As many of our readers sadly remember, the Star Wars fan community lost one of its most spirited customizers last July, Mike Martinez, known around the forums as Mercuryartstudios.

In his honor, three fan sites came together to realize a customizing contest that he had been working on, and the participation was amazing.  We would like to thank the customizing community for such a strong showing in this multi-site customizing tribute to our friend that we miss so much.  The theme was anything related to SWTOR, and entries could be fan fiction, etc. but did need to include three figures.  It was basically a “loose interpretation” of an Evolutions theme from SWTOR.

The event has now come to a close, and we have a Roundup Report showing off all 60 customs made for this, as well, as some random winners, and a grand prize winner who is walking away with a very cool Star Wars collectible.

Check out the Roundup Report, and enjoy all the cool customs by clicking on the image above!

We would like to remind all the customizers out there of a tribute we are running in honor of a good Yakface friend who passed away last summer – a multi-site customizing event that was in the works by a collector know around the forums as MercuryArtStudios.   We were shocked and saddened last summer when he tragically lost his life in a car accident.

Mike Martinez left behind a great following in the customizing community and touched a lot of people.   In his memory, we wanted to see through an Evolution style themed customizing contest that he had been planning – so we have teamed up with two other sites he was active at to make this happen.  We are proud to work with the great folks at Echo Base News and Imperial Shipyards to host this customizing event.

To help encourage participation, we’ve also gathered a great pool of prizes – for more information and rules of entry, click here!

Yakface is proud to announce a tribute to a friend of the community who passed away last summer – a multi-site customizing contest that was in the works by a collector know around the forums as MercuryArtStudios.   We were shocked and saddened last summer when he tragically lost his life in a car accident.

Mike Martinez left behind a great following in the customizing community and touched a lot of people.   In his memory, we wanted to see through an Evolution style themed customizing contest that he had been planning – so we have teamed up with two other sites to make this happen.  We are proud to have teamed up with Echo Base News and Imperial Shipyards to host this customizing event.

To help encourage particpation, we’ve also gathered a great pool of prizes – for more information and rules of entry, click here!

Our good friends at Echobasenews.com have launched a benefit drive, fueled by customizers in the hobby.  For more details click on the banner above or click on the link in our forums.