mermaidhunter
Master Crucifixion Technician
The following Post is a description of how I pulled off the photo shoot of Real Crux - Dreams Do Come True. The photo shoot can be viewed at the following link:
http://www.cruxforums.com/xf/threads/real-crux-dreams-do-come-true.2850/
Some of asked if this was a "real crucifixion" as in, "Did I actually nail Randy to that cross as the pictures seem to imply?". The answer is no ........ absolutely not. Randy would never have agreed to that and in actuality I have no desire whatsoever to actually hurt another person in real life. My fantasies I can't explain. So in the interest of proving that this is all just theatrics I will explain how I pulled off what I think are very good fake images.
When Randy agreed to do this and I started trying to figure out how to pull his off, my original idea was to tie her to the cross in such a way that the ropes would only be marginally visible. This latter aspect would be to make it easy to photo-shop out the ropes. The cross was going to be hinged at the ground and mounted to a stand or base to allow it to be raised once she was tied on. This plan had several problems. First, I am not experienced enough at tying a woman for suspension that I was confident in doing it safely. Second, the base was going to be a major eye sore by the time I was going to be confident it wouldn't fall over. Third, how the hell was I going to stand this thing up by myself?
The simplest answers are usually the best. The first change to my original plan was to abandon the ropes and use "handles" for her to hold on to and a pedestal to stand on. This would be easier to photo-shop out and a lot safer. It also had the benefit that as she got tired, she could merely step down and take a break. The handles were originally as portrayed in my "artist concept" images, door or cabinet handle. I actually designed the cross in Poser, expanding and shrinking the "boxes" in the props section to resemble two by eights, throw on a texture and you have lumber. I eventually abandoned those for the "T' handles that could rotate. These provided a more natural angle to allow her hands to appear more like she was nailed as well as there being even less to photo-shop out. I was going to use wooden dowels for the handle but changed it to "rebar" so that I knew it would not break off under stress. I drilled and tapped threads into the holes so that there would not be a nut chafing against her fingers. The bolt is allowed to spin in the hole through the lumber allow the angle of her hand to change freely.
Here are the original images I did in Poser as a study to prove the concept.
http://www.cruxforums.com/xf/threads/real-crux-dreams-do-come-true.2850/
Some of asked if this was a "real crucifixion" as in, "Did I actually nail Randy to that cross as the pictures seem to imply?". The answer is no ........ absolutely not. Randy would never have agreed to that and in actuality I have no desire whatsoever to actually hurt another person in real life. My fantasies I can't explain. So in the interest of proving that this is all just theatrics I will explain how I pulled off what I think are very good fake images.
When Randy agreed to do this and I started trying to figure out how to pull his off, my original idea was to tie her to the cross in such a way that the ropes would only be marginally visible. This latter aspect would be to make it easy to photo-shop out the ropes. The cross was going to be hinged at the ground and mounted to a stand or base to allow it to be raised once she was tied on. This plan had several problems. First, I am not experienced enough at tying a woman for suspension that I was confident in doing it safely. Second, the base was going to be a major eye sore by the time I was going to be confident it wouldn't fall over. Third, how the hell was I going to stand this thing up by myself?
The simplest answers are usually the best. The first change to my original plan was to abandon the ropes and use "handles" for her to hold on to and a pedestal to stand on. This would be easier to photo-shop out and a lot safer. It also had the benefit that as she got tired, she could merely step down and take a break. The handles were originally as portrayed in my "artist concept" images, door or cabinet handle. I actually designed the cross in Poser, expanding and shrinking the "boxes" in the props section to resemble two by eights, throw on a texture and you have lumber. I eventually abandoned those for the "T' handles that could rotate. These provided a more natural angle to allow her hands to appear more like she was nailed as well as there being even less to photo-shop out. I was going to use wooden dowels for the handle but changed it to "rebar" so that I knew it would not break off under stress. I drilled and tapped threads into the holes so that there would not be a nut chafing against her fingers. The bolt is allowed to spin in the hole through the lumber allow the angle of her hand to change freely.
Here are the original images I did in Poser as a study to prove the concept.