[SML] Dead body?

[Joe Wilson]

Last time we needed a decent body shape we bought a "novelty doll" from one
of those shops with the tinted windows and dressed it appropriately.



On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 11:31 AM, dale via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> Make a skeleton out of 1x2s or whatever you have in the off cuts bin.
> Hinges for the elbows and knee joints,  cut up old leather belts for the
> shoulders, hips and neck.
> Hands can be made by filling gloves with polyfill (pillow stuffing) and
> stapling them to the ends of the arms.
> Bulk up from the skeleton with bubble wrap, foam packing sheets and
> packing  tape to make the body. Make the head out of one of those Styrofoam
> head shapes that wig makers use.  Paint the head in desired skin tones.
>
>   Present this to your costumer with a small libation of their beverage of
> choice.
>
> Make the acties practice with the dummy, add weight as needed.  As a
> bonus, this body can float in the pool at the closing party.  Providing
> added excitement the next day when the neighbor sees the body floating in
> the pool.
>
> Dale
>
> Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE smartphone
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Bill Potter via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net>
> Date: 2/6/18 10:36 (GMT-05:00)
> To: stagecraft at theatrical.net
> Cc: Bill Potter <bpotter at sps.edu>
> Subject: [SML] Dead body?
>
> Howdy gang,
>
> Doing Hamlet. Hamlet dumps a body off of the set from about 10’ up. Not
> onstage for too long. I’m hoping we can do this in silhouette.
>
> Any suggestions on making a body that looks reasonably realistic (but not
> too heavy)?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill Potter
> Arts Technical Director
> St. Paul's School
> Concord NH
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