We are pretty much shut down, so I took a minute to go find the original patterns (The ones we have left) and here are some reference images of the original vacuum-form bucks. I thought we kept the leg bucks, but I didn't see them. When we moved, we threw out a 20' dumpster of molds and patterns. The elbows where made using the articulated ball type elbow pads. We molded them and vacuum formed our own, since the commercially made ones are a vinyl material that will not hold paint well.
Since we only made a couple of these, we added water-base clay (now missing) to the patterns for forming.
These were made by taking a "snap" (temporary mold) off the sculptures, then using Bondo-resin to make thick skins and back filling with rigid foam. The bondo resin was then detailed using rifler rasps and files, and sandpaper. Then the parts where vacuum formed in .090" thick plastic.
Front torso patterns
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The back torso bucks
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