ElastoWit Gorilla Soldiers Painted

 These are the first set of Planet Of The Apes figures from ElastoWit. (Another set has since been made and more are on the way). 

  I like the purple uniforms and there are at least three shades depicted in the films but I went with a brighter purple. Other options would be more of a greyish or brownish purple.

  The gorilla skin and hair varies from black to dark brown so I chose black with brown highlights. A lighter skin color would have given more contrast, but the dark shade helps differentiate from chimps. The brown plastic was left unpainted for ammunition belts and guns.

   These are really cool figures with a nice mix of poses. General Ursus is a great character, reflected in the pose as he doesn't just give orders but gets right in to the swing of things with a submachinegun. The weapons were one thing I loved about the films - WW2-like but with more wood in the designs, with unique shape. Urus has some metal included in his outfit, not just leather for him.

  The building in the background is a homemade Ork building, made by someone else, designed for 40K but with some superficial resemblance to ape buildings.

                                               Next, I'll be working on the human characters.
POST SCRIPT

Marchenko has said that he is now sold out of this first series and he made only 50 sets.

A second limited series is available which I'll also be ordering

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