Celebrity Sighting - 2012 Nebraska Cornhuskers

Nebraska Football Fan day is set for Friday from 2 -3:30pm at Memorial Stadium.  The photo above shows where each group of players will be seated. Some reminders:
-Gate 2 and 24 are the only gates open and is also where the restrooms will be.
-1 autographs per player or coach
-Husker Authentic will be on hand selling mechandise outside the stadium
-The event ends at 3:30.  Please allow coaches and players to leave on time.
-Parking is available in lots 5 and 8.

Omaha Nighthawk News! The UFL League is Still alive!

So Tons of UFL Omaha Nighthawks news and rumors over the last week. We learned last week CBS Sports had picked up rights to broadcast the games. Today, we learn the schedule and that all games are during the week and at night! (Times Central Standard) 9-21 Virginia Destroyers 6pm. 9-28 @Sacramento Mountain Lions 10pm, 10-3 Las Vegas Locos 8pm, 10-12 Virginia 6pm, 10-17 Las Vegas 8pm, 10-23 Sacramento 8pm, 10-31 @ Las Vegas 8pm, 11-9 @ Virginia 8:30pm and the Championship game on 11-16 8pm Site to be determined. TD Ameritrade Park posted the schedule on its Facebook page so one would assume that is where they will play again.

Rumor also has it from sources on Twitter and ESPN, Bart Andrus will be the Nighthawks' new head coach (He was last years Offensive Coordinator); league's Larry Weisman is not offering confirmation but also didnt deny it tweeting nothing had been announced yet and to kindly remove all tweets about the Nighthawks coach until an official announcement has been made. (yeah Right!)

Celebrity Sighting - Hacksaw Jim Duggan 8-5-12

Get your 2x4's ready..... Wrestling star Hacksaw Jim Duggan will be signing autographs and meeting fans at Glory Days in Council Bluffs on 8-5-12 from 6pm to 10 pm.  More details on Glory Days Facebook Page.

The making of Jabba's Door - A prop piece on display at Star Wars Celebration VI

Warning: Photo heavy post

With Star Wars Celebration VI just around the corner, I wanted to share the build of a prop piece I helped make for the event. Several months ago, Midwest Robots was contacted to help build a back ground photo piece for the R2 Builders Club room at CVI.  I jumped at the opportunity to help build Jabba's palace front door.  Here are some photos of the build.

Clay programmed the CNC machine to make precise cuts in some insulation foam.

We place the cut pieces together to begin to visualize the whole piece and to make sure everything aligns.

We stand up the pieces to make check the height.

 After we are satisfied with all the cuts, we begin to glue the piece together.

 I didnt have a camera on the painting days, but here you can see the main door all painted.

Rob begins work on some of the weathering of the side pillars. 

 After the pillars are done.  We stand everything up again to make sure everything aligns. 

 Clay found the perfect sandstone paint in a mis-matched clearance bin! 

 We add some texture to the paint to give it a sandy look.

 Clay  airbrushes some of the 'damage'. and 'Blaster marks'

The nearly complete door. 

 We added our mark to the finished product.

After Action Report: ACME mini Star Wars Con 6-30-12

Things have been crazy busy around here and I havent had much time for blogging.  I'm going to try and catch everyone up on whats been happening soon.  Let me start with an after action report from the ACME comics Mini Star Wars Convention. Heres some photos with a quick synopsis of the event!  

 Shoot A Trooper was a huge success!

Kids enjoyed The Thermal Detonator Rancor Toss 

 Face Painting was very popular

 Star Wars Trivia tested the knowledge of all the guests

 Kids enjoyed Coloring and were able to get some temporary tatoo's

 We were doing everything for Make-A-Wish!  We raised a little over $360 in the day.  Not to bad considering tickets were 25 cents a piece! 

R2-D2 and R2-TD were on hand 

 Richard LeParmentier - Admiral Motti from the original Star Wars was on signing 

autographs through the day.

 The 501st, Rebel Legion and R2-Builders gave lots of demonstrations through the day. 

The group of volunteers who made the day a smashing success! 

Flashback Friday - ACME Comics Mini Star Wars Con 6-2010

Since we are 22 days away from ACME Comic and Collectibles Star Wars Mini Con where RICHARD LePARMENTIER will be on hand. I thought I'd flash back a few years to the last Star Wars Mini Con I attended also at ACME with DANIEL LOGAN.

TD Stands Guard waiting for the doors to open.

Meeting up With Daniel Logan - Young Boba Fett

Lord Vader was on hand

Kids got to get their face painted

Games, prizes and demonstration filled the parking lot all day.

He Moves!

R2-TD moves again! Last Saturday, the guys and gals at Midwest Robots spent much of the day going through Touchdowns wiring to find why literally everything quit working.  What we found was the main motor controller had 3 breaks in a wire and it caused the entire system to shut down.  All wires were pulled, inspected and than re-directed and organized to prevent any further problems.We also replaced the dome motor controller which had quit working months ago, added a spring to give the dome wheel more tension and made it so everything works on 1 battery instead of 2.  It literally was a complete over haul on the system.  At the end of the day, we made a new wiring diagram so we can make it easier to trouble shoot if anther problem does creep up.

The before photos








Here are the after photos

Update to the Convention Schedule

I've updated the convention schedule again adding the Free State Comicon in Lawrence Kansas.

For more convention listings in the US, Click the Central US Convention Tab at the top of the page.