RevAnakin wrote:Deimos wrote:RevAnakin wrote:You fit into that? How the heck do you get in that?
Thrandy was (is?) kind of slender.
What I'm wondering about is the posture you had to hold....even tho' (I Ithink) you are actually looking out the neck, that must have been murder on your back.
LOL, was not a comment about his weight. It was more along the lines of how any human would fit into that posture.
I had friends to help me in every way.
The back has a zipper down the spine. The feet are separate from the knee down.
I climb into it part way, and then put the feet on. They had a 1/4" metal rod armature to support my feet standing on my toes.
The head is also attached to an armature using 4 rods. These rods went into a neck and crown that I put on my head so that it would move any way I moved my head.
Finally a spine armature was attached around my chest to articulate the tail.
The guys were dressed in blue coveralls, with Jurassic Park hard hats. They stood on each side of me hold a chain that was linked to heavy steel cuffs around my wrists, so I could lean forward without falling over.
The real challenge in wearing it was heat. It is made of urethane padding, so within 60 seconds I was dripping wet from head to toe.
At the State Theater in downtown Detroit where they have the biggest prize money $2500 for 1st place (which I won btw), the management assign the on duty paramedics to me.
Every 20 minutes I came out partially to cool down, drink plenty of water and take my vitals.
And yes I'm a skinny dude.