The Warforge Miniature Modelling and Conversion

Failed handiwork

Well, tonight I took a stab at making fists and I have to say it was a giant step sideways. Hands in particular have always eluded me. Back when I was making my Big Mek and I had to come up with a bionic hand, I went digging through my Bitz bins like a lunatic because it just wasn't looking right. This is much the same - though I took a stab at creating some proper-sized manhandlers out of styrene and paperclips, the results were substandard at best.

 

The one thing I will say I got out of doing this is that I learned I like his look much better if I have closed fists, rather than the open hands like what the original dire troll mauler had. That last picture (farthest right) has his fist angled forward a bit strangely at the wrist, but you get the idea, anyway.

I may make another attempt at making a closed fist tomorrow in roughly the same style, with a bit more precision than the haphazard eyeballing I was doing today for finger joint lengths. Truthfully, though, I think this one might be a job for the toy stores - I'll have to go and take a look at things like transformers and gundam toys to see if I can't find a pair of robotic smashy fists already made the right size. I found a couple in Privateer Press's Warmachine lineups - the warjacks have a couple nice hands - but I don't know if they're the right scale, and I'm not desperate enough yet to order them and see.