Looking for realistic human hand

Dewback_Rider

I am in need of a realistic looking, poseable human RIGHT hand. I am working on a niche costume from Star Wars and need the hand to make it work.

Anyone got any idea where I might find such a beast?

Thanks!

ItsThatGuy

hehe. I know what you are going to do. '

Good luck on your find.

Dewback_Rider

Thanks Tony! Yeah. I've been kicking this idea around long enough and need to just make it.

Ramirez

I don't know how flexible it would be but you could try one of those bodypart casting kits and use silicone or latex, with a wire armature, to cast the hand instead of plaster.

NoTsOsErIoUs

Local mortuary?

Sorry, bad joke.

MooCriket

A hand huh...well, if you want a toe... I can get you a toe, believe me. There are ways, Dude. You don't wanna know about it, believe me.

Hell, I can get you a toe by 3 o'clock this afternoon... with nail polish. So if you change your mind....I can get you a toe

Dewback_Rider

I have no doubt. A toe I don't need.

Here's the costume idea:

A regular average Joe kind of guy in a dirtied grey jumpsuit/overalls with a custom logo patch on the breast with a stylized image of Cloud City and the text: CLOUD CITY HVAC MAINTENANCE.

He has a leather toolbelt loaded down with tools.

Hanging clipped to his belt is a TESB Luke lightsaber with Luke's grisly, mummifed, monkey's paw-esque hand still clutching the hilt.

TheSt.LouisKid

Have you seen one of these? Maybe way off the mark for what you want since it clearly doesn't look lika a real hand but it has some good movement. Hit the switch and all fingers and thumb move.

Dewback_Rider

Thanks for the reply, but Photobucket is blocked in my office. I'll have to check it out at home.

randommann

You need to check some lifecasting sites.
As ramirez said, pretty much,
You could get some Alginate and plaster bandage and cast up your, or someone elses hand, so you have the negative, then cast from the nagative with silicone skin, and a foam core with a wire armature.
Paint it, and hey presto!!

I get my gear from here http://www.tomps.com/
there are loads of casting sites online or even on youtube.
If the worst comes to the worst, you could commision someone to make one for you!?
I know some people are kinda scared about casting things, I certainly was hahaha!

Hope this helps you.
Great idea by the way!!!

Paracord Junky

for the right price i can ...acquire... a hand for you by tomorrow.

does it really need to me articulated? if it's to be attached to the saber hilt why not use a static cast?

ItsThatGuy

I've heard Mark Hamill was about 5'6". You could cast my hand if you needed to.

Dewback_Rider

I have never cast anything. I've been more than intrigued by it, but have never seen it done, so am a bit wary of trying it myself without a little guidance.

I'm sure it's something that you learn and do once and then it's easy. I just have never had the opportunity to learn it.

A static hand molded in the right pose would be fine, it would not need to be poseable, I just noted that so I could make sure it would wrap around the saber hilt.

Dewback_Rider

Ideally, I would also like it a whithered and drawn, almost mummified looking, as if dried out from time sitting in the air shaft.

Howlrunner

I've made monkey's paws and mummified hands in the past. A pretty easy way is to get a cheap bucky skeleton hand and then build up mummified flesh on top of it with tissue paper (or kitchen towels) brushed down with PVA (Elmers) glue. It dries nice and wrinkly and paints up great if you give it some drybrush work.

Dewback_Rider

Great idea. Thanks!

Tan Djarka

You're in luck, as it's nearly Halloween and all the stores are stocking their seasonal wares. Look for a product called a "Crawling Arm" by a company called Gemmy ( http://www.gemmy.com ).

If you strip the latex/rubber hand off the inner mechanics, you basically have a hollow hand. Just create a wire armature wrapped with some foam padding, and that should work well.

Hope that helps.

Contec

Some joke shops have hands that you strap under the car or out from the trunk...

irishamericanlad

http://www.clevelandfx.com/photogal.htm
ive gotten stuff here before...

thegreatgalling

I think this might be a match made in cloud city:

http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=69102

Ramirez

How did your search for a hand turn out?

I just got a pair of latex hands for my Highlander Ramirez from ebay.
One is a knife wielder hand, to hold his katana, the other is just a standard open hand.

Maelstrom

pm me that seller whenever you get a chance. Thanks!

houdiniguy

You have a link?

I need a left and right for my life sized Spock.
Thanks
Tom

Oh... may I ask price? Looks great

outlander

That is inspired nerd genius at its finest!

Ryu Kumon

A little pricey but does this work at all?

http://www.dickblick.com/products/male-human-hands/