Armature Hands

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.

Jester armature hand

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.

Hand to armature comparison

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.