Cheaper alternative to POTA prosethetic mask?

[Funky]

Yes, I'm well aware of Apemania, but man! Those are expensive for a Halloween costume! I seem to recall a site that sold a two part prosthetic that look fantastic for around 150.00. Anybody have that site saved?

 

[rickrickrick]

Don't think these are the ones you mean, but there are some near the bottom of this page:

http://www.mostlydead.com/Foam-Latex-Prosthetics-Masks/c8/index.html

Not too keen on the chimps, but the gorilla looks okay.

R

 

[patsmear]

Here is a decent set of hands and feet too

http://www.badplanet.com/asp/srchlist.asp

 

[SgtFang]

Woochie makes a good POTA style gorilla for under 20.00-

Here's some of my son Nic's General Ursus from last year.

This is a generic, black "pirate beard" off eBay.

Black "wolfman" wig, also from eBay.

Suited up-

"Where da CANDY at???"

-Sarge

 

[Sparticle]

WHERE did you get the 'helmet'?!?
Great Ape suit!

 

[Funky]

Don't think these are the ones you mean, but there are some near the bottom of this page:

http://www.mostlydead.com/Foam-Latex-Prosthetics-Masks/c8/index.html

Not too keen on the chimps, but the gorilla looks okay.

R

That's the one! Thanks, Rick! :thumbsup

 

[SgtFang]

WHERE did you get the 'helmet'?!?
Great Ape suit!

Thanks! I sculpted it on the Arnie bust in the background, and made a mold so I could make a lightweight, resin shell. That blasted flap (havelock) on it turned out to the hardest part of the whole blasted costume! :lol

-Sarge

 

[Funky]

Sarge, do you still sell these helmets? PM me.

 

[SgtFang]

Here are the shots I sculpted mine from. This is the original "Urko" helmet from the TV series.-

This one differs slightly from the original Ursus helmet, in that the Ursus helmet had a leather cover that was stretched over a fiberglass or vacuformed shell to give the upper half the proper shape, but the Urko version had the havelock added under the shell, and then just had the embossed leather glyph panel added to the front. The corners of the havelock had big drapery weights, or at least thick washers in the tips to give them weight, and help them hang better.

-Sarge

 

[SgtFang]

Here's a link from last year, where we were trying to figure out the havelock (flap)-

http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=50415&highlight=ursus

I named that part the "Havelock" after the cloth flap on French Foreign Legion and some Civil War kepis-

-Sarge

 

[somerset fox]

Like busses, you wait ages for an 'Apes' post and two turn up at the same time! :lol
http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=69429
This is what I'm doing with a Woochie apppliance, attached to a spandex hood. Hair is Kanakalon (sic) and the ears are latex goofy ones. All stuck on and now with the hair being punched through, several strands at a time.

 

[Laffo]

Don't think these are the ones you mean, but there are some near the bottom of this page:

http://www.mostlydead.com/Foam-Latex-Prosthetics-Masks/c8/index.html

Not too keen on the chimps, but the gorilla looks okay.

R

This is one of those in action. Great quality.

Hair is Kanakalon (sic) and the ears are latex goofy ones. All stuck on and now with the hair being punched through, several strands at a time.

You really should spring for the extra $2 for real hair for around the face. If you're gonna spend the time hand punching, it should be with something that looks, lays and acts like hair - cause it is. Kanekalon will always look like plastic and that can be good for some things, but for this you might want to look at real hair.

Laffo.