Save the Planet of the Apes!!! - PIX ADDED!!

[Jessica]

Milo, your generic suit looks exactly like the one Angel sent me for sizing purposes...except his suit did not have a matching pair of pants.

 

[Jessica]

You want to know something? I'm crazy enough to re-do Cornelius! The Sideshow Cornelius...I'm still studying how to do it, but I will do it.

 

[Jessica]

I've been commissioned to paint three more Mego-sized heads. I'm going to make them spectacular.

 

[Jessica]

My Sideshow Zira is now done!! Yay!! She is beautiful, no matter which way she is looking...

 

[Jessica]

This is the hieroglyph painted up on my green jacket:

I didn't like how it photographed, so I covered it up with the same fake leather of the outfit, and it looks better. The pocket runs pretty deep, so a regular-sized pencil fits in there nicely. I also recovered the half-moon with the same fabric, since the wash of pax paint on it was too shiny. It now matches the rest of the outfit and won't be screaming "look at me! look at me!" when it's photographed.

 

[Jessica]

I'm going to re-do the stitching on the bottom. It looks too messy.

 

[Jessica]

I'm going to have to create a nasal passage on Zira's foam latex appliance...going to take my husband's soldering iron and burn two holes from the inside of the muzzle. I heard it smells baaaad....and I have to do this outside...but it's raining. I guess I could do it on the porch, but I'm too lazy to go outside. I'll try tomorrow...still wondering the best way to do it...from what angle and whatnot.

 

[Jessica]

I have two sculpts in a mold right now. I'll see how the casts come out. Hopefully not too bubbly...One is Carsia. The other is Burke, because I really have to return him to Ironman soon. I'm going to go and buy some legos tomorrow...I hate making boxes.

 

[Malice]

My Sideshow Zira is now done!! Yay!! She is beautiful, no matter which way she is looking...

nice job mate.

 

[jungle jom]

I was watching the "Oscars" and was appalled that, when they went through the people that passed away this year, there was much applause for many people but a hush overcame the audience when Heston's name was announced.

There was little acclaim for his work.

Politics is one thing, but art is more important. Hollywood give the man his due...

NRA aside... Heston was one hell of an actor.

Rest in Peace Mr. Heston...

 

[Ironman1188]

Do you have pictures?

No, I didn't save any. He was on Law & Order last season (I think) and went the same way as so many of the heroes of those days......old and fat.

PS- Thanks for the disc!!

 

[Jessica]

Count down for Wondercon! WHOO HOO!!

So...last night I zipped up my boots and I forgot to put a stop to the end of the zipper and the zipper head flew off...Tonight I will see if I can fix that or if I have to reattach a new zipper.

Good news...I was freaking out because I had a 2PM registration deadline to register for the masquerade contest at Wondercon since I missed their web entry deadline on Valentine's Day. I just received at e-mail that said I was "in" and to bring a photo of complete outfit when I arrive at the con! Yay!! That's such a big relief...didn't know how many hours it is going to take to get my ape on!!

And...my brother and sister in law are coming over this Saturday to see me in ape gear. They can't believe I'm going to go ahead with this. They were freaked out by the softness of the foam latex. They were REALLY surprised that the lips move when I talk even if it wasn't really glued onto my face yet. My mom was wondering when I was going to remove the makeup...I thought....NEVER???

 

[milo1164]

Change him back? Why not just get another Cornelius?

There can be only 1....I might, though. I was trying to save room for new stuff instead of dupilcates.

 

[Jessica]

I have successfully made a cast of Carsia! I changed her a little, so she is more effeminate, and I also put sleepy eyes on her:

I also have Dr. Milo. I'll try to take photos if anybody's interested.

Next, I'm going to try to make a mold of my Sideshow Zira and Virgil. I think that's all I have enough supplies for.

So...in case anybody's interested, if you order a bunch of heads together, I'll only charge once for shipping.

 

[Jessica]

Zira's mold was a failure. I'll have to try again tomorrow.

 

[Jessica]

I didn't get to Zira's mold tonight, because I had to start a new entrelac knitting project for my mom, but I did manage to test out Virgil's mold from yesterday and came up with a near perfect cast...just one or two bubbles to fill...and also fix the air chambers...but he looks splendid!

Here he is, all in one color now instead of what I started with:

I also had to photograph my entire outfit, so that I could remember to print it out at work. I guess I have to submit the photo and fill out paperwork on Saturday if I want to participate in the costume masquerade...

 

[Ironman1188]

Wow, Jess!! The outfit looks great. And I'd be interested in seeing how that Milo head turned out. Hell, if you are casting them all, put one of each aside. I'll take 'em!

 

[Jessica]

Wow, Jess!! The outfit looks great. And I'd be interested in seeing how that Milo head turned out. Hell, if you are casting them all, put one of each aside. I'll take 'em!

OK, IM. I keep forgetting to take a photo of him. He looks great, too. I only made one cast of him but I can make another. The mold worked well.

 

[Jessica]

Wow. What am I going to do after Feb?

Oh yeah. Get back to customizing!!

 

[abadguy]

Just pre-ordered the General Ursus Hot Toys figure. My first Planet of the Apes figure in my collection and it's a damn good looking one too!

Though the remake movie wasn't all that great, I thought Michael Clarke Duncan's gorilla character would make for an excellent figure.