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<div>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. </div><div>Hands can be made by filling gloves with polyfill (pillow stuffing) and stapling them to the ends of the arms. </div><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div> Present this to your costumer with a small libation of their beverage of choice. </div><div><br></div><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>Dale</div><div><br></div><div id="composer_signature"><div style="font-size:88%;color:#364f67" dir="auto">Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE smartphone</div></div><br><br>-------- Original message --------<br>From: Bill Potter via Stagecraft <stagecraft@theatrical.net> <br>Date: 2/6/18 10:36 (GMT-05:00) <br>To: stagecraft@theatrical.net <br>Cc: Bill Potter <bpotter@sps.edu> <br>Subject: [SML] Dead body? <br><br>Howdy gang,<br><br>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.<br><br>Any suggestions on making a body that looks reasonably realistic (but not too heavy)?<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>Bill Potter<br>Arts Technical Director<br>St. Paul's School<br>Concord NH<br>____________________________________________________________<br>For list information see <http://stagecraft.theprices.net/><br>Stagecraft mailing list<br>Stagecraft@theatrical.net<br>http://theatrical.net/mailman/listinfo/stagecraft_theatrical.net</body></html>