Lifesize bendable mannequin hands

[_Lee_]

Just wanted to put this out there, what do you guys use for hands on a lifesize character prop? I've seen some bendable hands in Germany but cant find any here in the uk? Is there another way of achieving this??

Thanks

Lee

 

[ahoudini]

Can’t swear to availability i

n the U.K., but for characters wearing gloves, the posable wooden artist’s model hands work great and are available in right and left.

 

[lmgill]

The wooden hands look good, but I would be concerned they do not have enough joint stiffness to hold a glove in a position, unless the glove is very flexible.
For museum projects we have many times taken a normal mannequin hand and cut the fingers off, then, using 5-6mm armature wire (1000 series aluminum) inside of Tygon (Clear PVC "rubber" tubing) replaced the fingers. These new fingers can be secured into the mannequin hand with a mixture of "Bondo" (automotive bodyfiller) thinned with polyester resin. Sometimes we have carved / sanded wooden plug type finger tips, where the wire terminates into and that also fit into the Tygon tube. These hands are stiff enough to hold even armoured gloves in position.

 

[ahoudini]

Each joint has a Phillips head screw and can be loosened or tightened.

 

[Bengrim09]

IKEA

 

[_Lee_]

Thanks guys,

I'm currently using the wooden hands bit they are useless when it comes to holding s gun which is what trying to achieve.

Keep the ideas coming