User:Chris Walker (Night Stalker)

Chris Walker aka Night Stalker (born Nov 19, 1970 in Palm Springs, California) is a professional artist, customizer, and author of Hot Wheels collector books. American writer of collector guides about Hot Wheels. Walker is known for his customs and art on various diecast toy cars that earned him a title as one of the most decorated diecast customizers on the planet.

In February 2009 Walker was inducted into the Diecast Hall of Fame.

Contents

 * 1Life and work
 * 2Works
 * 3Filmography
 * 4Notes
 * 5External links

Life and work[edit]
Born into a military family, Walker grew up all over the world. Where-ever his father was stationed in the US Air Force, that's were he called home. Germany, Italy, or various bases in the US. He attended Ft. Walton Beach High School in Ft. Walton Beach Florida. Beach life was his biggest influence. As a teenager he spent much of his time bouncing in and out of various rock bands, riding Freestyle Bikes, skateboarding, or surfing. It was the beach life that led to his love of Minitrucks. Flashy paintjobs and lowered to the ground. He was hooked. A love that still remains to this day and has been a huge influence on his turning to customizing. He always collected and customized Hot Wheels or model kits since he was a kid. Modifying and hot rodding was in his blood. If he wasn't customizing something, he was drawing. Various freelance jobs, t-shirt art, or even low-brow home-brew comics. Anything for fun or to make a buck.

After High School he joined the US Army. It was then that he earned the nickname "Night Stalker" for his love of "Night-Ops" Much akin to the Helicopter group "The Night Stalkers" After the military he focused on various high-risk security jobs. It was this that led to him dabbling in customizing again as a way to wind down or relax in his spare time. Around 2002, he decided to get serious and burst onto the die-cast car scene designing and customizing cars for competition.

After winning multiple awards, he focused his attention towards high-end custom pieces for celebrities and famous designers with his work appearing in the Hot Wheels exhibit in the Peterson Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, CA. He even originated the code-3 market of selling custom signature run pieces from customizer, direct to customer.

After multiple awards, it was then that he got noticed by a few of the larger companies and started doing freelance work in packaging, graphics, and event cars for U.S. and International conventions. In 2009, Chris started his own company called Alien Projects which focuses on designing limited run pieces for the adult die-cast market. Chris has been busy making an impact in the die-cast market all over the world and is still making an impact..

Walker lives in Manitowoc, Wisconsin with his wife Marcia and youngest son Jordan. His elder son, Dante, lives in Grand Forks, North Dakota and is also a Hot Wheels collector and Customizer.

Walker is the author of the Ultimate Guide to Hot Wheels Drag Bus (2006) He has written 1 other guide and contributed to a few other articles and books about the subject of Hot Wheels.

Walker has appeared at schools, conventions, toy shows and Hot Wheels club functions across the United States, Mexico, and Japan. And has also appeared in a TV Show and movie about Hot Wheels..

Works[edit]
2016 - "The Ultimate Guide to the Hot Wheels Drag Bus" Variations"

2016 - "The Ultimate Guide to Steering Rigs, Truck Co's, and Big Rigs"

Filmography[edit]
2017 – "Hot Wheels Redlines to Treasure Hunts"

2018 - "Hot Wheels: 50th Anniversary Special" History Channel

Notes[edit]

 * 1) Hot Wheels 2018 Assouline Publishing - p. 175. ISBN 9781614286523.

External links[edit]

 * Walkers website