We created our orangutan mask and gloves by sculpting the mask on a life cast of the actor's face and the hands on life casts of the actor's hands. This way they were accurate and guaranteed to fit the actor comfortably. We molded them, cast them in foam latex, realistically painted them, and then punched orange orangutan fur into the foam latex. The mask is animatronic, with lips that extend out for the kiss gag, and brows that lift up with soulful feeling. Because the mask is so thin and small on the actor's face, we extended our animatronics cables up over his head to the actor's back, where the servo motors, battery, and radio receiver were grouped together on a plate worn on the actor's back. A foam pad over the mechanics plate completed the anatomy of an oragutan, by giving it the characteristic hunched shoulders.