Thread: Making some corpsed limbs (arms/hands/legs/feet) for a low cost

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Thanks for all the great tutorials on the site. It's about time I started giving back. I combined a few tutorials to give me what I wanted.

I wanted to create some arms with hands for a few props but didn't want to shovel out a lot of cash. Also, these needed to be water resistant so they can stay outside during October.


Step 1: using newspaper, roll it up starting at a corner



Step 2: tape it in the middle, and fold it in half so it makes the two bones. tape the ends of the bones together, and use some scissors to cut off the ends



Step 3: find some old cables, cut the ends off and slide the cables into the bones. This gives them some weight and won't be tolerable to bending




Step 4: using a hanger, bend it to the shape of your hand


Step 5: using some masking/packaging/duct tape, roll up some little balls to give shape to the knuckles


Step 6: Put the rolls of tape to where you want the knuckles and tape the knuckles down. Put something like styrofoam in the middle to give your hand some girth


Continued....

Step 7: Put the ends of the hanger into the rolled up newspaper and use some tape around the wrist to keep it in place

Step 8: Cover the whole thing in duct tape and Bend the hand to shape.





Step 9: Using some outdoor paint, paint the whole thing. I had white lying around but the color really won't matter when we get to the end



Step 10: Using the cotton ball technique we are going to corpse our limbs. Hang your limbs. Use Henry Outdoor carpet adhesive to put down the first layer of glue. Using cotton balls, unroll them and stick them to the limb, then put another coat of carpet adhesive on top.



Wait about 2 days to dry

Step 11: Using the panty hose method (Skull and Bone) we're going to corpse our limbs again. Wrap them in panty hose (i'm a fan of using the off-black color), use scissors to make cuts, then put on another layer of carpet adhesive.


Wait 2 days to dry

Step 12: Now it's time to stain. Get some old wood stain and slap it on. Wait about 4 days to dry and you're done!




Use them wherever!

Very Nice!!!!

Great idea I will have to try it!

Oh wow..thats great! easy to use and everything

I do the same thing as you but I use pvc pipe (2 different sizes). Its rigid enough to make 'bones'

To be honest.... first I thought... what the... red duct tape & panty's

But seeing the end result..... WOW!! I'm impressed,they really look good.

2 thumbs up man!!

Once it's done, the fingers are no longer bendable, right? So you have to make sure to shape them the way they are going to be used before you start the corpsing?

im sure they can still be bent, but it needs alot more force, plus some of the batting or paint might come off. it's just easier to know your pose before you begin.

Great idea!

Good recycling idea....who doesn't have millions of cords laying around.....and they look good too!!!