Life size double sided cut out . How to stand?

[Jwalk]

Hello

I am looking to do a hand painted life size double sided cut out of a person. I am thinking about painting it on ply wood but maybe that will be to heavy. The goal is to have it on the street. I don't know how to have it stand.

I was thinking about jerry rigging it into one of those springy stand thing picture attached. But dont know if it can support the weight.

Any ideas ? I have attached a picture of the idea.

We can have a larger base, ideally it wouldn't have a base at all just the feet but I realize that wont be sufficient for a base and or if it was just the feet how could it be attached to anything and not look crap.

Thank you for reading hopefully you dont think Im a big dum dum.

The example is only to illustrate the idea.

 

[Jwalk]

I was worried about this. I guess everybody thinks this is stupid?

We'll you know what they say ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer. Atleast I would like a stupid answer.

No, Im thinking the whole entire thing has to be a custom base I don't think any pre made stand would hold up.

 

[DerbyCitySignGuy]

Leave a few inches at the bottom unpainted and mount it in a wooden base? That's the only thing I can think of that won't interfere with the image.

 

[Andy D]

I don't think it's a stupid question..
I think your spring stand would work fine, if anything, it's overkill.
Attaching a 5' pole vertically behind him and putting it into a weighted base,
like those feather banners use, might be good too...
a google search of weighted sign base, brought up a lot of good options too.

 

[Bill Modzel]

How are you going to do the reverse side without reversing the lettering, numbers, part in his hair etc?

 

[GAC05]

How are you going to do the reverse side without reversing the lettering, numbers, part in his hair etc?

I assumed he'd use a photo of the back of Dempsey's head as he is running down the pitch away from the camera.....

 

[Billct2]

Slot the bottom and have a slotted piece that runs perpendicular and locks into the slot on the figure, like these old cardboard dolls

 

[Jwalk]

Hey thanks this is a start. I am worried about wind hazard.

The double side. It will be the exact same image except mirrored.

 

[Andy D]

Hey thanks this is a start. I am worried about wind hazard.

The double side. It will be the exact same image except mirrored.

Yeah, and it would be an easy thing to re-mirror all of the patches, they're all symmetrical.
On a side note, likely, the reason nobody replied to your thread originally is that most people
have it were this site opens up to the 10 most recent threads commented on, and your's just
got pushed back to the 2nd or 3rd page......