Roughing in the hands

Once the armature for the hands was made I began to rough out the forearm and hand. With the wire acting as the skeleton of the fingers it made it much easier to pose the fingers correctly and at a correct spacing to then be fleshed out with clay. As the forearm was removable it also made it much easier for working on them rather than whilst they were on the main figure.

The wire structure also made it easier to repose the fingers if I wasnt happy with their position. I sliced between them with a blade shaped sculpting tool and then moved them to the position I required.