Corpse Hands

Step 7 In which we add arms...

Remember that little ruler we used to measure the finger bones? Throw it away, time to bring out the big dogs! Measure your arm from wrist to the point of your elbow. This will be the length of your radius, the longer bone of your forearm. In this case, I have my Bucky arm to measure. Since I'm using his hands, I'll use his arm. I'm funny that way. In this case, the length of the bone is 24cm, or 9.5" with a width at the wrist of 4.5cm, or 1.75".

Just about anything can be used for this bone, depends on how much is being exposed. To be realistic, you can use two thinner pieces of wood or PVC, since your arm is not circular, but flattened. This is what I am doing, knocking off the square corners with a knife ahead of time. Attach the two bones together in some manner, such as wood screws or cable (zip) ties.

Attach your hand to the arm using something secure, such as cable ties. Don't snug the hand right up to the bone if you want to be able to pose the wrist. Give it some extra room and pad the tape with more tissue and tape. We want the wrist to be able to be posed, not floppy. As pictured, I added some stiff wire between the arm and the hand.

Once secured, fill in any gaps with more tissue and tape.

To build up some muscle on the arm, wad/roll newspaper in pleasing manner and tape down like you had done on the palm.