Manuelzinho
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Now for the legs/boots.
They are kind of cylindrical, but convex on the sides, so I cut 2 pieces of eva foam with a little curve on the sides to get that convex final shape.
They must had a diameter equal to my feet lenght (because in those stilts, your feet are totally horizontal) I covered them with several layers of white glue and they are attached to the stilts with a couple of pieces of eva foam on the sides and one plastic flange. The good thing is the hole on the top is wide enough to allow me to put my feet inside and attach the stilt belts, did not need to make a hatch on the side of the boot to allow me to attach its belts.
Thighs were more complicated. At first, I thought I would need to make the knees totally articulated, specially cause the idea was to put on the thighs and then the boots and for that I would need to sit down and bend my knees. Then I realized I could not fasten the stilts strap with the thighs on, I did not have room to put my hands (or anyone´s) inside the boot for strapping. But I realized as well bending knees were not necessary for walking as my knees did not bend much when I was wearing the stilts.
I decided then I had to put the boots on first and then thighs, meaning I had to think about a way for thighs to be able to open and close on one side and don´t look to bad. The opening should be on the inside face of the thighs so they were not too obvious. So here they are:
I used the puzzled side of an eva foam floor mat and small straps with velcro and they close very nicely. They have an strap inside to keep them in the right place and elastic tape on the top to hold them to a belt on my waist, like women´s suspenders belts. One little strap will hold them together under my perineum area (right after my balls ), with a snap fastener.
As they need to be flexible for opening and closing, I can not paint them with traditional paint or seal it with white glue like the boots, cause both layers would crack. So I will paint them with liquid vinyl, several layers of black and them some silver, to get that nice metallic effect. As liquid vinyl is flexible, it will not crack with the opening and close.
There is some space between the boots and the thighs to allow parts movement and I create those pieces hereunder to cover this area where my knees are. They have glued 2 disposable chopsticks parts that get inside 2 holes in the stilts and have a snap fastener. Will paint them with a metallic look too.
The "underwear" I made it with an opening at the perineum with snap fastener , as I will have to put it on from the top, after the boots and thighs. It will hold to the back of my belt.
And here is a test with all on. Well, I can not complain about how things are going by far (at least I am happy with it
They are kind of cylindrical, but convex on the sides, so I cut 2 pieces of eva foam with a little curve on the sides to get that convex final shape.
They must had a diameter equal to my feet lenght (because in those stilts, your feet are totally horizontal) I covered them with several layers of white glue and they are attached to the stilts with a couple of pieces of eva foam on the sides and one plastic flange. The good thing is the hole on the top is wide enough to allow me to put my feet inside and attach the stilt belts, did not need to make a hatch on the side of the boot to allow me to attach its belts.
Thighs were more complicated. At first, I thought I would need to make the knees totally articulated, specially cause the idea was to put on the thighs and then the boots and for that I would need to sit down and bend my knees. Then I realized I could not fasten the stilts strap with the thighs on, I did not have room to put my hands (or anyone´s) inside the boot for strapping. But I realized as well bending knees were not necessary for walking as my knees did not bend much when I was wearing the stilts.
I decided then I had to put the boots on first and then thighs, meaning I had to think about a way for thighs to be able to open and close on one side and don´t look to bad. The opening should be on the inside face of the thighs so they were not too obvious. So here they are:
I used the puzzled side of an eva foam floor mat and small straps with velcro and they close very nicely. They have an strap inside to keep them in the right place and elastic tape on the top to hold them to a belt on my waist, like women´s suspenders belts. One little strap will hold them together under my perineum area (right after my balls ), with a snap fastener.
As they need to be flexible for opening and closing, I can not paint them with traditional paint or seal it with white glue like the boots, cause both layers would crack. So I will paint them with liquid vinyl, several layers of black and them some silver, to get that nice metallic effect. As liquid vinyl is flexible, it will not crack with the opening and close.
There is some space between the boots and the thighs to allow parts movement and I create those pieces hereunder to cover this area where my knees are. They have glued 2 disposable chopsticks parts that get inside 2 holes in the stilts and have a snap fastener. Will paint them with a metallic look too.
The "underwear" I made it with an opening at the perineum with snap fastener , as I will have to put it on from the top, after the boots and thighs. It will hold to the back of my belt.
And here is a test with all on. Well, I can not complain about how things are going by far (at least I am happy with it
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