Indiana Jones display - Mannequin help?

[Guardian Devil]

Sorry if this is posted in the wrong place wasnt sure where to put this!

I'm putting my Indiana Jones display together - quickly filling up 2 detolf cases full of bits and pieces, but the costume needs displaying too and I cant find a good mannequin for it that I think suits the stance of indy very well.

I found this picture online (Cant remember where I got it or who's this is, so if its a problem, just let me know and I'll take it down):

This is exactly how Im looking to display my costume next to all my replicas from the movies and various artifacts and things I've collected from around the world. I think the display pictured above looks fantastic.
Does anyone have any idea where I could find a mannequin like this? or recomend a good mannequin for this display?

How does everybody else display their Indy outfits? I'd love to see some of yours

 

[Guardian Devil]

Nobody got any pictures of their Indy outfit displays?

 

[Hecubus114]

Cant help you on the mannequin, but if you get onee like that, you better damn well get one of Chewie's new Indy busts!

 

[Chief Bast]

I'm not at all familiar with the different types of mannequins available, but it almost looks like the type in your picture was a full body piece, including the head, that someone has removed and replaced with a rod. (assuming it's not simply a custom build)

Surely someone can chime on on available sources on the web, but at the very least, Ebay has a huge variety at decent prices.

I'd love to see pics of your collection in the meantime though. :cool

 

[Hecubus114]

sent a pm with a link

 

[TazVader]

Aaahh...That would be one of Doc's displays. He's the fine fellow making the Ark kits at the moment If you PM me your email ect I can help you out. I am in a similiar position

Regards
TAZ

 

[GeorgeL]

This is a helpful thread cause this is my current project. I have one of Howards new heads on the way. I'm ordering the hat (adventurebuilt) and shirt in the coming weeks, then slowly but surely the rest of the outfit. I need to display on a full size manq as well. I'm thinking of doing the PVC dummy. Those always seem to come out great and I can basically make him in any stance I want.

This is going to be FUN, FUN, FUN!

 

[ob1al]

Agent5 has a great mannequin display, as does Cking. Maybe they will chime in.

You probably know of this already, but the best place for Indy stuff is www.indygear.com/cow - do a search there and you'll find many a worthy display.

 

[Darth Niob]

Here is my Indy bust (unknown maker) with my Herbert Johnson hat. The pic is not the best and the paint job is much better than on this pic. I need to bash the hat to get the original look of Raiders. I've planed to buy a normal mannequin from ebay and cut off the head to replace it with this bust. Should be no problem.

Cheers

Nick

 

[Guardian Devil]

Thanks for the replies everyone. I'll hopefully get some pics of my collection so far up soon.
So far this has been really helpful. I saw Agent5's display in an old thread over at COW and it's amazing, some of the positions he didnt decide to go with look great too. I love the one holding the idol.
Whatever mannequin I end up getting, I agree it really needs an indiana jones bust to go on it, I cant imagine any better way to display it!

 

[agent5]

Why, thank you, sir. Most kind of you. Chris King was actually my inspiration to put together a 1:1 Indy from way back when when I saw his partially finished Indy mannequin on Indyfan.com. I immediatley thought, "I need to do that". I lucked out and got my mannequin for $15 at a yard sale. A couple of the fingers are busted off so it works well to add the gloves. I decided to keep the face blacked out because I thought all the mannequins at the Star Wars : Magic of Myth exhibit looked very professional and displayed a real museum quality to them. It really features the costume, although I plan to get one of Howards new busts someday as well. It's Indytastic!

Keep us updated on your progress.