Jessica's Planet: Life, Liberty & Pursuit of Happiness

[Jessica]

Antioch was a blast. It was sooooo great to see Planet of the Apes on the big screen. It's something you don't see everyday. I think I have to shampoo and restyle the wig EVERY time I need to wear it. It was hard to get the perfect shape since it was already as hard as a helmet.

Family portrait:

Boys just having fun:

 

[galactiboy]

Those are amazing shots... your costume came out superbly! And you got some cute kids to share all this insanity with

 

[Jessica]

Thanks. But on a side note, I should have started earlier with my second-born son. He refused to let me make him lunch while in costume, even though I swore I would not put any hairs in his food. The punk.

 

[Jessica]

I plugged up the holes of this Bruce Lee with clay and fired it with a BBQ lighter.

I still have to work on finalizing his eyes. It's difficult to paint it because the eyes are not the same size...so you have to fake it with painting.

 

[Jessica]

Time to resurrect this project! Dr. Zaius gloves...

Needed to trim the leather and fit to my fingers:

Much better fit!!

Now to find the other pair of gloves I bought so I can make the distinctive hieroglyphs, and then sew back in the cashmere lining. Soon I'll have something to admire when I'm stuck in traffic.

 

[Jessica]

Finally finished the Cavalier!!!

And the Bruce Lee repaint, Mego scale:

 

[Jessica]

Nope. Still tweaking the Bruce Lee. His skin tone is a little chalky at the moment, but I plan on reworking it to add more pinks and flesh tones.

This is Zira and Bruce Lee together. As you can see, 1:6 totally dwarfs Mego scale. I am amazed I was able to get the eyes to look like the way they do, and I did it without a magnifying glass.

 

[Jessica]

Still futzing with Bruce Lee.

Here is how he looks now. I also did minor eyelid surgery on his left eyelid because in reality a good paint job cannot hide a bad sculpt....or my painting skills are just not that great yet to fool the eye.

 

[Jessica]

I've got so many ongoing projects I don't know where to begin. So finally I decided to complete just one tiny project and send it out. Dr. Zaius is sporting a short sleeved sweater I quickly sewed together from a pair of toddler socks just so he wouldn't be topless in the photo. These are a pair of Mego-sized jeans. Did you know that the pockets do work? If I had a Mego-sized billfold wallet I would have placed it in one of his back pockets.

 

[Jessica]

Here's a photo of me holding hands with my first love. Thank you Dave Ballard for such a wonderful surprise. I will treasure it until the end of my days.

 

[The Mike]

Antioch was a blast. It was sooooo great to see Planet of the Apes on the big screen. It's something you don't see everyday. I think I have to shampoo and restyle the wig EVERY time I need to wear it. It was hard to get the perfect shape since it was already as hard as a helmet.

Whoa...I live literally 10 minutes from this theater and had no clue that they were showing POTA.

That costume is fantastic.

 

[Saya]

wow jessica you are a machine! great stuff. I wish I knew how to sew.

 

[Jessica]

Thank you Apemania for the child-sized gorilla foam latex appliances (including the extra ones for practice), the Cornelius plaques to keep the kids out of my monkey hair for awhile, and the General Ursus helmets. I will be busy cranking out the deluxe pullover hoods for my lovely gorillas and their outfits just in time for Halloween.

By apecityoutfitter, shot with DSC-T90 at 2009-08-28

I also ironed out Nova's hair. Thank you Dr. Zaius for my Nova and Taylor. I am such a lucky chimp!! I think the Sideshow Nova really has potential now of looking like Linda Harrison. Someday I'm going to repaint her and maybe even rehair her if I find the right kind of shade for her hair:

 

[Jessica]

Panda of the Apes:

By apecityoutfitter, shot with DSC-T90 at 2009-08-29

 

[Jessica]

When was the last time I have sculpted? It's been so long I can't remember. For fun and practice, and to test myself, I thought I would try this cartoony character.

Here's what he's supposed to be:

 

[Devil_666]

"cartoony character"!? c'mon Jessica. That's Link from "The Legend of Zelda". People were trying to commission a sculpt and clothes for a 1/6 scale figure here before that whole section got vamoosed!

Nice work so far btw.

 

[Jessica]

"cartoony character"!? c'mon Jessica. That's Link from "The Legend of Zelda". People were trying to commission a sculpt and clothes for a 1/6 scale figure here before that whole section got vamoosed!

Nice work so far btw.

Umm...I know I could bang out his clothes...but I would need to find time. And what does vamoosed mean? It burned brightly then futzed and died? If that is the case, then I am late to the party again, but what else is new?

 

[Devil_666]

what does vamoosed mean? It burned brightly then futzed and died? If that is the case, then I am late to the party again, but what else is new?

Yeah Vamoosed = To leave hurriedly. Disappear quickly. Not sure if those people are still trying to commission a 1/6 scale Link figure now!?

 

[Jessica]

Yeah Vamoosed = To leave hurriedly. Disappear quickly. Not sure if those people are still trying to commission a 1/6 scale Link figure now!?

Oooops!

I am curious to see how my Link will turn out.

 

[Jessica]

Had to re-do the face to fit a smaller body. Still working on the face. He's starting to look like an alien.