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

[Ironman1188]

Welcome to Central City Aneses.
Jess and Angelofmusic2112 both have done some incredible work. And Stickman has a few stop motion shorts that are not to be missed.
As for hairing up Sideshows apes? I do have a tutorial for adding hair to human sculpts that I am hoping to adapt to some 1:6 simians.

 

[Jessica]

Welcome Angel! The orangutans are the simplest to hair up. For the hair, I would try to find more fur like the ones that Hot Toys used for their apes. It's called Mongolian fake fur, and it's about $26/square foot--you can buy this on Feebay but it's cheaper to find a stuffed animal unless you're planning on hairing all of Ape City. Check out all the stuffed animals in toy stores and see if there's one you can skin that is a good color. You could try doll hair but I haven't tried that yet. Matt Sotis has with good results I hear but have not seen real close photos.

 

[stickman]

Welcome to Ape City Aneses,

Great talent in this Forum for sure. I finally got back to Seattle and am nearly unpacked and caught up to daily living. I checked on all my figures and all have survived my absence quite well. Nothing fancy but at least they're pictures.

Kfog, would you want to see some current shots of my American Civil War Figures? I can post in the Military thread but that section seems to be only for GI Jane... I mean Joe for now. Let me know. I was hoping to show you and Angel how the figures you gave me turned out.

 

[kfog41]

That would be great sticks, thanks!

 

[angelofmusic2112]

Ironman - My wife is going to mail your package tomorrow.

 

[Jessica]

Found two photos taken yesterday that I like. It's kind of hard to do real flame/smoke because you have to constantly watch the size of the ember. Not only did I have to be careful about not setting the hair on fire, I was also busy plucking off the burned incense with a pair of scissors as I photographed. I was also constantly relighting the incense, just skating with disaster as the hair curled back from the heat--I did see it actually melt back. To relight the flame, I had to put a cardboard shield between the gorilla's hair and the flame. Lot of work to take these photos...too big and it looks like incense. Plus there is no way you could photograph outdoors if there was the slightest bit of wind, because then the smoke would not curl the way you want it to.

 

[Jessica]

Ashton asked me if I could modify his Power Rangers so that they could have joints. I said I could try doing that...gears wheeling inside my head trying to figure out where I would cut and how I could use beads to try to make a ball joint...and then he said, worriedly, "You're not going to make him an ape, right?"

I busted out laughing. I promised not to.

OMG OMG OMG!! Caesar is done! I can't wait to have him back in my damned dirty paws...I wonder how he'll look...?

Burke is semi-done. Wow that was fast!!

 

[Aneses]

Thanks for such a kind welcoming!!

Welcome to Central City Aneses.
Jess and Angelofmusic2112 both have done some incredible work. And Stickman has a few stop motion shorts that are not to be missed.
As for hairing up Sideshows apes? I do have a tutorial for adding hair to human sculpts that I am hoping to adapt to some 1:6 simians.

I'd love to see that tutorial. Could you link it?
Thanks!

 

[Ironman1188]

https://www.onesixthwarriors.com/forum/applying-real-hair/48239-wig-making-tutorial.html

 

[Aneses]

https://www.onesixthwarriors.com/forum/applying-real-hair/48239-wig-making-tutorial.html

Thanks, thanks, thanks!!! It's a ingenious way to add hair to figures I had not seen before. I think I could use it for a proyect I'm working at.
Thanks again!

 

[The_Darkness_Predator]

I'm not 100 percent happy with my painting effort, but if I keep reworking it, I'll start losing details.

This is my next project. It only has a black primer coat right now:

I am so glad there are skilled fans that make these custom ape heads available.

Thanks.

 

[Jessica]

TDP, those are awesome! It's really exciting to see the ape heads fitted onto the bodies. If it were me, it would take forever...and IM rarely posts photos...

Anyway, guys...I am working on Burke again because I don't like my current sculpt of him. So how many times does this make it? I've lost count...I just need him to look like Burke...like REAL bad. I'm so obsessed about getting him right.

Someone donated these heads to me. It started out like this, almost hopeless. I really am just looking at the size of the eyeballs, because I'm so tired of sculpting something and it not coming out the right size. That's so frustrating!

Guess it was a failed experiment/paint job. But I'll take him!

Had to remove the paint because it was a distraction:

This is how he looks now, and I'll be massaging him the next few days to get him to look as good as I can make him with my current skills. Possibly 3 years from now I can make him better. For now this will have to do.

OMG OMG OMG!! Caesar is enroute! I can't wait to see him finally...he's going to look spectacular.

 

[Ironman1188]

Once I get through this weekend, I'll try and paint up the new heads [I'm so psyched to get to them] and then I'll atempt to get a bunch of pix posted. I used to post more but I haven't had my own computer in quite a while so that is also slowing me down.
This weekend is running around alot.
Good news? I get to go top NYCC with my 9 yr old for his birthday [which is TODAY!!]
Bad news- I have to find specialists to examine my wife and son after their MVA last week.
Anyway, more POTA to come!!

 

[Jessica]

All hail Caesar!!

 

[Jessica]

IM--Sorry to hear you have to find a specialist. Good luck to you. I just can't imagine.

How large is the NYCC? I wish I could go. Happy birthday to your little one, Ironman!!

 

[stickman]

Here you go Kfog.

(Note to self, Paint behind ear.)

Still waiting on a few new Union Sets.

 

[Ironman1188]

How large is the NYCC? I wish I could go. Happy birthday to your little one, Ironman!!

Jess,
That looks great. May I ask who you had do the paint work?

I don't know how it will be this year, but it has been throughout the whole Javitz center in the city. I went three years ago for the first time and waited for over 2 hrs on a line about 4-5 city blocks long.
THAT should be intersting to try with my son. LOL

 

[Jessica]

charles hughey did the awesome paint job. i can't wait to see caesar in person.

 

[kfog41]

It is incredible that I had many of the same ideas that you have utilized. Great minds think alike (Har, Har!)! Angel did a cracker jack of a job on those bearded guys! How authentic to the period. I love how you used the star wars emperor as a priest, the dumb looking Shaun of the dead guy, and the bee hive hat on the bearded guy! I could go on and on with every figure you have pictured. A very incredible and impressive collection of Civil War period figures. Very well done sticks!

 

[Protozaius]

All hail Caesar!!

NEED MORE PICS OF CAESAR!!!!!