Thread: Arm coverings

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I am trying to figure out the best material for adding dimension to the arms i made for the animatronic character in a haunt. For alot of props i used cut up pool noodles, but they give a very unified look to them. I would like to use cast plastic shells like disney, but dont really have the set up to make them.

I was thinking of possible trying some very thin plexi glass, a heat gun and my arm as a mold but i dont want to burn my self.

Any alternative suggestions would be greatly apprciated.

I attached a picture of one of the arms im looking to add the shells to.

You can sculpt your pool noodle with a hot wire.



You could stop here, or

Make a two piece mold of your sculpted pool noodle or your own arm.

http://www.youtube.com/user/brickint.../3/__K8_JU-5aA

Cast it with a resin and a slosh technique that will coat the mold, not fill it. this will give you your "Skins"

Neat Make Magazine project there Moxlonibus! I may just have to build one of these one day.

you want to make it thicker to look more sureal like an arm you can make a cast ve seen people take a towel line it thick with expanding foam and wrap it up and it comes out just like a circular sleeve and then you can ahave it down and run wire through the middle.

Joshua17ss2, did you see the thread I started on the packaging tape contest a little while ago? I'll come back and link to it. It might be a cheap, quick and easy solution for you to create the shape of the arm with using your own arm or a family members as the model.


Here's the link to the thread: Invisible Man and other ideas -- Tape Sculpting