Completed From Hell, Jack the Ripper

[Iguazzu]

Hi friends!!

Here is my last work! I've to say that I enjoied it a lot. It's a very interesting miniature, full of painting options.

Feel free to ask or comment, and, as always, you can visit my site for more info about it

 

[toy4x4]

Man that is nice!

 

[megroot]

Great sculpt and paintwork.
I'm sure this will be a cracker.

marc

 

[John Bowery]

Alex,
Very nice finish and display.
Cheers
John

 

[T-34/85]

I must have one! And I just vowed not to buy anything else this year

 

[Dan Morton]

Very nice figure and presentation!

But what surprised me is the Google ads at the top of the page. Like - "From Hell" and "Hell" - - - what's up with that!!!???

All the best,
Dan

 

[FigureLover]

Very very nice. I love it
Ben

 

[Kisifer]

That's a great piece of work. Lovely shadowing, sculpt and overall execution.

Xenofon

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

I made no comment about Jack the ripper for the reasons you have mentioned, you are right about all these points ,perhaps I misread the point you were making ,as for the basement !!one forum is all I have the time for
Glad someone thought it was to dark a subject apart from me ,Re some of your comments last post DC there are
young members on this site also.

Ron

 

[Johan]

Too late ! Oh my God I ordered one !! Guess my moral and ethical standards are at an all time low !

 

[Johan]

Ye pays ye monies an makes ye choice. Without a doubt it is very well sculpted and presented peice of work-just doubt the subject matter and, as a whore lover, the reasoning

I think the subject matter of this sculpture is not about the real serial killer, but all about the atmosphere of Victorian times; they also have 2 other fine pieces that represents Sherlock Holmes and Dr Jekyll/Mr Hyde.

FYI, the real "Jack the Ripper" killer possibly looked very different than this figure : he would not have had the doctor's bag, as he was no doctor at all and had not had much of an education.

The perpetrator of the "Ripper" murders was most likely somebody from within the community that lived in the crime-ridden tough district of Whitechapel, he may have known the victims well, and may or may not have been one of the countless Russian-Jewish immigrants that lived in the East End of London in those times - and that were an embarrasment to the high society of the West End.

No doubt the press of those days must have had a field day : one newspaper one day sold 1 million copies of a Ripper frontpage. To sum it up : horrible crime in the worst area of the city + Russophobia (which alread existed since the Crimea War) against Jewish/Russian immigrants living in the same bad neighbourhood = sensation = daily bread for jounalists.

I believe Bram Stoker's "Dracula" - a story of an eastern european (see "Russian/Jewish") vampire who is a predator of English women - was written only a few years after the "autumn of terror" of 1888? What a coincidence

 

[Iguazzu]

Thanks to all of yours that comment about "my work". Two pages and only a few of replies about it.... thanks again

 

[gordy]

Thanks to all of yours that comment about "my work". Two pages and only a few of replies about it.... thanks again

Sorry Ig, it is shameful.

Let's keep it clean people. Moved non painting commentary here : http://www.planetfigure.com/threads/controversial-jack-the-ripper.50186/

 

[Johan]

Thanks to all of yours that comment about "my work". Two pages and only a few of replies about it.... thanks again

I'm sorry, your figure is excellent. Oh and I have already ordered one, I hope that says more than words,

Cheers,

J.

 

[Figurenfreund66]

Great paintjob, i like the lights on the mantle.


Cheers

Hendryk

 

[bed172]

Gordy thanks for cleaning this thread up.
Again great work and I've got one on order too. Can't wait to get my hands on it.

 

[Richie]

Hi Alex,
My friend another master class in painting. Your choice of colours, subtle tones, contrasts and lighting are just superb. Very well done, painting to try and aspire too.
cheers
Richie

 

[Jazz]

I think that this is one of the best figures that I have seen for ages. The sculpter and painter of this should be rightfully proud of their work and I fully intend to buy this figure myself one day. It has captured the atmosphere of the Victorian era perfectly.

 

[YongA01]

Alex,

Just saw this, excellent transition from night how you manage the shadow and the face relected by the street light! This is really great piece from both sculpting and also atmoaphere...

 

[polyphemus]

This reminded me of a couple of other characters; first off is Mack the Knife from the 1928 stage musical The Threepenny Opera by Brecht/Weill, later filmed
in 1931. Yeah that is the famous song recorded by many over the years. The other is the Jack the Ripper character as portrayed in the 1928 film Pandora's Box starring Louise Brooks. The film is ostensibly set during the Victorian era but has the atmosphere of the Weimar Republic. Both films are great on atmosphere and temp me to buy & paint the figure in shades of black & white or even sepia. Who knows one day....


Geoff