Burn Baby Burn - Jeff Yagher.

[XOFACTO2]

I may be dead in the water, but my sculptors aren't. And can I just say this sculpt is on fire. Yeah, I know. I just couldn't resist.

Ladies and gentleman, I present to you the latest Yagher Classic. I'm calling it Burn Baby Burn.

[Zeiram]

Wow. Really nice!

[RockinResin]

X

[Pun13]

Jeff keeps hitting grand slams. Simply outstanding.

Tom

[billikenmonster]

Amazing beautiful sculpt ......I think now we have a Creature from every scene in the movie...no wait we are missing the final scene where he is floating down with the bullets dropping past him

[Scooke123]

[monsterjones]

Awesome sculpting.....and pose! Love it

[dj53]

Just when I think Jeff has done his ultimate best Sculpt E-V-E-R ...



Fantastic!

Denis

[Anton Phibes]

I know it's inspired by the scene from Creature Walks Among Us, but since you named it "Burn Baby Burn".... all I can imagine the pose being is a dance move to Disco Inferno by the Trammps.

[dupacucc]

It's a scene from the 1st creature film. They burn him by throwing a lantern at him while's he's on the ship.

[Heavy Metal Spike]

. . . since you named it "Burn Baby Burn".... all I can imagine the pose being is a dance move to Disco Inferno by the Trammps.

Ah - you North Americans - no sense of culture - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMLSwzimWeU

(* although I do remember that disco thing as well - one from that era I can actually listen to without cringing! *)

As always from Jeff - great . . . actually - "great" isn't sufficient . . . AMAZING sculpt

John/Jeff - who gets the idea and/or does the art direction on these pieces? Given the age of the movie & popularity of the character, nice to see something that hasn't been thought of / delivered before.


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[XOFACTO2]

John/Jeff - who gets the idea and/or does the art direction on these pieces? Given the age of the movie & popularity of the character, nice to see something that hasn't been thought of / delivered before.

When I initially pitched the idea to Jeff, he wasn't really crazy about it. I said every other kit moment from the film has already been done. Some to death. He said, let me watch it again. After watching it again, Jeff agreed with me.

Now here's the thing. Almost all of the Yagher Classics have been a collaboration. Sometimes it's 100% Jeff's idea. Sometimes it's 100% my idea. But here's the thing. Whatever we choose, it's still just a concept. It's completely up to Jeff to fill in the blanks. Which speaks volumes to his incredible talent. I had no idea what I was going to see. All I knew was that it was going to be the Creature, on the deck, on fire.

When I saw the pics, I was completely blown away. I couldn't be happier with this sculpt.

Anyway. I hope that explains the process.

[XOFACTO2]

It's a scene from the 1st creature film. They burn him by throwing a lantern at him while's he's on the ship.

What Jeff said.

[Vintageone]

Beautiful! Estimate time of availability John?

[Anton Phibes]

It's a scene from the 1st creature film. They burn him by throwing a lantern at him while's he's on the ship.

Ye gads....I totally forgot that scene. I guess I am getting forgetful earlier than I anticipated. Especially considering I have seen that particular film a zillion times,lol.

[Heavy Metal Spike]

John/Jeff - who gets the idea and/or does the art direction on these pieces? Given the age of the movie & popularity of the character, nice to see something that hasn't been thought of / delivered before.

• When I initially pitched the idea to Jeff, he wasn't really crazy about it. I said every other kit moment from the film has already been done. Some to death. He said, let me watch it again. After watching it again, Jeff agreed with me.
  
  Now here's the thing. Almost all of the Yagher Classics have been a collaboration. Sometimes it's 100% Jeff's idea. Sometimes it's 100% my idea. But here's the thing. Whatever we choose, it's still just a concept. It's completely up to Jeff to fill in the blanks. Which speaks volumes to his incredible talent. I had no idea what I was going to see. All I knew was that it was going to be the Creature, on the deck, on fire.
  
  When I saw the pics, I was completely blown away. I couldn't be happier with this sculpt.
  
  Anyway. I hope that explains the process.

Thanks John.

I'd guessed that after all these years (and given your relationship & mutual talents) it was probably collaborative - but it's always nice to hear a bit about the background process.

You, Jeff & others REALLY need to get a book together for all the stuff that you've worked on, along with stories (the ones you can print)

Congrats again to you both on another beautifully realised piece!


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[Graybeard]

I get them confused also.
First one cooked a bit 3rd movie he was well done.
Great looking sculpt sell 1000 of them !!!

[monsterjones]

Now here's the thing. Almost all of the Yagher Classics have been a collaboration. Sometimes it's 100% Jeff's idea. Sometimes it's 100% my idea. But here's the thing. Whatever we choose, it's still just a concept. It's completely up to Jeff to fill in the blanks. Which speaks volumes to his incredible talent. I had no idea what I was going to see. All I knew was that it was going to be the Creature, on the deck, on fire.

When I saw the pics, I was completely blown away. I couldn't be happier with this sculpt.

Anyway. I hope that explains the process.

One thing that I will chime in on here....I am grateful for some new POSES Jeff has sculpted on our beloved Universal characters.

Several Creatures FBL have the classic Aurora pose, which is cool, but I always love the in-action pose.
Frankenstein at the Windmill (great expression), A&C Wolfman balcony jump (great energy), Wolfman door shatter, Son of Frankenstein trio and Curse of Frankenstein Chushing lift
are all super ways to get more action happening in these freeze framed sculpts.

[XOFACTO2]

... Son of Frankenstein trio and Curse of Frankenstein Chushing lift...

Those are Forbidden Zone kits. Jeff did do the Cushing lift but the SOF trio was sculpted by someone else. I think. Jeff did do a SOF and Ygor for me but I don't think that's the trio you're talking about.

[XOFACTO2]

Beautiful! Estimate time of availability John?

Unfortunately, no. Jeff literally just finished the sculpt. He'll be shipping some of the parts to Mark Brokaw for molding and casting. I'll be doing the base parts. Thing is, I'm not filling any orders until my foot is completely healed. Probably about two more months.