Invade! Invade! Invade!--General Ursus helmet Planet of the Apes

[Jessica]

I just saw this, Professor~! I would LOVE one of those recruiting posters, and yes, Apemania was where I was able to find good reference shots.

Still futzing about how I am going to accomplish the shell. Probably go with resin, so I am researching and still have to contact Smooth-On.

 

[Jessica]

Feeling so poor. Just bit the bullet and awaiting materials to move forward with this project.

 

[Jessica]

Materials have not come yet, but I just decided to double-check, after a fellow ape commented that my Urko foam latex is too small, and so now I think my helmet is too small once the mask is in place. I'm going to fluff it up some more, which means I will have to remove the middle portion, add more monster clay, and then resculpt it back.

 

[Jessica]

I am going to rephotograph the sculpt so that it could be compared against Apemania's photos through Photoshop. Here is an overlay through photoshop, with a help from a friend from a different forum since I lack photoshop skills so that I can see where to tweak the sculpt.

 

[Jessica]

Time to bring out the big guns...cause the Exacto is too small for this feat.

 

[Carson Dyle]

Sorry you have to do some re-sculpting, but I suspect the final result will justify your efforts.

Thanks for the progress pix. It's a fun one to keep track of.

 

[Jessica]

One step forward, five steps back! Working on getting the shape even all the way around before I rebuild the middle portion and really smooth things down.

 

[Jessica]

More adjusting. Kind of hard to get a sense of the overall shape without the hieroglyphs.

 

[1970si]

I heard some where the at the basis of URSUS's helmet was from the Pam Am stewardess helmet / Hat from 2001

Here's also a link to someone making the Pan Am helmet

2001 Spacesuit - Pan Am

Hope this helps.

jack

 

[Carson Dyle]

I suspect the “2001” similarities may be just a coincidence.

Morton Haack based Ursus’ costume on a Samurai warrior...

The oblong helmet was meant to suggest the crested skull of a mountain gorilla…

But, yeah, the two helmets are definitely the same basic shape – at least when viewed from the front.

Any updates, Jessica?

 

[Jessica]

No updates. Waiting for more photos from an ape friend.

The only exciting occurrence was moving him to the safety of my bedroom when we had a party:

OMG that Pan Am helmet link is WAY AWESOME!! I'm so far from taking those dreaded molding steps...

 

[spidersolo]

This is a very interesting build.
One of my favorite subjects.

 

[Jessica]

New plan...more adjusting...I decided to use Apemania's gorilla to size up the helmet. It's so top heavy now...

 

[Jessica]

Update:

 

[Jessica]

I think I need to order some more Monster Clay.

 

[SenseiMonkeyboy]

This is totally cool you are doing the helmet, it's been a 'down the road eventually' project of mine for awhile now. Look forward to seeing your build man. Best!

 

[Jessica]

I think I need to build up the helmet some more.