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How I make hands!
🕑 Added 2023-03-03 20:46:46 +0000 UTCJust want to share my process, this is by no means a tutorial, but it might help you out!
I start off with two equal sized palms, then roll out snakes with a rounded end as fingers. They're all equal thickness, except the thumbs which are thicker. They're all longer than they need to be!
I trim them to size and at an angle, placing them on the top of the hand piece. I do this one by one
I mold the clay down the hand and across the knuckles
I repeat with the other hand, comparing the two as I place the fingers to make sure they're equal
I place the thumb on the opposite side and mold it into place. Right now, the meat of the hand isn't really there, but I'll be filling it in later
I now bend the fingers into their pose. I don't really do knuckles, they're sort of "rubber hose"
If I have props, I make sure they're already baked so they don't get squished
I put aside props, and I roll out some snakes for wrists. I mold them on, poke an awl through for my wire, then trim excess.
I put the props back in place, using sculpey "bake and bond" which is kinda a polymer clay adhesive liquid. I also brush it into the seam of the fingers and palm to fill in those gaps. Then I bake!
And here they're baked, but looking a bit flat.
I use apoxie sculpt to add knuckles. I like mine slightly exaggerated
I add some meat to the palms of the hands as well
And also nails!
And here they are finished!
Comments
Cricket Gutz
I worry about baking the clay too much, I don't know if I'm paranoid but I feel like it could make them brittle. I also would do the nails in apoxie either way, so might as well do the knuckles then too
Sara Almagesto
Is there any specific reason you do the knuckles with epoxy sculpt instead of using more polymer clay and baking again?
