Chris Hillman's Recent Projects


 C h r i s  H i l l m a n . 6 0 8  S o u t h  R a n d o l p h . P h i l a d e l p h i a . PA . 1 9 1 4 7 . 
cell (2 1 5)  9 0 0 - 3 5 2 7

 
Custom Animated / Animatronic Displays and Attractions without the Overhead Cost of the Larger Companies.

For those keeping track ..
I`ve Just Finished the project rebuilding
Philadelphia`s Historical Enchanted Christmas Village
(45 mangled figures and 9 buildings to resculpt, remechanize and rebuild)
..and finished a few side-projects.
 
and for the First Time I`m mentioning that I`m officially looking for projects !
So far I`ve been able to save people $100,000's by making it possible to have their Animated or Animatronic Project Created without having to pay the expense by going to a larger company.
BUT still scraping along because while theY saved money I havn't made any myself..so I really need to do something elaborate to put myself on the map so customers will come to me instead of me having to find them.
 
..so Any large-scale Animatronic or Animated Project that someone would like to have created while getting the most for their money..
(Custom Christmas Attractions, Santas Walkthrough Village, Modular Haunted Houses, Creatures or Characters for your Miniature Golf Course, any Retailers that would like their stores outfitted with Murals and Animated Props etc.) 
It's a good time to Call
 
[email protected] ( Chris Hillman ) - 215-900-3527
 
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Tower Records (1995) surrounded by various handmade store displays etc.
(including the  illuminated jukebox (signed by Wolfman-Jack) , a scratchbuilt piano keyboard (motorized keys), small-scale colonial building in the upper-left , and airbrushed figures (including the King-Tut head) .

Click on the thumbnails below for Larger Images (and full descriptions / info.)

Latest Project: (finished)
A string of pages showing the history and process of rebuilding Philadelphia's Animated "Enchanted Colonial Village" (40 animated figures, 9 buildings, lots of motors, lots of cams, Lots of work!)
(It literally would've been less effort to build an entirely new village (which was  offered as an option in the beginning of the project) ..but that would've been cheating.
Recent Projects
(Foam Sculpting, Costumes, Dark Ride Scenics and Design.. Ran out of room on this website so these are images on my Photobucket Page)
A string of photos describing the beginning process of the Animatronic Head project .
(currently on hold for a while ..making way for all the other projects)
5ft Head Display with Radio-Control ( interfaced with motion detector etc.) very abstract but very functional .
ROM the robot costume (fiberglass)
Motorcycle built from scratch (for the live MeatLoaf Book Signing)
Favorite Robofriend (built for a Star Wars merchandising promo)
(One of two constructed,  this is the static display and the radio-controlled version is here on youtube.)
Halloween Figures etc. (..early pics)
(actually a collection of various props etc.)
Acrylic Paintings (from the early days ..around Terre Haute Airport mostly)
Airbrush Painting (Kata Kärkkäinen)
(..and other portraits)
Misc. Illustrations and designs
Engineering Drawings .and sketches
Models (Architectural Designs etc. and large models for promotions etc.)
Excelsior Model (5ft) built for George Takei Live Instore Promotion (mr. sulu)
5ft mechanized Submarine Model being airbrushed
Partridge-Family-Bus-Display , built for the Live David Cassidy instore Promotion, (keith partridge)
Motorized family inside , flashing lights etc.
Sculpted Dragon , Crashing through wall and Eating display :)
A Japanimation-style robot card I did for Tower Records (no it's not PatLabor :)
Various famous people from other Tower Instore Promotions (we had some good times while it lasted)

  A few new things that still need catagories and pages etc.

One of 4 animated animals from a while back.
Sculpted from foam ..coated with joint compound and an acrylic & plaster mix.
The jaw opens and closes with a $31 gearmotor from McMaster Carr (..still need to find how it`s holding up)

 

Spacesuit (wi. spacegun)
Mostly built for fun (
turned out just like the little napkin sketches I made.)
Being used in a Tim Davis Movie "Nudist Zombie Camp Massacre"..
 

 

Trying to get a decent pic of myself at work ...
geez y`know I StiLL! hadda photoshop over my
shirt hanging out : ) geez


Cloud Ceiling..
A guy I knew bought a house and payed me to airbrush clouds in his baby`s room ..and when it ended-up being a good selling-point when they sold the house he had me airbrush the new place
I basically airbrushed the ceiling across half the new house.

(I need to buy a house so I can create a "detailed" ceiling with lots of cherubs and angels sometime ...that`d be cool) . . . . . .(oO!! ..and Zackzalonian StarshiPs!)

If you`d like to see something in motion I Also Finally got a video-editing program put some (short) videos on You Tube (hasn`t everybody  : )
http://www.YouTube.com/ChristopherHillman
(..includes some Quick clips of the Enchanted Village)

I`ve also run out of room on this website so I`ve been uploading any newer project pictures to...
www. MySpace .com/ ChristopherhHillman
http://s38.photobucket.com/albums/e110/ RoboMaker/
http://community.webshots.com/ user/ ChristopherHillman Dot Com

C h r i s  H i l l m a n .
6 0 8  S o u t h  R a n d o l p h .
P h i l a d e l p h i a . PA . 1 9 1 4 7 . 
cell (2 1 5)  9 0 0 - 3 5 2 7
home (2 1 5)  7 3 3 - 0 4 6 6 (pc is usually hogging the phone-line)