Here are the original 3 I've finished so far ...



Here's Ferro Lad ...






Another Legion Member, the LOVELY shadow caster Tasmia will soon be joining my collection.

Nice... bust...

Classic Shady!
I like that much better than that one-piece-thong thing DnA had her in.

She looks fantastic.

Am I posting this in the right section?

I would think so. And THAT is possibly one of the most amazing things I have ever seen....

Hi Jesse, you already had a thread for this here at the Bits section. In fact, I recommend that you use one thread for posting all of your creations.

About them.... they are uncannily excellent!

Is there way to rename this thread? That way I can just keep adding the pieces on this one.

Remember I'm new here.

Are you making them or is someone making them for you?
Who?

It's lovely.
That's one of my least favorite outfits on her, though.
Too T&A.

But I'm a grandma so . . .

Hey Jesse321,
Yes when you're logged on, come to this thread and click the "edit" icon in the first post. This will allow you to edit the thread's title.

Can't wait to see LOTS of updates!

I don't think that's a "mini" bust.

(sorry - just had to say it)

Seriously, she turned out really well, and more attractive than I usually regard her as.

I just saw the Ferro thread, Jesse.
YOU make them!

Fantastic!
Here I was thinking Tas was professionally done!

Candle, actually it's a little bit of both ... I have some sculpting skill, but I have a friend that's a professional sculptor that helps me with things that I haven't learned how to do yet, like hair.

If you notice on Shady, the material of the hair changes midway down the sculpt.

The reason I picked this outfit is because these pieces are supposed to represent the Cockrum/Grell era of the Legion (which was my favorite)

There, I edited the title and added all the pictures here as well.

The next ones to be done will be Karate Kid and Princess Projectra, then I'm going to do the founders.

I'll look forward to a thread with TONS of pictures and a LONG life!! I love Shady's Grell-kini!

Thanks, Jesse321!

Shadow Lass painted ....

WOW.

Just... wow. Awesome, Jesse!

Really, really good! Thanks for sharing!

Shady's outfit really looks like leather, nice!

So, you've done 2 couples and Ferro.
Who's next?

I like that you didn't start with the 'founders'.

Dude these freakin rock. But I gotta ask, why are the button/dot things on Ferro's uniform colored with different colors?

Wow! These are really amazing.

Ultra Boy work in progress

Grell Sideburns!!!

Haven't you noticed that all the pieces I'm doing are in the Grell/Cockrum era costumes?

Actually yeah, but Jo's sideburns are epic!

I hope when you finish Jo, you do Tinya as well.

I'm a huge fan of your pieces, Jesse. I'm so excited to see one of my favorites on deck; can't wait to see Jo fully painted.

Healex ... look at the pattern ... I'm doing them in couples, so guess who's next? After that I'm doing Jeckie and Karate Kid.


Exnihil ... Thank you so much.

Jesse I never noticed a pattern....go figure. But can't wait to see the pigtails!

I sound like a broken record, but fabulous work as USUAL!! Jo's headsculpt is spot-on, and I can'twait to see the finished piece.

P.S. -- somebody who's FB friends with Paul Levitz needs to share this thread with him!

Here he is finished.

LOL .. I'M friends with Paul Levitz and I'm actually meeting him at Tate's Comics next month.

Shades of Superboy #205.... This takes me back. Jesse, you have a great talent dude. You should be a professional.

Here's and early work in progress pic of Karate Kid

AWESOME.

Phantom Girl, still a work in progress ... but you get the idea.

Man, your work is just so amazing. I am always so astounded by how perfect the anatomy is on these. Is this something that you went to school for, or did you just "learn by doing"?

Every sculptor I know that's worth his salt has been self taught.

Karate Kid ... almost finished, in viewing the pictures, I just noticed something about his collar that was off that I have to fix.

Phantom Girl and Karate Kid are finished, will post pictures of them later tonight.

STUNNING... MESMERIZING... your collection is absolutely priceless!!

Here's Phantom Girl all finished

And here's Val

Next up ... Jeckie.

What about the colors... are you no longer doing that?

They have to be molded and cast before they're painted ... the materials used to sculpt them will deteriorate over time, so they have to be transferred to resin first.

White Witch

Lovely!
Looks like we're going to see Blok soon, too.
And Jeckie, of course.

So cool to see your work area.

I've got about a million and one questions about your process. But, to begin with... you mentioned above that final pieces are cast in resin... but what do you use for the initial sculpt?

For some reason, I always thought you were literally carving these busts out of a block of clay, but in the above pics it looks like you have some sort of plastic anatomical base. Do you use those for like the general shape then sculpt over that? If so, once you make the mold, do you dis-assemble the original for reuse?

This is just fascinating to me.

Here's what my new workshop looks like, I'm still in the process of setting everything up, since I just converted my garage, so I would have more room to work.

I use everything from Super Sculpty (clay)

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to 2 part Aves Apoxie Sculpt



to sculpting wax.




The base of the White Witch figure was originally sculpted in wax, and then cast in resin.









I use these as blanks as they speed up the process and I don't have to sculpt the figures each time ... it's easier to change faces and poses than to sculpt everything from scratch, plus it helps keep all the pieces in scale with one another.

Princess Projectra WIP pics

*in awe*

Can we expect to see some pics of all your finished statues soon? I don't remember seeing some of them after they were colored/painted/whatever.

ALL of them are 110% uh-MAZE-ing!

I'm going to be painting in my workshop all weekend now that the AC has been installed and is working.

yeah cant wait to see the final work. :-)

Jeckie finished.

awesome! so soon you gonna paint them in color?

These still have to be converted to resin before they can be painted.

Right now I have a Cham all prepped and ready for paint.

Projectra already looks awesome! With the reds and yellows of that classic costume, she should be vibrant.

I should have finished pictures of the White Witch this weekend.

Well not quite finished, but closer.

It's so wonderful to see the Legion gals as part of the collection!
I'm so tired of just getting Imra as a token female.

All done ... ready for molding and casting.

Simply magical!

Love the added detail on her hair and sleeves.

The Legion so far.

OH MY GOD! I can't wait to see these painted.

They have to be molded and cast first.

I also completely forgot that Cos and Brainy aren't in the picture.

*speechless*

Here's Ultra Boy

damn...makes me want to say "don't color Jo!" He looks simply magnificient in white! awesome!

The different depths on Tinya's costume and accessories came out great! Love how polished it all looks at this stage. Great stuff, Jesse! Thanks for continuing to share.

Inspired by George Perez, another Legionnaire joins the ranks on my shelf.

Jesse, your latest pieces are just astounding... as always!

If possible, when you get a chance, could I request an updated group shot? I'd really love to see all the finished ones you've got together.

These aren't mine (between my paint line, being a dealer for 2 airbrush companies producing these models and working a full time job, I have no time to paint), and this isn't all of them, but here are someone elses pictures of the collection that's closest to being completed.






Timberwolf, Saturn Girl and Lightning Lad are next.

Fantastic! The team is really coming together nicely!

Beautifully crafted, question are you going Cockrum or Grell on the Timber Wolf bust?

I'm taking a little bit of artistic license and going with the Lee version of the Grell suit.

LOVE LOVE LOVE that Chameleon Boy!!!!!!!!!! whoa! love Princess and Karate Kid....so hurry up on White Witch, Ultra Boy and Phantom Girl!

where's Ferro Lad?

and can't wait how you do on Timber Wolf, Saturn Girl, and LL!

and hopefully next will be Shrinking Violet and Colossal Boy?

I said this isn't my set,I don't even have a painted Jeckie, KK, Cos, Cham or Brainy yet.


I have a cool idea to combine Colosal Boy and Violet.

Shady is missing, too.
I'm hoping to get more of these in 2013!

Jessie, your work is truly amazing!

Wow!

Just wow!

Timberwolf

Getting closer.

The other 2 Founders

Good starts

Lightning Lad

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