Ending up winning a bid on Ebay I had forgotton about. So I now own even more mannequinns and limbs…
They are quite old and scuffed and seem to be missing a few parts especially on the standing torso. It has no base and the pole fits on the left thigh… Not sure how this was meant to stand like this. In a talk with David this morning he suggested the best thing to do was to to weld on a metal plate, weld on the pole at the desired height in the centre and attach a base. I spoke to Josh about helping me do all this as metal work isn’t my area and I had no idea how to go about this really. Josh was a great help and welded on the parts for me, which was probably the safest option… This mannequinn also came with a rather creepy looking head with blue hair; not really what I wanted with my work, and I also wanted it to have some resemblance to my previous mannequinn I purchased.
After it was welded it already looked a lot better but due to the contrast with the metal and the old scuffed body, for it to really work with my work in my space I felt it needed to be white to have a more clean feel and look nicer. Therefore I spray painted it and it looks as good as new now!
