This is a way I came up with to make quick, cheap and easy armatures for props that appear to be coming out of the ground (Zombies, etc.).
Materials/Tools:
(you can use wadded-up newspaper instead of a wig head; tomato cages are available here)
First, turn the tomato cage upside-down, so that the largest circle is on the ground. Then, bend the 2 wires opposite eachother into the shape of arms. Remember to make shoulders, too:
Bend the third wire straight down, then up 90° at the middle of the top circle Cut the wire to an appropriate length so the wig head will slide all the way down:
Place the wig head onto the center wire (there are holes in the center of the necks:
Put newspaper around the shoulders to add padding:
Materials/Tools:
(you can use wadded-up newspaper instead of a wig head; tomato cages are available here)
First, turn the tomato cage upside-down, so that the largest circle is on the ground. Then, bend the 2 wires opposite eachother into the shape of arms. Remember to make shoulders, too:
Bend the third wire straight down, then up 90° at the middle of the top circle Cut the wire to an appropriate length so the wig head will slide all the way down:
Place the wig head onto the center wire (there are holes in the center of the necks:
Put newspaper around the shoulders to add padding: