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

[Kostka]

Will you paint it up?

 

[Jessica]

I am still in the middle of futzing him. He looks pretty wrong right now. anyway...I shall manage somehow.

I need to make a mold and cast before I can paint him. That's a long way from now if you see what condition he is in. I made major surgery...cut off his nose and moved it down...and now I'm trying to just repair the damage.

 

[Kostka]

Here is Dr. Zaius' son in-law, Vitus!

 

[Kostka]

Another pic from the comic.

 

[Jessica]

I am still working on him but he's getting there.

Kfog...here's the squinty Dodge that was one of my reference photos for Forbidden Zone Dodge:

 

[Kronet]

Hi guys,

I have some SSC Apes NIB that I am planning to sell, could someone please advise me as to what they're worth? PM would be great.

I have:
4 Soldiers
Zira
Cornelius
Astronaut Taylor
Dr. Zaius
Dr. Zaius Forbidden Zone Expedition

I've been poking around ebay and they seem to going anywhere from £20 and up but wanted to doublecheck if you don't mind.

I have a Hot Toys Ursus too but need to find him first.

Thanks

 

[Ironman1188]

Let me know what you want for the HT Ursus!

 

[Jessica]

yay! guys i am liking where this is going!!

 

[Kostka]

Looking better every time!

Hi guys,

I have some SSC Apes NIB that I am planning to sell, could someone please advise me as to what they're worth? PM would be great.

I have:
4 Soldiers
Zira
Cornelius
Astronaut Taylor
Dr. Zaius
Dr. Zaius Forbidden Zone Expedition

I've been poking around ebay and they seem to going anywhere from £20 and up but wanted to doublecheck if you don't mind.

I have a Hot Toys Ursus too but need to find him first.

Thanks

Any HT soldiers?

 

[Kronet]

Ironman, if I can find him I will let you know, but looking at ebay prices he probably won't be cheap, he's still NIB.

Kostka, no HT soldiers, sorry.

 

[Kostka]

The guy that I have making me my Good Seed sweaters showed me a pic today of Polars. I'm getting excited!

So excited that I decided to make the Polar sculpt tonight, way ahead of schedule. I notice now that I need to adjust the hair some. I'll probably mount it on a gorilla body, as Polar has a more "broad" look than your average chimpanzee.

 

[Jessica]

The bottom portion of that sweater will roll because the stockinette stitch has a tendency to do that. Polar looks fabulous.

 

[Kostka]

Really? Maybe I can figure something out so that it doesnt.

Thanks. I know what I need to do to fix the hair right. I may have to trim down the neck, too. Polar stands with his head sort of slouched forward.

 

[Jessica]

You could try ironing it down and forcing it to hold its shape with duct tape from the inside. Unless you knit srockinette with a rib or a seed stitch on the edge it will roll.

 

[Kostka]

Thanks for the ideas. I'm sure I can weigh it down. Maybe a strip of appoxie along the inner edge? Ill try the duct tape when I get it.

 

[Jessica]

Even masking tape should work. Been knitting actively for 14 years now but i learned how to knit more than 30 years ago. One of my weird knitting skills is being able to knit backwards which is all kinds of awesome.

 

[Kostka]

Which has more than aided to your amazing custom work. Have you thought anymore about the Alaya dress?

 

[Jessica]

On occasion I do, Michael!

Tomorrow I get my iron infusions...so maybe after that I will be more productive custom-wise. Let's just say I am falling apart!

Actually today was full of laundry...plus i took apart a portion of my son's Zuca bag apart and resewed with reinforcements. It took a good portion of the afternoon...but I'm so glad to say that i managed to fix what was wrong. I just felt so very handy today!

Here's a photo of a Zuca bag so you can see how crazy it was to attempt to take it apart and reassemble where it was splitting from the seams. I actually replaced the netting you see on the side because it was full of holes from being dragged. I used the netting i had left over from my Romulan Commander costume.

 

[Kostka]

Damn.... Just looking at it intimidates me! I don't think I can even sew a straight line.

 

[kfog41]

Yea Jess, I like the design on the Zuca bag! Reminds me of the Woodland cammy's/fatigues that I wore while a marine! I gave them all away to a couple nephews and wish I hadn't! Pretty cool though!