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"New" Orangutan headsculpt
Hi guys - been a while. This may be old news to customizers here, but here's an odd find I wanted to share:
If anyone is looking to expand their Ape Council, the head on this orangutan is from the Hasbro "Signature Series" Dr. Zaius from about over 15 years ago or so. These were 6.5" figures that were kind of clunky, and the paint job was really slapped on in a weird way. But once I got the paint off, there's actually a pretty good headsculpt hiding under there. And it's cast in a color that works as ape fleshtone, so I just needed to paint the hair and eyes and teeth. I put it on a Mego body and the proportion was right. I don't think he looks too much like Maurice Evans' Zaius - maybe more like Virgil from "Battle" - but you can never have too many background council members around. Anyway - they're out there and pretty cheap as headsculpts go, and I was able to pick one up off of ebay for less than ten dollars.
Also, that cane came with him (I lengthened it a bit) and it comes with a sort of soft plastic cloak vest that I am going to use the hieroglyphics from on another Zaius costume (his longer coat outfit, not his "cruisin' Forbidden Zone beach" outfit I'm showing here).
Yours,
Judson's Garage
If anyone is looking to expand their Ape Council, the head on this orangutan is from the Hasbro "Signature Series" Dr. Zaius from about over 15 years ago or so. These were 6.5" figures that were kind of clunky, and the paint job was really slapped on in a weird way. But once I got the paint off, there's actually a pretty good headsculpt hiding under there. And it's cast in a color that works as ape fleshtone, so I just needed to paint the hair and eyes and teeth. I put it on a Mego body and the proportion was right. I don't think he looks too much like Maurice Evans' Zaius - maybe more like Virgil from "Battle" - but you can never have too many background council members around. Anyway - they're out there and pretty cheap as headsculpts go, and I was able to pick one up off of ebay for less than ten dollars.
Also, that cane came with him (I lengthened it a bit) and it comes with a sort of soft plastic cloak vest that I am going to use the hieroglyphics from on another Zaius costume (his longer coat outfit, not his "cruisin' Forbidden Zone beach" outfit I'm showing here).
Yours,
Judson's Garage
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