Akira Hand Set includes 24 different hand shapes (12 left hand and 12 right hand). Compatible scale with our Products Akira Ready made armature, Akira Kit Pro v1 and v2 and Akira Elbow.
To be used as a hand replacement system made of hard customisable white plastic, which can be easily painted with acrylic paints.
Key features
- Fixed shapes for avoiding the need of continuous finger positioning
- Enough shapes to perform smooth animations like:
- Hand closing and opening
- Waving “Hello”
- Secondary hand animation in a walk cycle
- Stopping gesture animation
- Shapes for the following postures: Spread fingers, Relax, Closing, Grabbing, Fist, Bend left, Bend right, Pointing, Thumbs up, Surfing, Bending up, halt position
- A shape to be used for grabbing objects
- Less prone to breakage than silicone hands
- Full pronation and supination movements thanks to the cylindrical shaft
- Compatible with easy replacement mechanism. Fits inside 5/32” square tubes.
- Easily customisable to your own flesh colour using acrylic paints.
- Lightweight but strong plastic construction using white Nylon PA2200
- Paint it and/or Clay it (for oven-baked clays please note a 90°C max temperature). Paint all the parts or shape them with oven baked clay like Super Sculpey and Super Sculpey firm or air-dry clay such as apoxie sculpt or miliput.
Box includes
- 24 hand shapes in white plastic
Kori Bundi (verified owner) –
No more broken wire armatures! These static hands are not only cute, proportional and expressive, but they save so much time in sparing a hand rebuild. My puppet is 11-ish inches, and the hands work great. Just the right size. Make sure you get the elbows as well.