Skeletal Hands

I’m not the one that came up with this, but for the life of me, I can’t find the original tutorial.

Well, I adapted it’s concepts to my own stylings, and present a means of making good looking skeletal hands.

You’ll be needing some wire, some beads, and some clay. If following me precisely, also need some power grab.

First, cut your wires to length, tie them together, and make the palm in clay. You are free to make this as realistic as you wish. Study some xrays. For me, I’m using Crayola Model Magic clay, and since I am working on Jack, it’s just a simple palm, and he only has 3 fingers and a thumb.

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Now then, simply work on each bone. Beads go where the joints are, clay for the bones. Larger beads would be ideal, but I’m using what we have.

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As you can see, I’m just making rough shapes for the bones, as I’ll do details with the power grab later. If you’re using a better clay, you could make them nice and finished now.

The nice part now is that, once the clay dries, you have a very posable hand.

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Now for finish work.

Power Grab, and a bowl of water.

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For me, the power grab is serving a dual purpose of attaching our Christmas ornament to Jack’s hand, and providing the finishing form of the hand itself.

Just goop on the power grab with the caulking gun (or pre-pressurized power grab)…

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Use the water to keep it from sticking to your fingers, and shape it how you want.

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Nice bone hands complete with joints. A little painting to finish the look.

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