I received the TruForm 12" armature expecting the plastic bones and hardware to mount to my homemade figure stand. It arrived composed of foam ribs, pelvis and skull, but wire arms, legs and no mounting hardware on the spine. Apparently I misread the description for this one as the models show are the 18", 24" and 36" with the plastic bones and mounting hardware.
Despite how minimal it is, it's quite interesting to look at. Apparently the folks at TruForm took time honing their skeletal craftsmanship to an art as the skull is quite correct to my surprise. The orbits will fit 6 mm BB's, though eyes at that exact scale are actually 3.5 mm. It's a gray, not white foam that makes up most of the armature's bone structure which has a simplified version of the bone shapes themselves. It arrived with one leg slightly longer than the other, but with a little coaxing it evened out. If anything a few modifications can add "bones" to the wire, mostly shaping some plumber's putty (epoxy) or Apoxie Sculpt can help.
What is a bit of a mystery is how to attach hands to the armature at a later time and still be able to mount it on my homemade armature stand. The spine on this model (12") is a doubled up heavy gauge aluminum wire that makes up the neck, arms and legs. It might take some coaxing and modifying to make it like the ones in the picture, but it's certainly doable.
I went ahead and got the 24" model as well, so if don't use the or modify the 12" one, I'll probably keep it as a curiosity.
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