Sculpting hands

[kaz6120]

Hi there,

I'd like to know how do you guys sculpt hands. I want to share ideas to sculpt fingers and hands, in any scale 54mm, 75mm, 90mm, or 120mm whatever, because I think hands are as very important element as face and head.

so...to start off, I post my way to sculpt 90mm scale hands.

My style is based on Shep Paine's way he showed on his book "Building and Painting SCALE FIGURES", and I thought there's some room for improvement in his way and I modified his style a little bit.

Here, I used MAGIC-SCULPT and 0.3mm brass wires.

STEP1:First of all, put brass wire for thumb, and rolled it up with other 4 strings.


STEP2:Bend wires at the point of fist joints.


STEP3:Cut the wires. Note that rolling 4 finger wires on right hand has been done by the opposite direction. This step is very important because thumb bone should always be under other 4 fingers.


STEP4: Apply putty on it...


STEP5: Finish!


Any ideas?

and..If anyone know good reference website, please post the URL here.

 

[gordy]

Kaz,

Amazing work ! I think you have a great handle on hands

Are these for a particular project?

 

[kaz6120]

Thanks for a reply gordy,

Are these for a particular project?

Yes. These are for the project now I'm working on, "90mm Royal Engineer (Sapper or Miner) in Crimean War". I will post the project in vBench thread later.

I have several WIP projects now , but I want to focus on sculpting for a while. I feel like I'm losing my feel of painting these days...

 

[Ferris]

Wow, you make it look really easy....
I have to try this one of these days (make that years probably with my production speed).
Thanks for posting!

Cheers,
Adrian

 

[Dan Morton]

Masterfully done, Kaz! Thanks!

All the best,
Dan

 

[John Long]

Kaz, these look great. I've had poor luck with using wire armature when I make hands.

When hands are holding something I prefer to sculpt them on the object. When they're free, I prefer to carve the hands from a dried block of putty.

 

[FigureLover]

I think they are some of the most realistic hands I have seen. Thank you for the SBS as I always love to know how others sculpt such things.
Ben

 

[kaz6120]

Thanks a lot friends, Adrian, Daniel, John, Ben. I'm glad you like this thread.

I always love to know how others sculpt such things.

Me too, Ben. Since there's so many good references on sculpting heads and face I don't see many on hands so I just want to know other peoples tips.

When hands are holding something I prefer to sculpt them on the object. When they're free, I prefer to carve the hands from a dried block of putty.

Thanks a lot for your tips, John. Good advice!

 

[Glen]

Can't argue with the results when they're staring you in the face. Well done!

Cheers,

Glen

 

[housecarl]

Superb Kaz, looking forwards to the figure.
Carl.

 

[Carlos69]

I love painting hands for some reason more than anythin else... and when they look like these even better ! superb hands !

Carlos

 

[HiroshiAirborne]

Those hands are amazing sir! These are amazing for 90mm!

 

[garyjd]

Great hands. ~Gary

 

[captfue]

Nice work and you make it look so easy. I make mine out of melted sprue, but yours look a lot better.

 

[Einion]

Excellent method and great result

Einion

 

[Range Rat]

Excellent work on those hands

 

[fanai]

Love the hand - yes feet and hands seem to get less 'exposure' than faces but all add to the feel of a figure

Ian

 

[davidmitchell]

Great method for sculpting hands thanks for sharing.


Cheers David

 

[housecarl]

Very handsome hands.
Carl.

 

[sarouman]

Amazing tutorial!!

Alexandros