President of the Assembly, Planet of the Apes

[HardyGirl]

Yay! You go girl! Looks awesome!

[jessica]

OMG!! I DID IT! I FINALLY REALLY DID IT!!!

It was my third foam run. The first did not really end well (the one that was torn) because the vintage mixer was on death's door. I killed the motor, and the revolutions were not fast enough.

The 2nd foam run took me by surprise, using a hand held mixer...the foam gelled on me w/in 5 minutes, in the middle of my pouring. So this freaked me out and of course, bubbles galore on the nose and lips.

The third..wow. Third time's the charm! OMG she's so beautiful.

[HardyGirl]

I'm glad you finally made your ape mask, Jess. Too bad about the crack. Practice, practice, practice!

[jessica]

I am kind of stuck on Link again. I want to finish him, and I could...but I want to sell him also. If I complete him, then there's no reason to keep him...and I'm not sure if I will be emotionally ready to let go. He kind of grew on me.

[alex]

All amazing work, I want to see that link finished

[supes]

I think it looks great!

[jessica]

40-gun salute in Ape City! Behold, my first foam run. It's not perfect, but it will do. Tomorrow is another day.



And I think I tore the foam prying the molds apart. I'll be more careful the next time. Stinky work, this stuff. Glad to have an outdoor convection oven. I baked it for four hours, but I think I could have gone with 3. I have to adjust the chemistry so it would gel and bake softer. The great thing is, except for the dent on the tip of the nose which must have happened when I was pouring the mold, I am happy with it.

[Meule]

You crocheted a beanie at that scale? Wow, your skills really are unlimited

[jessica]

I am doing an exchange with someone on another forum. His figure needed a crocheted beanie, so I made one. It's 1:6 scale. Still waiting for the head to arrive, but since I had some extra hair laying around I thought it would be funny to photograph one of my human heads. It's supposed to be Mathilda from the Professional. This is the finest yarn I could find that did not look horrible when crocheted. I think once it's really on his Mathilda sculpt it will look better.

[jessica]

Link's progress slowly chugs forward. I didn't realize I need buckles for the top part of the leather. Going to have to MacGuyver that. I love working with leather.

[Meule]

Sweet looking boots, Jess. Good to see you working on this project again, was wondering what happened to this. Still mucho impressed with that shield and sword

[jessica]

Action shot. I think I'm going to tweak his eyes a little, and make them smaller by just a tad.

[jessica]

Not ape related, oy, but an unfinished project. I was stuck at Link's boots, but I have since crossed that bridge now. I only have to make the leatherwork now for his scabbard, and paint up everything, and hopefully I can call a project done. Boots are made out of two types of leather.

[jessica]

Here's Dylan helping mommy out. I like to work several projects concurrently, and while Zira is not yet ready for foam latex (she's drying out in the sun), I want to get another positive going to sculpt on.

[jessica]

The edges are structurally sound now. I wasn't that upset since the face is the important part of the mold (to me).