Plastic clone

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introPlastic clone

Build a clone of yourself in several hours for less than $15. Useful for various art projects, sewing clothes, or freaking people out.
Plastic clone
 
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step 1materials and method

Materials list:

1 box plastic wrap - good quality so it sticks to itself well
2 rolls packing tape - good quality so it doesn't tear easily
1 pair scissors

The above list is for a small person just under 5', so you may need more to cover your surface area. Another roll of packing tape would probably be enough.

You will want to try this first on a small bodypart, for example your foot. Wrap some plastic wrap a couple of times around it, making sure to cover all surface area. Then take the packing tape and wrap it all around the plastic wrap, covering every part of the wrapping. Your foot should now be encased in plastic.

Take the scissors, and gently cut alongside the heel area, then along the side of your foot towards the toes. You'll want to cut just enough to release your foot from the plastic. Once your foot is removed, take some more packing tape and tape the cut area back together again, maintaining the shape of the foot.

You should now have a hollow plastic foot, ready to be used for the rest of the project.
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Aug 20, 2010. 11:38 PMzombiefire says:
fill with silicone, take off wrap once dry and you have a solid dummy
Oct 5, 2009. 5:33 AMcowscankill says:
No way! This is awesome! I can clone some people for my friend's haunted forest, and because they are clear we can fill them with fogs/lights/sound emitters :D
Jun 3, 2008. 10:03 PMRye says:
is there any way to make it really stiff?
Feb 14, 2009. 10:48 AMstrangebike says:
talk to it nicely? maybe dinner?
Sep 30, 2009. 9:48 PMH3xx says:
lmao!! but seriously, take some expanding foam in a spray can and cut holes in the mold. fill it a little at a time and cut the extra that comes out the hole off. As for the plastic wrap making large "slices" in the foam, just leave the tape on.
Nov 9, 2008. 5:23 PMSpartan Phalanx says:
You could fill it with great stuff but make sure you put in a little at a time or else it wont expand and solidify, misting it with water also helps
Jul 10, 2008. 6:32 AMRemote Man says:
I just made one and filled it with a whole heap of those little Styrofoam beans from beanbags, and this make it very much more solid. Looks cool too!
Jun 14, 2008. 11:48 PMRemote Man says:
Use different tape, i guess. something like duct tape would make it stronger and more flexible, but probably more expensive. you could reinforce it with wire if you really wanted to.
Dec 6, 2008. 9:42 PMrcweinkauf says:
They made these at my school for a sculpture class. I thought that it was really cool - they stapled them up everywhere and everyone was like "...wtf?" XD
Dec 30, 2007. 12:56 AMflamerz14 says:
If i do this well enough, can i fill it with ballistics gel?
Jul 10, 2008. 6:52 AMRemote Man says:
I really don't think you could. When you cut it to take it off, and tape it back up, it tends to leave cling wrap... hanging? inside. This would interfere with the gel after it had set, as you would have.... slices i guess, through the whole thing.
Jun 3, 2008. 9:45 PMRye says:
That's exactly what i was thinking. Maybe if you applided a different material to this concept.
Jul 17, 2008. 5:25 AMdsman195276 says:
no, just reinforce the out side of the model.
Jun 2, 2008. 9:35 AMkaiguy57 says:
Interesting... I like this! Maybe I'll make a scarecrow for this October.
Jun 7, 2007. 4:25 PMVendigroth says:
good for freaking poeple out, eh? werl, there's no denying that
Actually, i've always though that the best way of waging psychological warfare on someone is to leave a scarecrow outside their house, tho i've never had cause to do it....only because i'm not sure where MOST of the people i'd like to scarecrow live....most of them...
Apr 6, 2008. 1:19 PMFenris The bbw says:
I keep a scarecrow in my room for when I have friends over. When they turn around or doze off or something, I move the scarecrow a little or turn it so it faces them. Most people only come over once or twice.
Nov 14, 2007. 8:50 PMSunbanks says:
Perhaps you could do the head by making a ball of whatever and then using stuff like tape to form the features?
Nov 14, 2007. 3:20 PMgameboy7oa says:
an easier was to get clones it to quickly run into a clothing store and take the maniquins and run like hell hahha jk dont try that ull get arrested
Apr 6, 2006. 1:16 AMgeo says:
someone mentions you can do a full-body cast if you have a friend do it. Please be aware, this is *dangerous*. If the room temperature is slightly too hot, and your body starts to sweat, the sweat will not evaporate, hence it will not cool your body. Your body will just sweat more and more, and you will end up hyperthermic, extremely dehydrated, and possibly hyperkalemic. You can search the news literature for people who have died in this way. Just please be careful.
Nov 2, 2007. 2:54 PMrebladkins says:
Although I agree that using plastic to cover the body is dangerous, making body cast are not. There are many products out there(Sodium Alginate, Moulage, etc...), that are perfectly safe. I did a search on dangers associated with this process, only by using (plastic, pure plaster as oppossed to plaster bandages made for casting), are thee any dangers associated. More iniformation can be attained at: http://www.fxsupply.com/life_casting/pregnancy.html
Aug 27, 2007. 7:24 AMoinkoinkzoopals says:
whats hyperkalemic
Jun 7, 2007. 4:23 PMVendigroth says:
what does that mean? would the poor unfortunate explode, or something?
Aug 30, 2007. 9:51 PMWhaleman says:
I think that they would die from their blood having unbalanced proportions. Like people who drink too much water too fast die from not having enough salt
Jul 21, 2006. 11:55 PMSrsparky31 says:
Party Pooper.
May 24, 2007. 6:58 PMGypsyman says:
how sturdy is this stuff would it be possible to make a guitar case just to stop scrathing or would it break very easily?
Apr 30, 2007. 1:15 PMunjust says:
a similar method is used to produce diy draping dummies by putting the model in cheap clothing that covers the area to be modeled and binging them in pose with duct tape or gaffers tape, then stuffing with rags, or expansion foam. for multiple pieces matched together a few marker line on athletic tape or skin (2 circles around the joint ~2" apart and a transverse line for orientation reference) works well. make both pieces extend to the far mark, and then join with the known overlap. n.b. more... gravity prone and soft segments of anatomy can be shaped to more optimal positions while taping. this is especially useful in cosetry.
Apr 2, 2007. 10:07 PMctsanders says:
Check this out to see a great tape sculpture and street instillation artist Mark Jenkins
Mar 12, 2007. 3:29 PMsnakeblack8 says:
this is a good home made target you made here it much cheaper than that shit they use a that show
Feb 14, 2007. 5:49 PMwitey2 says:
FOR THE HEAD INSTEAD OF DOING PIECES, COULDNT YOU PUT STRAWS IN YOUR NOSE THEN TAPE UP THAT AREA LATER?
Jan 25, 2007. 1:13 AMPawnDrifter says:
You may be hot but you are *so* transparent!

I won't be sucked in to your web of vicious lies.
Oh wait, maybe I was channeling from a previous relationship.
Sep 24, 2006. 10:25 PMnomeL says:
I wonder if this would be easier to do (although, messier!) with papier maché. Basically, you could make a whole cast of your body bit by bit with papier maché, plaster of paris and gauzey strip things (the medical gauze, very loose, that comes in rolls.) I had my foot papier-machéd like this to make a mold for my orthotics that i wear to run... also, it wasn't cut off, just tugged off. i imagine that, if the mold is firm enough, you could possibly make joints for it (internal metal skeleton??) and then of course, make tape/plastic cones off of that base! this is definitely on my "to do" list.
Oct 3, 2006. 12:47 AMstick1985 says:
i made a mask that way one year in art class
Sep 24, 2006. 11:06 AMinsanesquirle says:
fill it with fruits and stuff, wait for it to firment, then you have a novelty cup o.o
Sep 1, 2006. 12:19 PMlittle_genius241974 says:
Frign' Sweet
Aug 16, 2006. 7:42 AMDark_Helmet says:
Fill it with Great Stuff...once it dries, you'll have a lightweight, waterproof, fire-resistant clone! Also try a mold made out of a flexible material and turn out hundreds of plaster people...a modern day terracotta army!
Jul 23, 2006. 2:46 AMchebang says:
you could use colored plastic wrap.
May 2, 2006. 9:15 PMJerb says:
thats called dehydrated silica :D (but with some sort of food stuffs in it)
Apr 19, 2006. 12:56 PMsometimes_steve says:
A sweet idea would be to fill this with expanding foam.
May 2, 2006. 4:40 AMyawfle says:
Or fill it with this stuff and make it an ant farm...
Apr 11, 2006. 8:55 AMdaggahead says:
What about making one that is leak-proof? Put some LEDs in it, fill it with helium and take your clone for a float at night ...
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