President of the Assembly, Planet of the Apes

[jessica]

And now for something totally unexpectedly mindblowing! Somebody that nobody will probably ever sculpt. Presenting....Takashi Shimura! I will sculpt him in Mego scale so that he can stand side by side with Toshiro Mifune.



David's friend, who will be an action figure in Mego scale. I can't believe he's building up so fast. I can't wait to start up his hair, but I think I will build up the rest of his head first, and I still need to tweak his eyelids. I really like how nicely he's coming along. Scale is perfect. I wonder how David will dress him up?


I think he's pretty much done! Yay! Just waiting for feedback from David before I fire him up one last time.


Had to angle his head for this photo because of the shadows cast by the lights.

[Chris]

You should be fine. That's why I love the Zica bodies. That slightly larger scale has bailed me out on several occasions. Your sculpt looks excellent. We'll have to get you to make a Carl Kolchak "Night Stalker" head.

[jessica]

My samurai lives!! I will start his costume soon. I hope he still looks like Mifune. Today, I rewatched Red Sun. I had been craving that movie for a long time, but it was $35 used, and I kept forgetting to put it on Netflix. This weekend I couldn't resist, and I was able to purchase a DVD from Amazon for $12. Hopefully in a few days, my Yojimbo wll come, because I've been craving that movie like a mad monkey.

Egads I hope he does not look bobble-headed. I worked real hard on trying to keep him in scale. Once you add clothing, it makes the head appear smaller. At least that's the plan.

[jessica]

Chris, the head is not big anymore that I have re-done, and should fit a Zica body. Hope Craig gets a new batch soon. I kept putting it off buying one and I wish I did!

Anyway, here's Mifune now. I totally need to clean him up. I'm going to bake him one last time, and then when he's cooled off, I will smooth him out as best as I can with some wax and try to make a decent mold and cast out of that...and see how he really looks on a Mego body. I think he's a good size...but I can't tell until I see his cast.

[ironman1188]

Hey Chris!
How goes your project? Any larger pix of that avatar photo?

[Chris]

Is the head too big for a Zica body? It looks excellent.

[jessica]

Mego scale Toshiro Mifune is in the works. Burke is there for sizing purposes, to make sure that I stay in scale. I was so tempted to take a mold of Burke and rework him into Mifune because I can see Mifune in his sculpt already.




I also added chimp feet to my Mego scale zira. I'm going to add leggings to create a boot effect, but I haven't found the perfect fabric for that yet.

Darn it! My sculpt got too big before I realized it...but this is how he looked before I chopped off portions of his hair and the sides of his face:


I'll capture him eventually. If at first you don't succeed, try and try again!

[ironman1188]

Not a problem. I'll dig them out and you can have them all.

[jessica]

Hey IM! THat would be great if you can spare one samurai looking head. I can't really tell how this guy will look while he remains unpainted. If you have a headsculpt that looks more samurai, I will turn this latest guy into a Chinese swordsman instead. I love those costumes, too!

[ironman1188]

The operation that was necessary to accomplish this:

You cut out his brain you bloody baboon!

Looks great Jess. If you need samurai heads PLMK. I have a few that I don't think I'll ever wind up using. You're more than welcome to them.

[Meule]

I decided to go ahead and make another samurai so that I could photograph some sword battles. I have to work with what I got, and this was the most samurai-looking headsculpt I currently had in the coffers:

http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/2240/dsc05614.jpg

This is after the makeover:
http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/4350/dsc05623xj.jpg http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/5926/dsc05624ih.jpg

The operation that was necessary to accomplish this:
http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/3783/dsc05621l.jpg

Looks like a samurai to me

[jessica]

I decided to go ahead and make another samurai so that I could photograph some sword battles. I have to work with what I got, and this was the most samurai-looking headsculpt I currently had in the coffers:


This is after the makeover:


The operation that was necessary to accomplish this:

[jessica]

OMG she's so cute and awesome! I need to fix the back of her hair, but she's almost done, and ready for an official portrait. Yay! FYI, I plucked off the hieroglyph from the Sideshow Cornelius outfit and glued it onto her outfit. After trimming it's perfect scale for Megos!! And yes, I'm a sucker for packaging. I saw the chimp's face on the chocolate bar and had to buy it.



Here she is next to the Sideshow Zira:



Eh..spoke too soon. I decided her hair was too poufy, so I have dremelled it off and I will build it back up again:


Here's how she is before painting up, on a Mego body for sizing.

[jessica]

Time to get back to this guy. I will try Mego scale so I won't have to worry about shrinking it.

[Meule]

Wow, beautiful as always, Jess