A figure I did last year.

[Jeff]

Ok I thought I would post a few photos of a figure I did last year. I figured I would post a photo of the sculpt almost done and a photo of the finished figure. I am new here and I thought it might be a good way for me to interduce myself.



Best
Jeff Cupernell

 

[Jeff]

Ok here is a shot of him finished. This figure was an exercise in drapery. I was looking for something to do and I thought of an old painting by Larry Elmore that I liked. He is 54mm. I took photos of just about every step of the making of this figure. This was the fist time that I did that.

 

[garyjd]

Jeff, You interpreted Elmore's painting really well, I realised it was a miniature of one of his paintings right away. It's really great seeing a mix of subject matter in this section. Show us more...please. ~Gary

 

[nagashino]

Hi Jeff

That's exquisite! The cloak is beautifully done.

I echo Gary - let's see some more please!

Regards

Phil

 

[megroot]

Jeff,

Great work. And that is the sculpting and the painting.
Echo the guys above. Let us see more of your work.

marc

 

[Kisifer]

I also like him a lot Jeff. Nice pose indeed.

Xenofon

 

[Sambaman]

Jeff,
GREAT work!! Would love to see more pics of this one close up, and certainly more of your work!

Jay H.
OKC

 

[Joe Hudson]

Jeff,

Very nice work on the figure, really like the feel of the robe. If you can post more pictures of your sbs and also welcome to the planet.

Joe

 

[Jeff]

Thanks for the kind words guys. I will post some more photos of him. Gary he is not a exact copy of the Elmore painting. I changed the boots to make them look more medieval The ones in the painting look a little to cowboy for me. He also does not have quite as much stuff hanging form his belt. I used comerical parts to build up the basic pose. It was all about the robes and what I coud do with them. The orb has a fiberoptic strand that runs in to it form behind and it glows, but it is had to see in the photos. here is a shot of the basic parts I have only done one boot and a little bit of his hose.

 

[Jeff]

Here is a shot of something I am still working on Caesar form Battle for the Planet of the Apes.

 

[megroot]

Jeff,

This one looks really promising. Can you take some closeups.
Are you gonna do more to make an diorama??

Marc

 

[Jeff]

Here are a few more shots of the wizard.

 

[Jeff]

Almost done.

 

[Jeff]

a diffret angle of the finished sculpt.

 

[Jeff]

And form the back.

 

[Jeff]

Yes for the Caesar I am working on a section of tree house and the tree to hold it up. I have got a start but I have not got any thing really worth looking at yet. I will post some photos of the tree house and the figure in progress if any one would like to see it.

 

[garyjd]

Jeff, Thanks for posting the additional photos. Be it an exact copy or not, your figure looks like an Elmore painting. I like your Caesar figure also. I really like your choice of subject matter, can't wait for more.~Gary

 

[Jeff]

This type of stuff is kind of a new direction for me. When I first started painting I did 25mm gaming figures I did some 54mm stuff but mostly I did a lot of gaming stuff This was back in the 80's. My best friend and I would paint figures to sell at local Cons. We did one here in LA every year for about 5 years. Larry Elmore would come to it. He liked our work and would trade prints of his work for our figures. He was a really nice guy and I have always loved his work. Then one night in the early 90's My best friend and I to went to a SCAHMS meeting and the rest is history. I joined in 94. After that my main focus was historic stuff. It has only been it the last few years that I have started to combine the two two things. Though I tried some diffrent things over the years. Like this little guy.


Gary your work is really great and I have learned quite a few things from reading your in progress CSA medic piece. Really great work. Will that piece be a commercial figure?I am just now getting back in to sculpting heads form scratch. I have a long way to go.

 

[garyjd]

Jeff, Thanks for the kind words. The Confederate Medical Corps guy is really being done just for the sbs. There are no plans to produce it though I may consider it if someone is interested.

Though military/historical subjects are what I do, I think a lot of these non-military/historical subjects are great. your Chaplain figure is really a cool little piece.~Gary

 

[fanai]

Jeff I love your fantasy piece right from the get go- lovely interpretation ,
I love the fantasy works and thank you for sharing- also just makes me want to do more work and that is the idea of theses forums so thanks
Ian (extreme Dwarf and Ursus thadeus lover)