With those requirements in mind, here's what we can up with. The grim reaper is made of simple, easy to find materials. The frame is constructed of 1-inch Schedule 40 PVC pipe and fittings. I'm a proponent of having proper proportions when constructing human-like props. For an armature 96-inches tall, the shoulder width should be 23-24 inches to maintain a human-like scale. Here's a great calculator that can help with proportions. Two 11-inch pieces of pipe are used for the shoulders. The pieces are connected together with a 4-way fitting. A 45-degree fitting is attached to each shoulder pipe and an end cap is attached to each 45 degree fitting with a short 1-inch piece of pipe. A 9-inch piece of pipe is used for the neck and a 4-foot section of pipe is used for the top part of the body. A 2-foot by 4-foot piece of hardware cloth is positioned over the neck and enough wire is removed to allow the neck pipe to just slip through. (Hardware cloth is usually found next to poultry wire or chicken wire in the home improvement stores.) The hardware cloth is then bent down to form the chest and back areas. The edges of the hardware cloth were covered with duct tape to prevent the costume material from snagging. The bottom of the hardware cloth was overlapped and secured with wire to create a narrower bottom. Two of the four arm sections are made from 15 inch sections of pipe with an end cap on each end. The other two arm sections were made the same way but were each 12 inches long. The arm end caps were attached to the shoulder end caps using coat hanger wire. The coat hanger wire was placed through two small holes drilled into an end cap. The wire was looped back on itself to keep it from pulling back through.Ĭoat hanger wire was also used to form hands that were slipped into latex gloves. The fingers were a little shorter than the gloves but still provided the ability to "grip" the scythe. The hands were attached to the end cap on the lower arm using the same method as the other joints.Īn old christmas tree stand provides the base for the prop. A three foot section of 1.5" PVC was mounted using the stand's 4 screws. The 1-inch "body" pipe was just slipped down into the larger pipe.
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