Transformers Soundwave Costume

Step 5 Arms & Hands

Not everything goes to plan. The first version I built was more for movement at the expense looks. It was a detached shoulder that after testing out, would look horrible. So with the help of dannyeurena and his Optimus Prime costume, attaching the shoulders to the body was the way to go. I rebuilt the arms with a new hinge that is less visible—one made of 1 inch galvanized steel that is pop riveted together. The sheet metal forms a “Z” so that it locks into the arm and forearm and is pop riveted into the cardboard with a washer. Painting was the same. For the extenders that pop the hands out on the outside of the forearm, I used more of the peeled off cardboard technique. For the hands, I bought a pair of used hockey gloves off Ebay.