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 Post subject: Help for a Cricket Bat, Cricket theme
PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 4:18 pm 
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Help I need assistance. Its for a piccie of me with a balloon cricket bat and stumps, i know what to do for the ball i'll use a red round balloon !!! (for the staff magazine, cos they want to do a feature about me, oh the fame, its because i also share my name with a former cricketer).
Was thinking 350 and marriaged twist into a 260 for handle?
Might adapt an american football helmet.
Stumps should be ok.

Any more ideas

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 Post subject: Re: Help for a Cricket Bat, Cricket theme
PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 4:25 pm 
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Here's an idea - for the main bit of the bat could you try a 646 with a 160 inside like Thelma's heart. I have no idea if this will work!
And then like you said marriage twist the handle on.

I hope this helps, and please post the final article!

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 Post subject: Re: Help for a Cricket Bat, Cricket theme
PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 4:26 pm 
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How about double stuffing a 350/360 into a 646/660 for the lower part of the bat?

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 Post subject: Re: Help for a Cricket Bat, Cricket theme
PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 4:32 pm 
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erm, help
Then marriage twist to 350, the think i noticed big time its all about proportion, big bat means big stumps.
cheers graham


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 Post subject: Re: Help for a Cricket Bat, Cricket theme
PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 4:59 pm 
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If you need it full size you may have to weave it but Lyn and I just managed to get a 360 into a 660 although it was a challenge we did try a 350 but gave up.
Tried it a couple of ways and I prefer the look to the second picture.


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 Post subject: Re: Help for a Cricket Bat, Cricket theme
PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:40 pm 
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That looks fantastic. I think I can do that, so a 660 drop a 350 in,inflate (similar to bike seat), attach 350 dark handle just by the knot then do a weave with a 260 to cover it up?
Thanks danny and graham


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 Post subject: Re: Help for a Cricket Bat, Cricket theme
PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 7:14 pm 
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No the 360 was already inflated and I pushed the 360 twisted in half into a reversed inflated 660, it was a challenge.
You may be able to put an un-inflated 350 inside a 646 and inflate the 350, make sure both the nozzle and nipple end of the 350 balloon stick out of the 646.

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 Post subject: Re: Help for a Cricket Bat, Cricket theme
PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:39 pm 
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Hi Fairby,

I don't Know if this will help, but maybee you with a lootle of yourself could be an idea.

This was a Cricketer I made a while ago. I have also seen a cricketer avatar here, I think it is Roger's.

The bat here was a folded 260, with double sided tape holding it togerher, and the pads were 160's tied round the legs with white scraps.

Hope this helps, and well done on getting the write up :D :D :D


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 Post subject: Re: Help for a Cricket Bat, Cricket theme
PostPosted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 1:45 am 
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Brilliant, Kevin - really nice as always!

Yep, Roger's avitar is defo a cricketer... Can't be an Aussie though, as Roger's looks like he'd be able to hit the ball... :?

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