Jeff
A Fixture
I am not sure how to start this post. My friend Timothy Finkas was an amazing creative man it was a pleasure to know him for as long as I did. Tim excelled and just about any sort of artistic endeavor. He was a graphic designer he was an amazing costumer. He did costumes for just about every period you can imagine and his costumes were always of the highest caliber. From ancients to modern stuff. If you are on FB and can look him up. Just look at his photos and you will see what I am talking about. I simply can not do justice in this post what an amazingly creative person he was.
A few years back he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer his health was a bit of a roller coaster. In 2012 he decided to come out to the Dickens fair in San Francisco what might just be one of his last trips out before the end. He decided to do so as the mysterious Captain Z the inventor and Captain of the submarine HATEFISH. A Nemo like person based on Gustave Zede. All of his friends and family would be his crew. So in the space of about three weeks we transformed ourselves in to 19th century sailors. Some officers some common seamen. We bought off the rack sailors uniforms from The National Civil War Naval Museum at Port Columbus and then trimmed them out in the fashion of French sailors of the time so red trim and red hat poms. Tim designed patches for the hats and had them made and a few other items that he found and repurposed from the internet. It was a wonderful weekend and so much fun. A photo of the crew with our good Captain who though still showing the scars of this battle with cancer he was in great health that weekend .
So our friend Tim passed in 2013, but the Hatefish crew has continued to get together for events. Our good Captain is on Eternal Patrol. All of that being said I decided to do a figure of my friend Tim as a tribute. Though early on I decided to do him as a younger healthier version of Captain Z. He had worn the costume before while portraying Captain Nemo for Halloween so I had photos of him with a full beard and curled long stash.
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A few years back he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer his health was a bit of a roller coaster. In 2012 he decided to come out to the Dickens fair in San Francisco what might just be one of his last trips out before the end. He decided to do so as the mysterious Captain Z the inventor and Captain of the submarine HATEFISH. A Nemo like person based on Gustave Zede. All of his friends and family would be his crew. So in the space of about three weeks we transformed ourselves in to 19th century sailors. Some officers some common seamen. We bought off the rack sailors uniforms from The National Civil War Naval Museum at Port Columbus and then trimmed them out in the fashion of French sailors of the time so red trim and red hat poms. Tim designed patches for the hats and had them made and a few other items that he found and repurposed from the internet. It was a wonderful weekend and so much fun. A photo of the crew with our good Captain who though still showing the scars of this battle with cancer he was in great health that weekend .
So our friend Tim passed in 2013, but the Hatefish crew has continued to get together for events. Our good Captain is on Eternal Patrol. All of that being said I decided to do a figure of my friend Tim as a tribute. Though early on I decided to do him as a younger healthier version of Captain Z. He had worn the costume before while portraying Captain Nemo for Halloween so I had photos of him with a full beard and curled long stash.
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