General Ursus



This is an old-fashioned plastic model recently re-released by Aurora. The resemblance to the character in the Planet of the Apes is passable, but the base is a bit odd. Presumably it is intended to represent an urban area after the nuclear holocaust that eventually resulted in the apes becoming the dominant species on the planet. However, I don't recall any scenes in the original movie that take place in such a setting.

I'm not sure what the green "ooze" on top of the bricks is supposed to be. It might be some sort of mossy vegetation, or it might be melted glass. I assumed it was the latter, and I added a considerable amount of dust (mostly baking soda) to represent setted ash ("fallout").