[Halstaff]

I've been working on an alternate way to pose my bluckies that was easy to change and wasn't obvious when displayed without clothes.
I decided to use the heavy wire used with chain link fence. It's fairly stiff but can still be adjusted and isn't hard to work with.
I started out by disassembling by blucky and cutting off the nubs at the end of the bones.

I then threaded a piece of the wire through the hip and shoulder joints.

Run the wire through the middle fingers and toes and bend the wire to secure it.

Tape over the bend

I then ran a piece from the top of the neck and through the pelvis

The skull on this one will be attached with a servo to allow for movement, otherwise I would have run the wire through the skull and hid the wire with some hair.
Here he is - wired, taped, stained and ready for corpsing.

 

[2010ScareTime!]

That looks amazing! It's like professional quality. Amazing work Happy haunting.

 

[Dollylinn]

fence wire

Wow, looks great! I bought that same wire for some armatures. I like to pose depending on theme. I hope mine turns out half as good as yours. I just haven't figured out how to cut wire yet. I also like how you opened up ribs. Thanks

 

[Halstaff]

Glad you like it.
I use the aluminum 9 gauge tension wire and you can cut it with a pair of lineman's pliers. Takes a bit of force but not that tough. It's $18 from Home Depot for a big roll.

 

[Halstaff]

Had some time to do some internet surfing while on vacation and found that this isn't a new idea. Check out this link for a bit of a different slant on this idea - http://theghostess.com/miniblucky.htm

 

[LT Scare]

Great idea. After a year or two those blasted blucky joint attachments break on their own. This is a smart way to salvage the blucky and pose him the way he would look best in your haunt.

KUDOS!

 

[killerhaunts]

Awesome job all around! Thanks for the tutorial.

 

[HallowweenKat]

Will have to try this with my broken blucky. Thanks.

 

[crazy xmas]

Very nice work!!!

 

[Phantom Blue]

Have had the same problem and bought some cheap drywall anchors and some great stuff, but have not tried to see if this method will work.

Thought it would be a easy fast fix for arms and legs that fall off, but after seeing some other fixes here, I think that I might go with the wire fix.

Thanks for the ideas!

PB

 

[DoctorGrim]

I love it. Thank you for the idea. I have been using fence wire in many props and you are right it works very nicely. I never thought to use it in a blucky.

Great!

 

[susan from creepy hollow]

Very cool. I've been repositioning mine by drilling new attachment points for the stem/nub things. A sitting Blucky will get new holes at the front of the pelvis. A reaching Blucky will have an arm attachment hole at the top of the shoulder.
I also take time to lengthen the backbone. Why do they make them with those stubby spines? Lol
I also carve and re-do their skulls, it gives them personality.
All of mine are old-school corpsed with panty hose and carpet adhesive over their modifications and most wear clothes.

 

[LT Scare]

Re-carve the skull, huh? That's what you say. Someone told me that one of yours looks a lot like their cousin Rupert who mysteriously disappeared last year - 'cept he was shorter. Seems to have grown a bit taller in death.