Help Required

[Mark Normal]

Hi just joined up didnt realize this place excisted kinda glad it does found lots of useful stuff on here (enough blowing smoke)

I need help finding a prosthetic torso one that is holo and can be filled with well assorted red products for use in a film myself and a friend are making this is the only part we have left to source i dont know if any one can point me in the right direction or give me any ideas of how i can accomplish what i want bearing in mind i have no budget what so ever

any help would be greatly appreciated thanks

MN

[andyblaa]

Find out where the nearest St Johns Amublance HQ is and then very quietly, and at night, break in and steal their 'Respiratory Problems Teaching Torso' (as it's known in the biz).

Bada-bing, one shiny torso to stab and cut up to your heart's delight.

Andy

P.s. I have but one word for you, STORY.

[Mark Normal]

Hahaha funny you say that that was gonna be my last resort i was hoping to obtain something in a more legal way

and if you mean story for the film well i dont know whos reading this and i dont want to see things we've come up with turning up in other peoples films before we've had a chance to do them if you know what i mean but i would be happy to email you the basic outline for the film

[sn-films]

Depending on your budget, there are lots of options. If you have a lot of cash, hire a pro shop to make the prop.

http://www.almosthuman.net/

If you have some money, but not a lot, you can try looking at places that supply stuff like this (see "John Doe" towards the bottom). Halloween is around the corner, so the haunted house/hayride suppliers are going to start producing their new items. Tis the season...

http://www.nightmarefactory.com/bodies.html

The alternative is to build one yourself. A few years ago, we needed a bunch of corpses for a scene, so we made them ourselves. The hands were props from the Nighmare Factory, the legs and arms were filled out with soda bottles, and the torsos and neck stumps were chicken wire coated with paper mache (<-- how the f*ck do you spell that?!). If you build the thing yourself, incorporate a bowl into the torso to hold all the gooey bits.


http://www.sn-films.com/Photos/MacroVirus/Bodies_1.jpg

http://www.sn-films.com/Photos/MacroVirus/Bodies_2.jpg

http://www.sn-films.com/Photos/MacroVirus/Bodies_3.jpg

Good luck!

[Mark Normal]

brilliant thanks for that thats a great help

and i myself have often pondered the spelling of paper mache hmmmmmm

[twister!]

It's papier-m?ch? [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Chance5]

I have this torso taking up space in my shed

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Based in kent, its not hollow but! could be altered per see.

ill even chuck in the legs and arms as well.

[Mark Normal]

COOL! that would be excellent my email addy is [email protected] i would PM you but i think i need a minimum number of posts first as is always the case on forums but if you could get in contact and arrange a time and cost i would be forever greatful

[sn-films]

Originally posted by Justin M.:
It's papier-m?ch? [img]smile.gif[/img]

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thanks, Justin! I was trying to figure out the correct spelling and my spell checker kept suggesting a 'paper machete'. I thought to myself, "That can't be right... who on earth would ever want a PAPER machete. Its absurd!", but then I had an idea for a short story called 'Paper Machete' and till I finished making some notes about that, I completely forgot about the fact that I didn't know how to spell papier-m?ch?.

Thanks again.

[Chance5]

Mark, ill drop you a e-mail over the weekend,