Operating Tables painted

Need a few more strokes of dry-brushing to bring out the highlights of the tables and make it look like cement or real rock. I will paint this weekend when I can use natural light and have a printout of a screencapture as a reference.

The leather straps now have holes in them. I have jewelry parts (they look like nails) poked through each hole and into the table to hold the limbs and head in place.

I should attach another human doll on the other table and photograph it so it looks like there is some blood transfusion going on. What I really want to do is to complete Taylor so that I could photograph Zira peeking to see his shorts.

Nova costume

Putting this here for future reference in case I need to make another one. Check out how moth eaten it looks.

Operating Room Tables in Progress

This is the state of the O.R. tables. I will need to paint them in hues of grey and finish the leather elements. The white material is crayola magic clay.

Nova costume

Photos of Nova costume made out of fake leather. Didn't have a Nova doll so I used Zira to model the outfit. Of course it's definitely not becoming for a chimp so I purposely did not photograph her face in the photos. Isn't the outfit HOT? I would like to see this outfit on a Sideshow Nova doll to view all of the strategically placed holes in the costume that you can't see now because of the color of the doll's skin. There are actually two holes above the right front part of the costume, which is why I provided a closeup. It's hard to distinguish but they are there. There is also another hole on the strap above the left side of the costume that is difficult to see with this doll as a model.

Upcoming Project: Sideshow Nova costume

I am going to make my first Nova costume but it will be 1:6 scale for a sideshow doll. I don't have a Nova hanging around my house so I will have to use Zira as my model. It will look strange on Zira, but I want to work on this challenge because I think I can make it very film-accurate and Nova's costume has a high level of difficulty.

Operating Room Tables

Currently working on a pair of operating room tables and need to put up photos of it. The body of the slab is made out of green flower styrofoam. The base of the tables will also be made of this styrofoam but with clay or something on top of it to give it a stone look. I had originally used self hardening clay, but that shrinks as it dries so the surface of the tables looked like a dried out lake bed after hardening. I covered this up with a thin layer of white crayola model magic which was difficult to stretch out thinly with a rolling pin--had to pull and stretch it out like pizza dough. It's looking great. I need to paint it grey and then add on the leather.

Brent from Beneath the Planet of the Apes

I used Dr. Zaius' body to form the outfit, but I didn't take any headshots as it was DISTURBING...The leather needs to look a bit weathered, so will have to tweak it a little and sew down the snaps but I am pleased with the overall look.

Another photo worthy of the General

I am posting this photograph because I am very happy with the composition. It looks like General Ursus is leading his horse around an area with dangerous footing.

Recent photos of General Ursus

The first photograph is the best photograph out of the 90 that I took. I like it because of the angle, and the horse looks pretty real.
The other photos are ok. I wanted to showcase the cuirass and also the horse, but in stepping away to photograph both I lost the detail of the clothing.

Not sure if I like this angle, but I did capture his eyes looking directly at the camera, so that's why I'm posting it.

Before and After: What a difference several days make

I feel that the soldier ape has successfully morphed into a noble general. Note that I painted over that weird hair pattern on the face and it really makes a difference. I can't believe how powerful and more intelligent he looks now. I still think this has got to be my most favorite custom that I have done. Look at the after picture and note how the camera angle captures the intensity of his glare--the General is looking directly at you! Wow! This picture is totally awesome for me. I can't believe I took it!!

I will probably add some highlights to his face and beard as suggested to really make it pop, and I might replace the 3D paint of his collar with beads. I am not happy that the studs on the collar do not reflect the sunlight. It should glitter like dewdrops...but it doesn't. I found the perfect sized beads, but now to search for the needle that will fit through the beads...or else succumb to another jaunt to the craft store. They must know me by sight now.