Making portable stocks/binding model ticklees in a hotel room?

[sole experience]

I usually meet my models in hotel rooms, and we just hang out and tickle her as we film. When it comes to restraint, I am a big enough guy that it's usually easy for me to hold the ankles of a young woman so that her feet cannot escape. Add to this the fact that the models are told that a big part of the job is to endure the tickling and keep their feet in the camera (or at least try to) and I can generally get nice coverage of their soles being tormented.

But lately I'd been thinking about maybe creating some kind of stocks arrangement to bring along with me, so I can focus less on keeping their feet from darting all around like fish and more on the enjoyment of stimulating their soles. Considerations:

1) It'd need to be very portable, obviously.
2) It would need to be made so as not to hurt the model's ankles. Very important consideration for me.
3) It would need to be mounted somewhere so that it is firm -- attached to a table or chair maybe?

Anyone have any ideas on how to make such a contraption or even better, buy one already made? Thanks for any input.

 

[sole experience]

Just checking in on this -- anyone have any idea how I can get a very small, portable stocks that attaches to a table, so I can do tickle shoots with a restraint but in a hotel room?

 

[Sultrybrunette]

I dont know about portable stocks but I just did a shoot and an ace bandage was used around my ankles. It was extremely comfortable but it kept my ankles together really nicely. I would have never thought of it, but it worked great. And its easy to carry. Just a thought.

 

[LeeAllure]

I taught a class on portable stocks at NEST2007, and can tell you
how to make them for <$40 with paint, padding, hardware, etc,
if you're interested. They don't take too much time (an afternoon,
perhaps) and fold down to about 20"x24"x6". They can be
made sturdier than the initial plan so they're ok to go on a bed, or
can be made in the original, which ought to be placed on a floor
or other hard surface.

PM me if interested.

Lee

 

[sole experience]

I dont know about portable stocks but I just did a shoot and an ace bandage was used around my ankles. It was extremely comfortable but it kept my ankles together really nicely. I would have never thought of it, but it worked great. And its easy to carry. Just a thought.

Hey sultrybrunette, sorry not to have thanked you earlier for your suggestion, but I've been sort of dormant for a while. Now I am going to be gearing up for my 2009 shooting, and you have intrigued me with this idea!

Where is that video available (what clips4sale store, etc) so I can take a look at it? Purely as a research project, of course!