Props for the stories

Hey,

I just wanted to see whether you guys had any thoughts on how to make some pretty realistic props.

We have superheroines bending metal bars, lifting heavy objects, bending guns and knives in half, etc. But I’m always on the look out on how to do it better.

Metal bar bending

I was watching Greatest American Heroine at h and I really liked the way that the metal bar they used looks real when she twisted it round that guy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbqr2sv7rWU (1m 24s)

I’ve also seen on the Powerbeauties site a girl bends a real bar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OiLxWqos_4&NR=1

Oh, and on Astro Girl:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO_63jlejKc&feature=related

Bar bells

Then I started looking at realistic looking really heavy dumbells, and again Powerbeauties looked good:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqFb7wuv7W4&feature=related

I also like the dumbbells at Powerbeauties: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxdseG0uYKs

Other effects

I guess there are loads of special effects that are possible. Gun bending, bending the tip of a knife, crushing objects, etc, etc. Would really love to hear what would interest you guys, and how you think it could be done.

Jon