Did you ever wonder what it really takes to make some of the really cool things 
that you've seen in the Planet of the Apes films?
Well this page should help to answer a few questions, 
at least in regards to what it takes to make a statue of the Great LAWGIVER! 
 

(click on the images below for larger looks!)


In the fiberglass shop...

...a big mold...

...a really BIG mold...

...with lots of parts...

...the BACK still in mold

Let's put this baby together!!
 

matching up the Front 1/2 to the BACK 1/2

connecting the halves

Front half of mold
removed revealing...

... the  immerging statue 
 
 

...removal of mold parts
on the BACK half. 

The statue demolded...

... and readied for 
parts and finishing.

...the left hand...

...and the right hand...

...hand and  scrolls attached

...open scroll ends added

...right hand attached...

...ready for PAINT

...primed...

...base color added...

...more base color...

...basecoat finished

...ready for speckle

...speckled and stain

...and more stain...

...finished and sealed

completed statue
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