Need a Hand?

For my old man character I'm sculpting some long, creepy, wrinkly and tired looking hands.

When I heard my sound clip, in my head I instantly saw these very expressive long fingers making really nice poses and gestures, so that's what I'm going to try and re-create.  :D

Here's what I got so far...  

First I made a simple wire armature for a hand using the thin aluminium wire seen above,
 I then sculpt around it, making a simple hand shape in 'Super Sculpey Firm' 

 One Finger done! 

IF YA LIKE IT THEN YA SHOULD HAVE PUT A RING ON IT

 All the fingers and thumb done, needs a bit more work on the knuckles but I'm happy with it at the moment :)

 Dodgey Pictures of front and back of my hand sculpt

To make this hand, I mainly used a rounded file and a little Poundland knife.

Saving money on sculpting tools since 1993

Feet and Head in progress...

More Riggedy Rigging Points!

Hello There!

  After a talk with Martin, one of the tutors at uni, We came to the conclusion of 'THE ARMATURE NEEDS A BETTER RIGGING POINT'

So here are some little piccys of what I've done, this wasn't part of the armature plan, but what the hey, Its all learning for next time!

 Padding out the armature's chest piece

with harm foam,

Here I have carved out the inside of the foam so my armature fits inside all warm and snuggly 

Armature covered in foam! 

BACK TO THE FEET
To make things a bit more sturdy on the feet I applied a layer of
Miliput over the K&S and metallic foot block

Tah Daaaah!
(More or less Final) Armature with hard foam added

Now on to the sculpting of the hands, boots and the head!

Stay Tuned.