Posable Mannequin with moveable base

[MKE-Trooper[TX]]

Like most of you I am extremely happy/proud of my finished Death Trooper armor and wanted a way to display it when not in use. I thought it was as simple as purchasing a mannequin off of Amazon but I quickly realized that wasn't going to work. After lots of research I came up with a pretty cool posable mannequin with moveable base. I thought I would post this just incase anyone else was interested. 

First, here is what it looks like finished

 

Shopping list:

• Mannequin Torso
• 16 inch Square Plant Dolly Black
• Metal Mounting Flange for 1-inch Poles with Screws
• 4 Hinged Elbow Connector Curtain Rod Corner
• PVC pipes and connectors
• Duct Tape
• JB Weld to reinforce the PVC seams
• Pool Noodles
• Wire
• Packing foam material I had laying around

References:

• Creating A Cheap Posable Mannequin Display
• Youtube video: How to Make a Posable Mannequin

Steps:

• Removed the arms that came with the Mannequin torso and cut a hole to insert the PVC pipe into the shoulders 
• Attached a Curtain Rod Corner for each shoulder joint
• Measured forearm and upper arm, cut PVC pipe to length and connected them to the Shoulder Curtain Rod Corner and Elbow Curtain Rod Corner
• Wrapped forearm and biceps with pool noodle and foam packing material for shape
• Followed the How to Make a Posable Mannequin video for creating posable hands

• Outlined my body on piece of cardboard and then laid the mannequin torso in place. 
• Measured remaining space for PVC pipe

• Cut PVC to length and secured joints with JB weld to to keep hip joints from bending. 
• Wrapped legs with pool noodles and other packing materials I had laying around to shape legs.

Once I have the boots on, it can pretty balance on its own, however I did attach a PVC pipe to the base for extra support which spray painted black. Getting the undersuit and armor on the mannequin is a bit of a process but the result is pretty impressive. 

Hopefully one or two of you will find this post helpful. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.