Cephus
Master Member
For lighter weight costumes, I don't use the stand at all. The feet are pretty good at allowing the mannequin to stand on its own. However, there is no way it could support something like Wrex without some serious weight at the bottom to keep it from falling over.
It depends on what you make the stand out of. Plastic, no, it would never hold the weight, but if you did it out of steel plate, it could easily do so, especially if you double or triple up on the plate thickness. It also depends on how large you make the stand, the larger it is, the more stable it will be.