Custom Planet of the Apes Figures

[jessica]

Hello everyone. I have been out of customizing world for a bit. Just letting you know I am sculpting mego scale Planet of the Ape heads because that’s still my obsession. Currently figuring out how to make the neck posts but I will make casts available for sale once I figure that out in case anyone is interested
IMG_3694.jpg IMG_3486.jpg IMG_3517.jpg . Hope you are as excited as I am!

[Confessional]

Woohoo, Apes unite! Great to have you back in the MM.

[EMCE Hammer]

Great news! Monkeys never go out of style!

[Megotastrophe]

Because I was still thinking of the flocked head AJ discussion, has anyone ever tried flocking POTA heads?

[Ivaniski]

Nice to see you are back with the Mego Museum....I miss seeing your Planet of the Apes customs.

[PNGwynne]

So good to see your work and hear from you again.

[apes3978]

Welcome back...

Your 'prototypes' for lack of a better term, look excellent.

[jessica]

It’s been so long I almost didn’t find my way back. But I am glad I did. IMG_3562.jpg IMG_3650.jpg

[Action Martin]

Like I wrote on the Planet of the Apes Mego Fan Page Facebook group, it's nice to see you back.

[sprytel]

These look great. And I love that you sculpt on a head... it makes it sort of like the makeup appliances that they used in the movie.

Thanks for sharing and welcome back!

[J.B.]

You've been missed!

[apes3978]

Currently figuring out how to make the neck posts

Since you're building your sculpts on existing heads, couldn't you use the neck plugs on those for your neck posts? By that I mean when you make your casting the neck plug would be cast as well so you could just alter those to your specifications?

[jessica]

i wanted to try something different that I have been mulling over for years. If it doesn’t work I will use the existing neck plugs.

Since you're building your sculpts on existing heads, couldn't you use the neck plugs on those for your neck posts? By that I mean when you make your casting the neck plug would be cast as well so you could just alter those to your specifications?

[jessica]

what is the the best body for Lucius?

[apes3978]

what is the the best body for Lucius?

*Maybe* a Lion Rock body? (They're roughly 5 3/4" tall w/o a head on them.) And, unless you're planning to make "child" apes <think Cornelius II from 'Battle' or the TV series' Arno>, don't bother with the "Our Gang/Little Rascal" bodies, because they'd be way too small for Lucius.)

Classic TV Toys sells bodies of the same height as they old Lion Rock figures: https://www.classictvtoys.com/6inchc...ccesories.aspx CTVT also sells 7" bodies, but they're wrestlers bodies, so*way* too buff for lil Lucius.

Also: I just did a back to back comparison between the new Mego Zira and the new Mego Astronaut Brent, and Zira is just a little bit shorter than Brent. In the film, Zira is just a little taller than Lucius, so these two bodies wouldn't be "screen accurate" as far as height differential but still, the new Mego 'Sidekick Body' may be anther option for Lucius...