Thread: Giant Spider pvc legs

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This isn't really a how-to but someone asked how I attached the legs to my giant spider. I finally found some old photos . I started with a board and drilled holes for U-bolts. The legs use 45 degree and 90 degree elbows. Once I positioned them I cranked the bolts tight. Here's how they used to look.





What it looks like now. I added a fiberglass body, great stuff foam over the board and monster mud and burlap to make different thickness for the legs.

All your photos ROCK! It's like seeing something out of a magazine or something!

I was just thinking the same thing. Awesome photos. I would love to see a nice tutorial on taking pics of my haunt. They never truly capture the creepyness.

Originally Posted by Spider Rider

This pic kicks donkey butt , I really dig the lighting hell of a job Spider Rider!

great spider , very similar to the way i built mine ( your legs look way better ! )heres some pics that might help anyone trying to build on of these





i used different angles at the body , and i also shot a screw on each side of the muffler clamps to keep each set of legs from turning



hope this helps

Wow! Excactly how I did it. Yours is more of a leggy super model spider. Mine is the pregnant version. Very cool.

As for photos, I light everything with cfl color bulbs in a "clamp-on" reflector painted black. You can see some attached to the spider. (This keeps all lights roughly in the same brightness range) The camera is on a tripod (a must under low light) and shoot after sunset but just before night. This gives a little color to the sky and brings out more detail that will normally go black in a night shot.

OK, its settled, you guys should mate your spiders and sell the brood to all of us for 1 dollar each! KGO!

Spider Rider, many thanks it was me who asked, now I have to see if I can build one myself.

Originally Posted by ScaryGarry

great spider , very similar to the way i built mine ( your legs look way better ! )heres some pics that might help anyone trying to build on of these





i used different angles at the body , and i also shot a screw on each side of the muffler clamps to keep each set of legs from turning



hope this helps

SG it does many thanks.

np glad to help