Steve Jurgens

Steve Jurgens
CONTACT: trekriffic@yahoo.com

The Undiscovered Country's U.S.S. Excelsior - Composite Art by David Shaw

The Undiscovered Country’s U.S.S. Excelsior – Composite Art by David Shaw

Using the fantastic Green Screen photos of the AMT kit build that professional modeler Steve Jurgens did, another artist, David Shaw placed this model seamlessly into two very recognizable scenes from Star Trek VI – The Undiscovered Country. One of the major parts that make these beautiful is Davids use of shadow… which is difficult [...]

“NX-2000″ Composite Art by Kurt Kuhn (Kuhn Global)

After the immense beating she took, and the amazing loss of life her crew suffered, the Enterprise manages to limp home in victory. As she enters Space Dock, in front of her is the next evolution of modern technology… The Excelsior Class Star Ship of the same name. Dwarfing the Enterprise by nearly half, her [...]

1:1000 U.S.S. Excelsior by Steve Jurgens

1:1000 U.S.S. Excelsior by Steve Jurgens

Built fro the AMT kit, professional modeler Steve Jurgens did this piece justice! As small as the model is, Steve managed to place hundreds of varying colored panels on this piece which gave it great scale! It photographs much larger than it is! It came so well that I am going to try my hand [...]

MARS diorama by Steve Jurgens

MARS diorama by Steve Jurgens

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This outstanding piece reminds me of yesterday’s special effects from the science fiction movies some of us grew up with! Master modeler Steve Jurgens recreated this look precisely bringing memories flooding back to many… including myself! The mountain range matte painting is perfection as is the light positioning for shadow effect! The models are [...]

MARRV Space Plane mastered by Steve Jurgens

MARRV Space Plane mastered by Steve Jurgens

This fantastic retro scratch build started out as a small lamp! Talented modeler Steve Jurgens (known to many as Trekriffic) took his imagination to it’s boundaries of 1950’s science fiction design to create this beautiful, and tiny piece of artwork!
Here is what Steve has to say about this piece as background for his creating it…
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