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ANSA Astronaut Brent
Long time listener, 3rd time caller. In other words, I'm new here.
But I sent over pictures of this quick n' dirty (literally) custom of Brent from "Beneath the Planet of the Apes" over to Jessica (to whose Ape customs I bow down in humbled awe) to show her the Hasbro ANSA backpack in action, but thought someone else may be interested in seeing this.
What you're looking at is something I pretty much slapped together in a day or two. You'll recognize the head as Little John from Robin Hood (gotta admire the lengths that man will go to in order to get away from his wife). I need to work on his beard and mustache so it looks less, uh, whatever the opposite of "unkempt" is - "kempt" I guess - to give him that "been in sleep stasis for a thousand years" look.
The uniform is a CTVT "Fearless Fonzarelli" stunt motorcycle suit. The boots (which these pictures don't show) are their white "Space" boots. I also got a pair of their white combat boots, but they're super extra tight. I may need to go grab some baby powder to get them on him.
I took the Fonzie collar down (bent it in half and fabric glued it down), and removed the black sleeve stripes and pockets and took the hem up so it's more of the "Ike Coat" length of the ASNA astronauts. I removed the velcro on the front, and took the fabric out at the top so it's more kinda diagonal like in the movie uniforms. It's not *as* diagonal as I'd like, but you work with what you got and it's, uh, "Mego Accurate" enough I suppose.
The backpack came with the Hasbro Signature Series 6" Taylor figure.
The patches & zippers are from the decals here on the site, printed on iron-on paper and, well, ironed on. I made the ANSA logo a bit smaller.
I need to clean him up a bit (if my pictures didn't suck you'd still be able to see the pencil marks I made for where the patches go), but for now I'll just say that's "Forbidden Zone" dirt you see on him.
But I sent over pictures of this quick n' dirty (literally) custom of Brent from "Beneath the Planet of the Apes" over to Jessica (to whose Ape customs I bow down in humbled awe) to show her the Hasbro ANSA backpack in action, but thought someone else may be interested in seeing this.
What you're looking at is something I pretty much slapped together in a day or two. You'll recognize the head as Little John from Robin Hood (gotta admire the lengths that man will go to in order to get away from his wife). I need to work on his beard and mustache so it looks less, uh, whatever the opposite of "unkempt" is - "kempt" I guess - to give him that "been in sleep stasis for a thousand years" look.
The uniform is a CTVT "Fearless Fonzarelli" stunt motorcycle suit. The boots (which these pictures don't show) are their white "Space" boots. I also got a pair of their white combat boots, but they're super extra tight. I may need to go grab some baby powder to get them on him.
I took the Fonzie collar down (bent it in half and fabric glued it down), and removed the black sleeve stripes and pockets and took the hem up so it's more of the "Ike Coat" length of the ASNA astronauts. I removed the velcro on the front, and took the fabric out at the top so it's more kinda diagonal like in the movie uniforms. It's not *as* diagonal as I'd like, but you work with what you got and it's, uh, "Mego Accurate" enough I suppose.
The backpack came with the Hasbro Signature Series 6" Taylor figure.
The patches & zippers are from the decals here on the site, printed on iron-on paper and, well, ironed on. I made the ANSA logo a bit smaller.
I need to clean him up a bit (if my pictures didn't suck you'd still be able to see the pencil marks I made for where the patches go), but for now I'll just say that's "Forbidden Zone" dirt you see on him.
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