Abotu figure and other creations from this talented player ... after the break.

Main character Abotu, naturally
Server Emerald Dream-US (Horde, RP-PvP)

15 Minutes of Fame: Abotu, your custom shows that you're obviously drawing on a rich vein of creativity and background. How long have you been into gaming?
Abotu: I've never been a huge video gamer, but I enjoyed the old Warcraft strategy games and I liked old-school pen-and-paper RPGs, so I figured I'd like WoW -- and so I did. I think I started in 2006. I was sold on it when I found out I could play as a Troll!

I'm a very casual player, actually. I've yet to make it to a level cap before it gets raised. I've tried a few other MMOs that I wasn't too crazy about. Age of Conan was fun for a while.

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