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Step 3Building the Skeleton
The frame was constructed out of 28mm PVC piping - it's fairly cheap and easy to use :D
Since the angel was modelled on me, I measured my shoulder width, upper arms and forearms, cut them from a 6m length then connected the pipes together with a 3 way T joint and two 90 degree angle pipes. The forearms were not connected with piping, as the angle was too narrow. Ideally, I would have used a 4-way pipe to attach the head, but bunnings had none every time I went there, so I had to get creative....
The base was a single piece of plywood with a 28mm hole drilled through the centre to hold the pipe. To raise it off the ground, two pieces of pine decking were screwed to two opposing sides, with some extra pieces attached around the hole to attach the interior supports
I'd read on some forums that Monster Mud had a nasty tendency to add a weight that made the PVC piping lean. To prevent this, I attached a support frame from pine decking that extended halfway up the piping. Good and solid, and means this won't shift.
Since there were no four-way joints, I ended up drilling out 28mm semi-circles on the neck of the headpiece to get it to sit on the shoulder poles. This was later attached with a screw straight through to stop it shifting.
Since the angel was modelled on me, I measured my shoulder width, upper arms and forearms, cut them from a 6m length then connected the pipes together with a 3 way T joint and two 90 degree angle pipes. The forearms were not connected with piping, as the angle was too narrow. Ideally, I would have used a 4-way pipe to attach the head, but bunnings had none every time I went there, so I had to get creative....
The base was a single piece of plywood with a 28mm hole drilled through the centre to hold the pipe. To raise it off the ground, two pieces of pine decking were screwed to two opposing sides, with some extra pieces attached around the hole to attach the interior supports
I'd read on some forums that Monster Mud had a nasty tendency to add a weight that made the PVC piping lean. To prevent this, I attached a support frame from pine decking that extended halfway up the piping. Good and solid, and means this won't shift.
Since there were no four-way joints, I ended up drilling out 28mm semi-circles on the neck of the headpiece to get it to sit on the shoulder poles. This was later attached with a screw straight through to stop it shifting.
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