Corpse Hands

Step 2 In which we tediously cut out all the bones...

Here is the fun bit for those of you that like to do dull, tedious tasks. You know who you are...

Using your ruler, mark out the length of the longer bones, those in the palm. You will want to cut these out first, since they take up the most real estate and you will go through fewer pens. Using the cutting implement of your choice (I choose you, band saw!) cut at the mark. I did the cut as a bevel cut, so that the joint will close easier for you to pose your new hand.

Here's a tip on the tips. The finger tip bones narrow down dramatically. I used the end plastic bit of the pen for this bone.

You will need to pay attention to which finger you are working on. I used my sharpie to mark each bone so that I knew exactly where it went (ex. The bone that connects to the wrist on the thumb was T1) I noticed that all my finger tip lengths were more or less the same, so I didn't bother marking these.

Comments

[ilikenothing]

Perhaps straws would work better and cheaper? The large straws used for Big Gulps or other over sized beverages

[MacabreRob]

Probably. When I first started doing these I had a lot of old pens in the house. My first versions I used latex so that the fingers would still be flexible after painting. In that case, the straws wouldn't have enough rigidity to keep the bone part of the fingers straight.

There are about a hundred different ways to make hands like these. This is just my interpretation.