Hands made from Great Stuff

[Vikeman]

Here's a pair of hands made from great stuff. I have to give the credit to Madmax for the idea. I used the $6 plastic hands from Big Lots. I cut them in half and put a little baby oil on them, then sprayed in the foam. I put some pieces of coat hanger in each finger. They were painted with black, brown and white paint. The next ones I make will be covered with latex or I might try to mache them using Kroughs method. There are three pictures if you click on the link. Let me know what you think.

http://halloweengallery.com/displayimage.php?album=225&pos=0

http://halloweengallery.com/albums/userpics/10028/hands.jpg

[Wildomar]

Wow, those look really great! Nice job with the painting.

[DeadSpider]

Those are great! I love them.

What does the original hand look like? I am not familiar with the $6 hands from Big Lots.... No Big Lots here. And what is Kroughs method?

[JohnnyL]

WOW! Nice!!!

[mrklaw]

great job

[ScareFX]

Very nice job on the hands Vikeman!

[Vikeman]

Thanks everyone!

DeadSpider, Check out this link. Wormyt took some pictures, I think they are on the second page of pictures
http://www.hauntforum.com/showthread.php?t=3116

[edwood saucer]

Those hands are awesome. Great great work.

[DeadSpider]

Thanks everyone!

DeadSpider, Check out this link. Wormyt took some pictures, I think they are on the second page of pictures
http://www.hauntforum.com/showthread.php?t=3116

Thanx!!

[-blank-]

looks nice

the 6 dollar hands you were talking about, are they the Creepy Hands from biglots?

[Michigal]

Vikeman, what did you use to separate the original hands with? I bought a pair with the intention of using them the same way, and was wondering what is the best way to cut them apart (those fingers are Looong! :eek: )

[gypsichic]

How to! How to! :D

[Vikeman]

blank, yes they are the $6 hands from Big Lots.

Michigal, I used a dremel tool with a cutting disk. I just cut on each side of the finger from the tip toward the large part of the hand. You will have to cut the last little bit between each finger with something else. I used a hacksaw blade.
Then I rubbed some baby oil on the inside of the top half of the hand. I didn't used the bottom half at all. I cut some long pieces of coathanger wire. Then I sprayed some Great Stuff in the hand and placed a wire in each finger, along with a long wire sticking out at the wrist. I painted them using black, brown and white. I'll try to take some pictures of the next set I make.

[madmax]

I used a razor blade knife. You can cut both sides of the fingers at the same time. Just make sure you stay at or below the seam....I discard the bottom half to the trash.

I used picture hanging wire in my fingers...going down about midway into the palm. Make sure you let them cure before taking them out.

[Michigal]

Thanks, guys. I appreciate you sharing the way you did this. Either way I can get them apart, as long as I can get hubby to hand over his dremel.
If not, Razor knife for me. Hahaha. (As soon as my finger heals from the exacto knife wound, that is. :D)

[madmax]

Those hands also made decent monster feet...I still need to make some smaller hands for this prop. The big lot hands are to big for my prop...so I turned them in feet.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f117/wkuyoungguns/monster%20cage/cageheadturningprop004.jpg

These will be the feet for my Werewolf prop. I still need to cut off one of the fingers/toes and add some hair.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f117/wkuyoungguns/monster%20cage/Photo001.jpg

[Daddy's Little Corpse]

Instead of cutting them in half do you think a cast of the original would work? I bought some from Big Lots after seeing the idea in Wormy's post and now I don't have the heart to cut them in half...