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Here's a quickie answer to this question being posed
regarding what's being seen around the wrists, etc.
There was a technique used sometimes that involved attaching hair to either skin (as in this Morlock on the left) with bands or by gluing or another method to a latex or fabric suit. This is similar to what we see with Patty.
The photo on the right is simply the Gorn with Patty's hair on the arm.
When Janos Prohaska spoke on camera on behalf of the Ron Olson/Patterson flick he mention the hair would be "glued on" and that it should take about ten hours to do. I found that an amusing thing for him to say. It's like Paul Freeman holding up a Bigfoot print with his own fingerprint next to it in a photo.
Gluing hair was usually done on the face or hands - not the entire body. Yet this did happen when Wah and the PROJECT UNLIMITED guys did TIME MACHINE.
The glue method accounts for the odd "shorts" look that Patty has. I found that when hair is glued on the hip area the hand tends to brush it away as you walk. The edges tend to hold more hair. This is exactly what we see happen with Patty where someone attempted to create the sparse hair look by gluing bits on we get those lines.
kitakaze - Don't worry. The mask with the moving jaw was typical. Nothing complex at all. It would appear to Bob H. that he was putting on a soft old time football helmet with a chin strap. That's how it works. I can show you later the jawline moving. All professional ape heads worked this way since the 30's.
historian - I don't know what you mean. The Gorn body can't be found. The head, hands and feet have been well cared for. I'm merely wondering what became of the top and bottom as it could easily be made into Patty with some padding and fur. Plus, since I've found a couple of those early 60's masks still around I hold out hope that some Patty parts might be around too. Though I doubt it.
However, I feel I can come pretty close to demonstrating everything from the footprints to the suit itself on film.
I once showed a group of people a photo of Patty flipped and composited in front of my house to test their objectivity. They claimed it wasn't nearly as realistic as Patty - even though it actually was a frame from the PG film itself. Amazing scientific objectivity there. This is why the film will never die. And also why I know L. Ron will one day return with giant aliens to rid me of Thetans.
Patterson wanted more hair sparness in some areas and he got it using the glue technique mentioned by Janos.
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Above is the type of jaw movement seen in the PG film. Chambers usually did the more complex make-up and not the pullover helmet stuff. Here he makes a little kid into Dr. Smith for Lost In Space. Janos did the sillier suits.
Look close at the line on the ape suit from the 30's that appears to be an upside down "V". The pants go on first and then the upper section slides over. You can see this plainly on Patty. The foam bits glued together over pants are ready for latex here. Once finished it'll be a "Predator" type creature.
And the bottom photo is similar to what Bob H. would have seen while putting on Patty's head. They all differ, but the workings are the same. He only saw it twice 40 years ago, but what he says is accurate.