Cornelius 1:6 scale sculpt

Leather from Italy

Today I received the beautiful leather from Italy so that I could upgrade my 1:1 scale Zira costume. It's so gorgeous and smells wonderful. I will probably start this project sometime in September.

Look how cool this photo is. Dave B. photoshopped it for me. *sigh* I love looking at this photograph and will treasure it until the end of my days.

Family Photo!!

Thanks, Dave B.!!

Beautiful easy basketweave knit

Super simple pattern of the ribbed knit going vertically

K K P P K K P P K K (on the right side); On the wrong side, knit and purl as the stitches lie.

Here is the simple pattern going horizontally:

K K K K K K K K K K; On the wrong side, knit and purl as the stitches lie.

Start enough stitches divisible by 10. Alternate your pattern so you have ribs going vertically and horizontally. Once you have completed 20 rows of the horizontal ribbing, switch the vertical and horizontal squares and keep alternating. Hope that makes sense.

Weaving of the chimp inner sleeves

The sweater I was going to cut up is too light, as evidenced from this photograph of Kim Hunter:


So I improvised a loom with some prefabricated frames I purchased at Michael's. There was a selection of various sizes, and I went with 18 inches because I am only weaving the sleeves. The neck covering I will knit up.

I first started by wrapping my yarn neatly around the frame. Any sturdy frame would do I suppose....


Dylan took this photo of me weaving on the floor:


After a few hours, I have the beginnings of fabric that I could use for my costume:

Sideshow Premium Format Zaius

Zaius Riding Outfit:

He looks wonderful EXCEPT for the back. Note that the leather piece of his back has no curves (it is straight), and the length of the leather piece matches the fabric panels. Sideshow even managed to reproduce the back vents (Bravo, Sideshow!!)....but their Zaius Riding Outfit looks like he's wearing it backwards:

1/9 Scale President of the Assembly

This Mego scale sculpt was VERY fun to do. Here is the lower order of species, patiently waiting for his transformation into an ape. It is a Mego astronaut, I was told.



This is the goal:


Here he is, looking pretty fugly. Hoping and praying for some magic to happen:


Did you notice that only the orangutans have foreheads on the Planet of the Apes?


Looking a bit ducky:












This photo shows that the two apes I sculpted really look very different from each other:
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He's still looking a little ducky...not sure if this will be noticeable once painted:






This is El Presidente, waiting to be cured:

Dr. Galen's apron

Dr. Galen's apron was taken from this outfit found at Goodwill. There were a lot of shirts of white fabric there, but I chose this specific one because it had a 1970s texture and it was soft and hung well. It also was not see-through like most of the thin shirting material found there.

Laboratory Assistant's outfit

I just love posing these guys. Wish I had more time to recreate the laboratory scene in 1:6 scale....but that would take a lot of room, which is why I am staying with Mego scale for dioramas.

Orangutan minister

Dr. Zaius's outfit underneath just needs trimming/hemming on the bottom: