crash test dummies

[tatorhead]

this may seem strange but i am looking for something like:

but like 6 feet tall and made of plastic. Any ideas?

thnx
tatorhead

[Tard]

Heh. You've been watching MYTHBUSTERS on the Discovery Channel recently, haven't you? [img]wink.gif[/img]

[untamed_aggression]

Just build your own. We did out of some simple household appliances.

We named him Joel.

[tatorhead]

actually no ive never heard of MYTHBUSTERS

and

how would i go about builing one? or should i say how did you?

thnx
tatorhead

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ December 11, 2003 08:46 PM: Message edited by: tatorhead ]</font>

[Tard]

MYTHBUSTERS is a show where 2 SFX/stuntmen go around proving urban legends correct or false (usually false). When the stunt could prove too dangerous for a person to attempt, they use their silent partner, a crash-test dummie they somehow got from an auto safety-test plant (they said it was an old dummie & would have been dumped if they didn't nab him). They use it for myths about people being blown 200' out of sewer pipes & exploding toilets launching people into the next room, pyrotechnic & dangerous stuff like that.

Ah, here it is, the Hybrid III, though forget what they personally named it.

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ December 11, 2003 09:04 PM: Message edited by: reved ]</font>

[tatorhead]

well stunts is what i was going to use it for, so i guess great minds think alike. i have 2 questions.

1. how i would go about finding a Vehicle Testing Plant

and

2. how Untamed Aggression made one with household appliances.

thnx
tatorhead

[Tard]

As for Q #1, you could look around the link provided above, which leads to HERE, or try a Google/Yahoo/Hotbot/etc. search for some company which might be in your area. It may cost a bit, but a 2nd-hand test dummie without the internal sensor-pack computer (an older model that may be close to retirement due to overuse) may be available from time to time.

As for making your own; I'd suggest trying to procure a store window mannequin, hacksaw the main joints apart, figure-out some way of giving it movable joints underneath clothes (just hot gluing short rope might work underneath clothing if it won't be twisted in too-weird positions).

[untamed_aggression]

The head is a wig stand I got from a costume shop.

The spine is a metal spring from B&Q, the pelvis is a bent wire coat hanger. The arms and legs are polythene insulation tubes, also from B&Q.

It's stuffed with a couple of pillows and some old swimming trunks (optional).

[tatorhead]

crazy stuff there untamed. i think i may just go with the hacked up manniqiuen idea so that i dont have worrie about having correct atomical proportions.

thnx for the feedback
tatorhead