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We finally got around to rebuilding our Creeper. When we first built him, we used a 60s/70s era vinyl mannequin and he was fine until we put the wings on. The added weight caused the knees to buckle and later the ankles to fail.
The mannequin was also on 5'11" and had his legs together.
Creeper II was built using a 6'2" fiberglass mannequin with a more aggressive stance. I also replaced the wing struts with 1/2" bamboo rods ordered from Home Depot. One thing to note with those is you have to order a bundle of rods, like 28 I think, and when they came in only nine were actually 1/2". The rest were 1/4" at best. Thankfully I only needed eight or I would have been screwed.
Creeper II was built using a 6'2" fiberglass mannequin with a more aggressive stance. I also replaced the wing struts with 1/2" bamboo rods ordered from Home Depot. One thing to note with those is you have to order a bundle of rods, like 28 I think, and when they came in only nine were actually 1/2". The rest were 1/4" at best. Thankfully I only needed eight or I would have been screwed.



