Post by wileyk209 on Jul 9, 2021 18:01:10 GMT -5
OK, here's yet another thing I came up with based off one of my favorite 1969 episodes, "Never Ape an Ape Man," inspired from reading a couple of Scooby-Doo DC Comics stories (specifically Issue #91's "How to Make a Monster" and Issue #145's "Man of a Thousand Monsters!"), even throwing in one of the comics' original characters. It provides a little logical backstory on how one of my favorite scenes was made possible...
CARL'S BRILLIANT PLAN
Carl, the stuntman hired to work on the movie "The Ape Man of Forbidden Mountain," couldn't believe what he had heard. Director John Maxwell had hired his niece Daphne Blake as an extra, along with her mystery-solving friends Fred Jones, Velma Dinkley and Shaggy Rogers and his great dane Scooby-Doo.
Knowing the gang's reputation, Carl was worried that his brilliant plan to sabotage the movie would be found out and he'd be caught. He wanted to be the main Ape Man actor, not a lowly stunt double for the Ape Man! Carl enjoyed acting like monstrous creatures, and the fact that he was not cast as the lead Ape Man actor angered him, instead only being assigned to do short stunt scenes that would otherwise be tricky for the main Ape Man actor to perform. Surely if Daphne's mystery-solving gang, whom were debating on calling themselves "Mystery Incorporated," showed up at the set and learned of Carl's saboteur scheme, they would try to solve the mystery and foil his plans!
But Carl was surprisingly clever for a stuntman. He had met the gang a while back when they came to visit Maxwell, and had noticed their goofy dog Scooby-Doo. He also put together some newspaper clippings and photographs of the gang and their mystery-solving achievements as part of his ideas on how to confuse and outwit them in prevention of figuring out his plan, along with surveying the old mansion set built for the movie. Among seeing a window-like opening in a library set, this gave Carl an idea.
Carl gathered the newspaper photos depicting Scooby-Doo and brought them over to the movie's special effects make-up artist, Rick Broiler. He was often considered as one of Hollywood's best effects make-up artists, having created some very convincing-looking movie monsters in his career so far, and gorillas and apes were a specialty of his, so hiring Rick Broiler to create the Ape Man was a natural choice. But Rick's portfolio wasn't just limited to big intimidating monsters, and Carl knew this.
As Carl entered Rick Broiler's little studio on the set, Rick looked up from the Ape Man mask he was working on and said, "Oh, hi, Carl. I'm just adding the finishing touches to this fourth Ape Man head needed for the film."
"That looks, good, Rick," Carl said. He presented his photos of Scooby to Rick and added, "but when you get the chance, can you make me a mask of this dog?"
"Well, when and why do you need it?" Rick asked.
"By Friday," Carl said, "and it's for... a goofy Halloween costume I am working on."
Studying the pictures of Scooby-Doo, Rick thought a bit and said, "Sure, this is something I can do. I may even be able to get started this afternoon after I've finished with this Ape Man mask."
"That's great. Thanks," Carl said as he shook Rick's hand.
***
And so, Rick Broiler got to work in making a latex mask of Scooby-Doo. He didn't need to make a life cast of Carl's head, because he already had such a bust of a head similar in shape and build to Carl's, and had used it to make at least a couple of the Ape Man masks for the film. Within four hours, he had completed the sculpt of Scooby-Doo's head in oil-based clay. It was a pretty accurate likeness, and he even sculpted Scooby's dog collar and tag onto the neck. Then Rick was ready to make the mold. After adding a clay wall to the Scooby head sculpture as a dividing line, he coated the sculpture with layers upon layers of industrial plaster. By the time the plaster mold was secure enough, it was quitting time for the day.
The next morning, the plaster was nice and hard enough for Rick to remove the mold from the sculpture. After cleaning out excess clay and securing the two halves of the mold with duct tape, Rick poured liquid slip cast latex into the open end of the mold, and then pouring the excess latex out back into the bucket. Making sure no air bubbles formed, Rick left the latex skin inside the mold to dry as he worked on another one of the Ape Man heads for a while.
After that, Rick carefully peeled the rubber skin from the mold and admired his craftwork. Even though the rubber still had that raw beige-yellow color, the mask was a very good representation of Scooby-Doo's head and neck in latex, including the dog collar with tag and a fairly large neck bib that went down to the shoulders. Then Rick cut out the eyeholes in the molded-on eye orbs and an opening in the mouth, set the mask on another bust he used for the painting process, pulled a painters' respirator mask over his nose and mouth and began to paint the rubber mask via airbrush in the same shade of brown as Scooby's fur. After that came painting Scooby's white eye sclerae, black eyebrows and nose, and the teal dog collar with gold tag. Then, as an additional touch of detail, after the paint had dried Rick even added Scooby's chin whiskers using his supply of artificial hair. The finished mask was very lifelike, bearing an uncanny resemblance to the real Scooby-Doo's head.
***
That evening, Carl had returned to Rick Broiler's studio to see how the little project was coming, and was impressed by the results. The latex Scooby-Doo mask was placed on one of Rick's busts he used to place finished masks on when not being worn by actors.
"That looks great, Rick," Carl said. "An incredible likeness."
"Thanks," Rick said as he began to gently lift the rubber mask off the bust. Handing it to Carl, he added, "Here, why don't you try it on and see how it looks? You know where the mirror is."
"All right," Carl said. He opened up the bottom of the Scooby mask a bit, raised it over his head and slowly slid it on. Sure enough, the mask seemed to come to life as it conformed onto Carl's bald head and he smoothed it our and adjusted his new face a bit. Then he looked in the mirror.
"Wow! Uh, I mean..." Carl said, and then attempted to imitate Scooby-Doo's voice, "Rwow! Ri rook great!" He could talk pretty well with the latex mask on, though his Scooby-Doo voice didn't sound so great.
"What's with the funny voice?" Rick Broiler asked.
"Rhuh?" Carl asked in his Scooby voice and pulling off one of Scooby-Doo's usual puzzled looks pretty well. "Roh, rit's nothing." He then slipped his hands under the mask's neck bib and began lifting it off his head. The rubber Scooby-Doo head came off with a soft pop. "Just something I am trying out for when I eventually wear this for Halloween. Again, I thank you for making this, Rick. You're a real artist when it comes to masks and makeup effects."
"Thank you," Rick said, feeling pleased by the complement. As Carl began to walk out of the studio with his mask, Rick added, "Oh, by the way, can you check if Mr. Maxwell is aware that parrot is still on the set? Maybe someone should feed him..."
END
CARL'S BRILLIANT PLAN
Carl, the stuntman hired to work on the movie "The Ape Man of Forbidden Mountain," couldn't believe what he had heard. Director John Maxwell had hired his niece Daphne Blake as an extra, along with her mystery-solving friends Fred Jones, Velma Dinkley and Shaggy Rogers and his great dane Scooby-Doo.
Knowing the gang's reputation, Carl was worried that his brilliant plan to sabotage the movie would be found out and he'd be caught. He wanted to be the main Ape Man actor, not a lowly stunt double for the Ape Man! Carl enjoyed acting like monstrous creatures, and the fact that he was not cast as the lead Ape Man actor angered him, instead only being assigned to do short stunt scenes that would otherwise be tricky for the main Ape Man actor to perform. Surely if Daphne's mystery-solving gang, whom were debating on calling themselves "Mystery Incorporated," showed up at the set and learned of Carl's saboteur scheme, they would try to solve the mystery and foil his plans!
But Carl was surprisingly clever for a stuntman. He had met the gang a while back when they came to visit Maxwell, and had noticed their goofy dog Scooby-Doo. He also put together some newspaper clippings and photographs of the gang and their mystery-solving achievements as part of his ideas on how to confuse and outwit them in prevention of figuring out his plan, along with surveying the old mansion set built for the movie. Among seeing a window-like opening in a library set, this gave Carl an idea.
Carl gathered the newspaper photos depicting Scooby-Doo and brought them over to the movie's special effects make-up artist, Rick Broiler. He was often considered as one of Hollywood's best effects make-up artists, having created some very convincing-looking movie monsters in his career so far, and gorillas and apes were a specialty of his, so hiring Rick Broiler to create the Ape Man was a natural choice. But Rick's portfolio wasn't just limited to big intimidating monsters, and Carl knew this.
As Carl entered Rick Broiler's little studio on the set, Rick looked up from the Ape Man mask he was working on and said, "Oh, hi, Carl. I'm just adding the finishing touches to this fourth Ape Man head needed for the film."
"That looks, good, Rick," Carl said. He presented his photos of Scooby to Rick and added, "but when you get the chance, can you make me a mask of this dog?"
"Well, when and why do you need it?" Rick asked.
"By Friday," Carl said, "and it's for... a goofy Halloween costume I am working on."
Studying the pictures of Scooby-Doo, Rick thought a bit and said, "Sure, this is something I can do. I may even be able to get started this afternoon after I've finished with this Ape Man mask."
"That's great. Thanks," Carl said as he shook Rick's hand.
***
And so, Rick Broiler got to work in making a latex mask of Scooby-Doo. He didn't need to make a life cast of Carl's head, because he already had such a bust of a head similar in shape and build to Carl's, and had used it to make at least a couple of the Ape Man masks for the film. Within four hours, he had completed the sculpt of Scooby-Doo's head in oil-based clay. It was a pretty accurate likeness, and he even sculpted Scooby's dog collar and tag onto the neck. Then Rick was ready to make the mold. After adding a clay wall to the Scooby head sculpture as a dividing line, he coated the sculpture with layers upon layers of industrial plaster. By the time the plaster mold was secure enough, it was quitting time for the day.
The next morning, the plaster was nice and hard enough for Rick to remove the mold from the sculpture. After cleaning out excess clay and securing the two halves of the mold with duct tape, Rick poured liquid slip cast latex into the open end of the mold, and then pouring the excess latex out back into the bucket. Making sure no air bubbles formed, Rick left the latex skin inside the mold to dry as he worked on another one of the Ape Man heads for a while.
After that, Rick carefully peeled the rubber skin from the mold and admired his craftwork. Even though the rubber still had that raw beige-yellow color, the mask was a very good representation of Scooby-Doo's head and neck in latex, including the dog collar with tag and a fairly large neck bib that went down to the shoulders. Then Rick cut out the eyeholes in the molded-on eye orbs and an opening in the mouth, set the mask on another bust he used for the painting process, pulled a painters' respirator mask over his nose and mouth and began to paint the rubber mask via airbrush in the same shade of brown as Scooby's fur. After that came painting Scooby's white eye sclerae, black eyebrows and nose, and the teal dog collar with gold tag. Then, as an additional touch of detail, after the paint had dried Rick even added Scooby's chin whiskers using his supply of artificial hair. The finished mask was very lifelike, bearing an uncanny resemblance to the real Scooby-Doo's head.
***
That evening, Carl had returned to Rick Broiler's studio to see how the little project was coming, and was impressed by the results. The latex Scooby-Doo mask was placed on one of Rick's busts he used to place finished masks on when not being worn by actors.
"That looks great, Rick," Carl said. "An incredible likeness."
"Thanks," Rick said as he began to gently lift the rubber mask off the bust. Handing it to Carl, he added, "Here, why don't you try it on and see how it looks? You know where the mirror is."
"All right," Carl said. He opened up the bottom of the Scooby mask a bit, raised it over his head and slowly slid it on. Sure enough, the mask seemed to come to life as it conformed onto Carl's bald head and he smoothed it our and adjusted his new face a bit. Then he looked in the mirror.
"Wow! Uh, I mean..." Carl said, and then attempted to imitate Scooby-Doo's voice, "Rwow! Ri rook great!" He could talk pretty well with the latex mask on, though his Scooby-Doo voice didn't sound so great.
"What's with the funny voice?" Rick Broiler asked.
"Rhuh?" Carl asked in his Scooby voice and pulling off one of Scooby-Doo's usual puzzled looks pretty well. "Roh, rit's nothing." He then slipped his hands under the mask's neck bib and began lifting it off his head. The rubber Scooby-Doo head came off with a soft pop. "Just something I am trying out for when I eventually wear this for Halloween. Again, I thank you for making this, Rick. You're a real artist when it comes to masks and makeup effects."
"Thank you," Rick said, feeling pleased by the complement. As Carl began to walk out of the studio with his mask, Rick added, "Oh, by the way, can you check if Mr. Maxwell is aware that parrot is still on the set? Maybe someone should feed him..."
END
