President of the Assembly, Planet of the Apes

[jessica]

I hope this isn't a stupid question, but, when you say you "combed out " the hair, do you mean with an actual comb? Is that how you sculpted the hair so finely?

Sorry. Wrong terminology. I sculpted with my favorite tool, a plastic toothpick. Each hairline equals one stroke of a toothpick.

[D!n0-M@n]

Well, my opinion of you work just went up like a thousand fold! You are simply awesome!!!

[D!n0-M@n]

See? I KNEW it was a stupid question.

[jessica]

Silly.

After Wondercon, I'm going to get back into sculpting (and painting!) and get going again on these. There's so much I want to accomplish. I hope I never run out of things to do...I just want to get better.

[D!n0-M@n]

Well, I gotta tell ya... you can't go anywhere but up. You're amazing already! You blow me away with your work! It's just STUNNING!

[jessica]

It's been awhile since I sculpted. I wanted to do something easy, like paint up my Sideshow Zira and get rid of her lipstick. I really messed up her paint job, so I decided to remove it with nailpolish remover and accidentally took off more than I wanted.




But I still couldn't get in the mood to paint her well because her hair still bothered me. There was something just off with it, so I decided to give her a haircut and restyle it, so that it was more movie-accurate:


When I paint her up, I will remove the fullness of her cheeks, too. She's going to look spectacular. I can tell already!!

[HardyGirl]

*faints* That's just flipping unbelievable!

[jessica]

*faints* That's just flipping unbelievable!

I hope that means it's good!!

[D!n0-M@n]

NICE!!! I really like the way you've redone the hair. It IS way more accurate. Another masterpiece is on it's way!

[jessica]

I couldn't wait to paint her up because I've been studying her face for so long...Darn camera! It keeps taking worse and worse photos. Grrr...

Tomorrow after I finish adding a pocket to my outfit (still have to research how to do--since can't remember how), I am going to put some more paint on her and also take a photo in natural light. Matt Falls really did a spectacular sculpt on her face.

[Meule]

It's so lifelike, really amazing job

[D!n0-M@n]

WOW!!! She came out AWESOME! That sure is one pretty lady... ape.

[jessica]

Thanks, guys! What a difference painting makes. Here's a comparison shot before and after. Sometimes it's hard to imagine how much better something could look when it's not painted...See what an improvement overall by removing the fullness of her cheeks?


A few more layers of paint and photographed in natural light. I still think I will add one more layer, though:

[Mego Milk]

Beautiful!

[yokaijohn]

Now she's perfect!!!!!