I was contacted my Lee Stinger, CG Supervisor of the Star Wars TV series "The Clone Wars" and they have asked to join us! So welcome aboard to the Lucasfilm Animation Department of Lucasfilm!
Monday, December 29, 2008
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Thursday, December 4, 2008
New Celeb Artist - Dave Filoni
Director of the "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" Movie and the Cartoon Networks "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" weekly TV show is on the team!!
Monday, December 1, 2008
New Celeb Artist - Ray Parks
That's right!!!! Darth Maul, Toad and Snake Eyes will be doing a helmet!
New Celeb Artist - Robot Chicken Crew
The crew from the Cartoon Networks Robot Chicken TV show have agreed to do a bucket for the project! Thanks Seth Green, Matt Senreich and the whole crew!
Ignore the big scary guy in the back...it's only me :)
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
New Artist - Spencer Brinkerhoff III
Please welcome Lucasfilm artist Spencer Brinkerhoff III to the project!
Friday, November 21, 2008
New Artist - Fillbach Brothers
Here is our 1st tag team artist! Lucasfilm and Darkhorse Comics artist Matt and Shawn Fillbach.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Project update 11-19-08
Well the project is taking off! I have been getting emails from all kinds of artist that want to participate! As stated in earlier post I mentioned that we have 50 helmets for the project. As of 7pm 11-19-2008 we have following helmets available..
Artist - 9
501st member - 1
Reserved - 10
If you want to be apart of this project, please email me!
The reserved helmets for the big guns. I am working on a few and I need to make sure I have something for them to work on :)
I would like to thank EVERYONE that has offered to help. Especially eFX Collectibles! Without them we would not be moving forward.
Speaking of helmets, the last word I received on the helmet delivery date was mid late Jan/Early Feb 09.
Artist - 9
501st member - 1
Reserved - 10
If you want to be apart of this project, please email me!
The reserved helmets for the big guns. I am working on a few and I need to make sure I have something for them to work on :)
I would like to thank EVERYONE that has offered to help. Especially eFX Collectibles! Without them we would not be moving forward.
Speaking of helmets, the last word I received on the helmet delivery date was mid late Jan/Early Feb 09.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
1st Helmet dropped off!
The 1st helmet of the project is now in the hands of the artist! I had the pleasure of dropping off a bucket to West Coast Choppers in Long Beach, Ca. We should have something really cool to look at in 30 to 60 days!
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Saturday, November 8, 2008
eFX sends me the 1st Helmet!
Bryan from eFX sent me a helmet so we could do so measurements. Just thought I would show you what the artist will be working on. (The artist helmets will be primer grey)
Friday, November 7, 2008
Thursday, November 6, 2008
New artist - Daniel Bergren
I would like to welcome Daniel Bergren to the artist pool! Not only is Dan an outstanding Lucasfilm artist, he is a member of the 501st!
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
New Artist - Nicole Falk
I would like to welcome Nicole Falk to our list of talented Lucasfilm artist!
Saturday, November 1, 2008
New artist - John Gilliland
I would like to welcome the newest member of our artist! Lucasfilm Licensed artist John Gilliland to the team!
Sunday, October 26, 2008
New Artist - Cynthia Cummens and Jim Tampa
2 more Star Wars artist have signed up for the project! I would like to welcome...
Cynthia Cummens
Jim Tampa
Saturday, October 25, 2008
New Celeb Artist - Jeff Garcia
The Quarterback of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Jeff Garcia has agreed to sign a helmet for us.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
New 501st Artist - Albin Johnson
The 501st Legion Founder, Albin Johnson, has agreed to do a helmet :)
Welcome aboard boss!
Welcome aboard boss!Friday, October 17, 2008
Helmets have been DONATED!!!
I received a surprising phone call yesterday from EFX Collectibles (Lucas License holder). EFX heard of our project and they want to join us in this endevor.
EFX Collectible Website
They have agreed to donate 50 ANH (Hero) Helmets for the auction! So a big thank you goes out to EFX for stepping up and helping the kids and Make A Wish!!
We do not have a firm ETA on the helmets arrival, but it should be sometime in January 2009.
So work will continue to find artist and celebs to work on these buckets!
EFX Collectible Website
They have agreed to donate 50 ANH (Hero) Helmets for the auction! So a big thank you goes out to EFX for stepping up and helping the kids and Make A Wish!!
We do not have a firm ETA on the helmets arrival, but it should be sometime in January 2009.
So work will continue to find artist and celebs to work on these buckets!
Monday, October 13, 2008
New Artist - Joe Corroney
We got another one!!! Star Wars artist Joe Corroney has agreed to join us!
http://www.joecorroney.com/
http://www.joecorroney.com/New Celeb Artist - LucasFilm (Steve Sansweet)
Steve Sansweet from Lucas Film has agreed to do a helmet! I should say, Steve is going to have someone with Talent do the helmet :)
And we have our 1st 501st Member helmet sponsor , Chase (TK8881) from the Midsouth Garrison.
And we have our 1st 501st Member helmet sponsor , Chase (TK8881) from the Midsouth Garrison.Sunday, October 12, 2008
New Artist - Tsuneo Sanda
Famed Japanese artist Tsuneo Sanda has agreed to join the event! You can see his work here...
http://www.sandaworld.com/
http://www.sandaworld.com/Friday, October 10, 2008
New Celeb artist - West Coast Choppers
Jesse James of West Coast Choppers has agreed to do a helmet for the project. Jesse is not a HM or FotL, but his helmet will bring lot of funds to the auction!!!
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Update
We are still moving forward and things are getting exciting! Make A Wish is fully onboard. And I am working with Lucas Film on getting a few special guest involved with the project.
Chris
Chris
Monday, September 15, 2008
Update
The project is moving forward!
Just a quick status report.
1. We have been given permission to recast a helmet for the project. We should start casting soon.
2. Talked to Make a Wish and they love this idea and are on board.
3. Lesley F. from the Southern California has agreed to help gather sponsors for some of the funding that we will need.
Thanks everyone! This looks like its going to work out!!!
Chris
Just a quick status report.
1. We have been given permission to recast a helmet for the project. We should start casting soon.
2. Talked to Make a Wish and they love this idea and are on board.
3. Lesley F. from the Southern California has agreed to help gather sponsors for some of the funding that we will need.
Thanks everyone! This looks like its going to work out!!!
Chris
Friday, August 22, 2008
Project status 8-21-2008
This project is about 2 weeks old. Here are the events I need to work on..
1. 501st - Received permission to continue with the project.
2. Lucasfilm - Email sent for various request.
3. Helmets - John Bush has agreed to donate ALL the helmets.
4. Bases - Damien Metz has agreed to produce the helmet bases.
5. Corporate Sponsors - We will need a few corporate sponsors to help with some shipping and packaging cost. Someone is helping with that.
6. Helpers - Will be looking for a couple helpers to help with some coordination of events.
7. Private donations - We may open to private donation from 501st members to help with the materials and shipping cost.
I do not have a auction date yet. We are looking at doing the auction at C5 and we are in talks with Lucasfilm about that. We will need a lot of time to get all the helmets shipped to our HM's and have them worked on. Once they are done, I will secure the helmets untill the auction.
Please standby for more info...
Chris
TB0111
So Cal Garrison
1. 501st - Received permission to continue with the project.
2. Lucasfilm - Email sent for various request.
3. Helmets - John Bush has agreed to donate ALL the helmets.
4. Bases - Damien Metz has agreed to produce the helmet bases.
5. Corporate Sponsors - We will need a few corporate sponsors to help with some shipping and packaging cost. Someone is helping with that.
6. Helpers - Will be looking for a couple helpers to help with some coordination of events.
7. Private donations - We may open to private donation from 501st members to help with the materials and shipping cost.
I do not have a auction date yet. We are looking at doing the auction at C5 and we are in talks with Lucasfilm about that. We will need a lot of time to get all the helmets shipped to our HM's and have them worked on. Once they are done, I will secure the helmets untill the auction.
Please standby for more info...
Chris
TB0111
So Cal Garrison