President of the Assembly, Planet of the Apes

[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.

[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.

[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]

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.

[jessica]

I don't know....I may re-sculpt Mifune. I'm not really happy with the size of his head on a naked body. I'll have to sew him up a kimono so I can see how it looks as far as sizing. If his head is too big I'm going to resculpt him. That just bugs me.

[babycyclops]

Very cool Jessica. I'm loving your current samurai phase, it looks like you're very inspired at the moment!

[Meule]

Very cool Jessica. I'm loving your current samurai phase, it looks like you're very inspired at the moment!

There isn't a moment she isn't inspired

[jessica]

Thanks guys! Some of you may have already seen these photos...but I can never get enough apes and samurai...on Jessica's Planet, I can do anything!


This is how he looks after I let Ashton play with him, poor guy:

[Chris]

Cool! That looks like it came right off the pages of the Curtis Publishing POTA comic.

[cdhall]

Jessica,

That ape is AMAZING!

Do you have more or more pix. I'll go see if you have anything in the Gallery. AWESOME! Thanks for posting!

[jessica]

Doug, this is the only other photograph I have. It was hard to put up his hair in a chonmage because I had styled and cut it. The body/inner outfit is a Hot Toys ape. The clothing is made by Crazy Owners, and I bought it so I could recreate it in Mego scale. I plucked off the gorilla face and put my sculpt of Julius on top. I've always hated the way the Hot Toys gorilla looked, I prefer him this way.


Started motions to recreate Mifune. A little small now so I need to be careful and get the eyes sized correctly before I fine tune him:

[cdhall]

Thanks Jessica. Is that also not an 8" ape then? I thought that was the coolest 8" figure I'd ever seen. I will guess he is bigger than that.

Still awesome!

[ironman1188]

Great work as usual Jess.
BTW, If you ever figure out head enlarging, count me in if you resize that Hutch head!!

[LAST SON OF KRYPTON]

Awesome work there as always !!!!

[jessica]

Mifune slowly forms. I can probably finish him off in two or three more layers of baking. I am glad to have resculpted him. I think he looks better and an oversized head would just bug me.