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I built a kind of dwarf Stalkabout. LOL
He's roughly 3' tall and was meant to be used in black light. He looks fantastic when viewing it with your eye, but my wife had a heck of a time caturing the blacklight effect on camera. Different light lengths?
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Here's another shot in light:
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The hand with knife was operated by a rod, he held a bright green glowing liquid in a bottle in his other hand. His head was operated by a rod, and each foot had a strip of cardboard screwed to the bottom of the heel that was taped onto my own foot. I didn't have moola left in the challenge for a harness, so I drilled a hole in 1" by 6" scrap wood, and stuck the 1/2" pvc [that came out his back] through it. Then my wife taped that sucker over my shirt to my chest:
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The effect was that he was actualy able to walk, wave a knife and move his head. In actuality, he was about 18" in front of me. Again, we tried to take movies of this prop, but the camera would not pick it up very well, but here's 3 short ones to give an idea.
http://s65.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid65.photobucket.com/albums/h231/Sickie_Ickie/prop%20challenge/challenge006.flv
http://s65.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid65.photobucket.com/albums/h231/Sickie_Ickie/prop%20challenge/challenge005.flv
http://s65.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid65.photobucket.com/albums/h231/Sickie_Ickie/prop%20challenge/challenge002.flv
materials
(3) 1/2" x 5' pvc pipes .85 = 2.55
horror head 6.00
scraps of cheese cloth 0.00 [left over from other projects]
Hospital scrubs 0.00 [got from a friend ho was going to throw them away because they didn't fit her anymore.]
(8) cable ties .08 [prorated $1.00 for 100]
two mismatched shoes 0.00 [taken from junk closet because the mates were lost eons ago.]
Tape 2.00 [prorated]
Screws for shoes 0.00 from junk drawer.
carabiner 1.00 [prorated from $3 for 3]
wood rod for arm 0.00 [broken and from trash]
rod with theads 1.50
newspaper muscles 0.00 [from junk mail]
scissors 0.00 [what house with kids doesn't have them?]
round box 2.00
(3) pvc t's - .50 each = 1.50
Knit gloves [trashed from gardening] 0.00
wire coat hanger for fingers 0.00 [from trash]
(2) large eye bolts with nuts 2.00
(2) nuts for threads rod 0.00 [from junk drawer]
Some black, hot pink, neon blue, neon yellow and neon green paint. 0.00 [Had from prior projects]
2" x 2" Scrap Wood 0.00 [from trash]
1" x 6" scrap wood 0.00 [from trash]
½" Pvc cap .33
Hot glue 1.00?
Total: 19.96
I have lots'o pictures in my photo album: prop challenge pictures by Sickie_Ickie - Photobucket
My suggestion is to start on page 3 and work your way backwards. Somehow all the pics are in revearse order! LOL
He's roughly 3' tall and was meant to be used in black light. He looks fantastic when viewing it with your eye, but my wife had a heck of a time caturing the blacklight effect on camera. Different light lengths?
Here's another shot in light:
The hand with knife was operated by a rod, he held a bright green glowing liquid in a bottle in his other hand. His head was operated by a rod, and each foot had a strip of cardboard screwed to the bottom of the heel that was taped onto my own foot. I didn't have moola left in the challenge for a harness, so I drilled a hole in 1" by 6" scrap wood, and stuck the 1/2" pvc [that came out his back] through it. Then my wife taped that sucker over my shirt to my chest:
The effect was that he was actualy able to walk, wave a knife and move his head. In actuality, he was about 18" in front of me. Again, we tried to take movies of this prop, but the camera would not pick it up very well, but here's 3 short ones to give an idea.
http://s65.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid65.photobucket.com/albums/h231/Sickie_Ickie/prop%20challenge/challenge006.flv
http://s65.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid65.photobucket.com/albums/h231/Sickie_Ickie/prop%20challenge/challenge005.flv
http://s65.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid65.photobucket.com/albums/h231/Sickie_Ickie/prop%20challenge/challenge002.flv
materials
(3) 1/2" x 5' pvc pipes .85 = 2.55
horror head 6.00
scraps of cheese cloth 0.00 [left over from other projects]
Hospital scrubs 0.00 [got from a friend ho was going to throw them away because they didn't fit her anymore.]
(8) cable ties .08 [prorated $1.00 for 100]
two mismatched shoes 0.00 [taken from junk closet because the mates were lost eons ago.]
Tape 2.00 [prorated]
Screws for shoes 0.00 from junk drawer.
carabiner 1.00 [prorated from $3 for 3]
wood rod for arm 0.00 [broken and from trash]
rod with theads 1.50
newspaper muscles 0.00 [from junk mail]
scissors 0.00 [what house with kids doesn't have them?]
round box 2.00
(3) pvc t's - .50 each = 1.50
Knit gloves [trashed from gardening] 0.00
wire coat hanger for fingers 0.00 [from trash]
(2) large eye bolts with nuts 2.00
(2) nuts for threads rod 0.00 [from junk drawer]
Some black, hot pink, neon blue, neon yellow and neon green paint. 0.00 [Had from prior projects]
2" x 2" Scrap Wood 0.00 [from trash]
1" x 6" scrap wood 0.00 [from trash]
½" Pvc cap .33
Hot glue 1.00?
Total: 19.96
I have lots'o pictures in my photo album: prop challenge pictures by Sickie_Ickie - Photobucket
My suggestion is to start on page 3 and work your way backwards. Somehow all the pics are in revearse order! LOL
