Zira, Planet of the Apes
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SonOfPumpkinhead
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Should be relatively easy... I was doing them in dorm room bathrooms when I was in school... Just try to find someone who's done it at least a couple times. And don't trust anyone who wants to use straws in your nose...
Jessica
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YAY! Finally a perfect foam run--not too many gigantic holes in the foam latex...just minor ones that I can live with! So excited. Going to wash it up now and let it dry...hopefully it will be thoroughly dry by Wednesday when I need to paint it up.
Going to make a new pair of chimp boots since I lost my original ones.
Here's a shot of my "outdoor studio." Not even using a mixer on a stand--but a ghetto $20 mixer from Wally World that has six speeds. $3 mixing bowl, $5 spatula, $50 countertop convection oven, $15 digital stopwatch. Not in this photo is the very important $23 gram scale that has a 10-year warranty. I've already had to send it back for a complete replacement, but it was worth the $5 to ship it back. These foam cups are pretty weightless, so I don't even have to press the tare button on my gram scale when I weigh out the ingredients. Oh...forgot I have a $20-something hygrometer/thermometer that I look at to decide if I should even attempt a foam latex run.
Going to make a new pair of chimp boots since I lost my original ones.
Here's a shot of my "outdoor studio." Not even using a mixer on a stand--but a ghetto $20 mixer from Wally World that has six speeds. $3 mixing bowl, $5 spatula, $50 countertop convection oven, $15 digital stopwatch. Not in this photo is the very important $23 gram scale that has a 10-year warranty. I've already had to send it back for a complete replacement, but it was worth the $5 to ship it back. These foam cups are pretty weightless, so I don't even have to press the tare button on my gram scale when I weigh out the ingredients. Oh...forgot I have a $20-something hygrometer/thermometer that I look at to decide if I should even attempt a foam latex run.
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Jessica
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OMG! Sometimes I amaze myself. This was the best makeup application and Zira II is absolutely fabulous to wear. There were not too many edges I had to blend...most of it was hidden beneath the hairline...did not have to tear off the chin and apply separately--it just laid out so beautifully on my face!
There were a lot of people that were freaked out because they said the makeup looked real, which is a real compliment.
Here I am with the human from Deadliest Warrior:
planet of the apes detail by beacomsensei, on Flickr
There were a lot of people that were freaked out because they said the makeup looked real, which is a real compliment.
Here I am with the human from Deadliest Warrior:
planet of the apes detail by beacomsensei, on Flickr
Sea Monkey
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Amazing. I have such a love for the original POTA makeup.
Saw a few shots with a baby chimp. Was that a FurReal Cuddle Chimp?
Jessica
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It is slightly bigger than a FurReal Cuddle Chimp. You can find it here but I bought mine on Feebay for $125 or so.
Monkey Puppet | Apes by Axtell Ventriloquist Puppets
I should have been bringing this baby chimp with me to my past conventions...he's not that heavy...and gross as it sounds, he's actually great for holding a water bottle.
Oops--my bad. Some of the earlier photos is that FurReal Cuddle Chimp, and is actually part of Jeff's (Dr. Zaius) collection. The SDCC photos from 2011 is the Axtell puppet. I tried to purchase the FurReal Cuddle Chimp but I bought the super tiny one by accident. That one looked pathetic, and I think I spent $16 on it.
Love this photo:
Zira Kissing Dr. Zaius by sdoorly, on Flickr
Monkey Puppet | Apes by Axtell Ventriloquist Puppets
I should have been bringing this baby chimp with me to my past conventions...he's not that heavy...and gross as it sounds, he's actually great for holding a water bottle.
Oops--my bad. Some of the earlier photos is that FurReal Cuddle Chimp, and is actually part of Jeff's (Dr. Zaius) collection. The SDCC photos from 2011 is the Axtell puppet. I tried to purchase the FurReal Cuddle Chimp but I bought the super tiny one by accident. That one looked pathetic, and I think I spent $16 on it.
Love this photo:
Zira Kissing Dr. Zaius by sdoorly, on Flickr
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Jessica
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OMG. 40-gun salute in Ape City. I found my Cornelius! And he only lives 2 miles away from me. I can start work on my 1970s Escape outfit for Zira...
And height-wise/size-wise, he is perfect. He stands 5'4" tall and I stand at 4'11". Yay! I know Roddy was much taller, at 5'10" and Kim Hunter taller than I...but it's all relative.
And height-wise/size-wise, he is perfect. He stands 5'4" tall and I stand at 4'11". Yay! I know Roddy was much taller, at 5'10" and Kim Hunter taller than I...but it's all relative.
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