Looking at the bronze sentinel in Secrets of the Sphinx it states that the bronze sentinel (A 15 foot tall bronze statue/Ironman suit) only weighs 500 pounds... this is a mistake right? I can not reasonably see it weighing only that much.
Bronze has a mass of approx 541lb per cubic foot (using the bizarre american measurements, or approx 8000kg per cubic meter) there is a significant variation on this of 10-15% depending on the exact mix of the Bronze.
Even assuming a hollow statue , I suspect that weight is too low but it is too late at night to try and work out the volume of a human shaped 15 foot high statue
Math was never my best subject. Always more for history. Anyone have a good estimate on the weight of shaq-bot? (Love the nickname)
Apparatus of the crab is what this item is based off of and also weighs 500lbs. So the designer probably just used that figure.
Feel free to change it to whatever weight you feel is correct.
Lost Wax method of making detailed Bronze statues... but it doesn't specify weight except that it is lighter than a cast (usually done for smaller statues)
Ah, found this (after looking at Ganesha statues that are 8x my weight in something my height): Scroll down to: "Weight of the sculpture of a man 200 cm in height is about 400 kg." (or 880lb)
so from 6' to 15', multiply that by (2.5)cubed?
(although probably less than that as the thickness wouldn't go up by too much, but you might put bracing materials inside)
so, a 15' bronze statue (hollow in lost wax method) could be around 13,000lbs...
I took two methods of estimating both of which unfortunately give results for a solid statue
Method 1 was to take an average human surface area , scale up to 15 foot tall and then adjust for density that got me approx 13,000kg
Method 2 was to take the mass of a known marble statue (Micheal Angelo's David ) which is 17 feet tall scale down to 15 feet and adjust for Bronze rather than marble which gets me also about 13000kg which was nice .
Given the amount of guessing and the widely different densities possible for Bronze I have to put a +/- 20% figure on my estimates.
Hollow is going to depend on the size of the void (or voids) if it is about half hollow 13,000lb is consistent.
Of course this would be subject to Mecha problems and immediately sink up to its waist in soil and leave nasty marks in solid concrete. So call it magical and weighing 500lb
If it weighs 500 pounds, what strength do I need to pick it up and twirl it on my finger tips.