Its been a little while since I updated my progress, so here goes! I have made hands for my Jester armature. In the past, I have just used epoxy to attach wire hands the metal rod arms. I had little success with that as the epoxy or aluminum wire would break after animating for a while. So I decided incorporate an hybrid approach.
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| Jester armature hand |
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I created a metal joint to attach to the ball at the end of the armature's arm. Armature wire is then looped through a hole in that joint and wire fingers are made around the initial loop. I then epoxied the fingers at the base to hold them in place. I can already tell that the hands feel way more solid then just wire alone.
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| Hand to armature comparison |
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The hands do not seem too out of proportion with the rest of the figure, but fine tuning will be done as I start sculpting the maquette.
