Thing

Etsy gave me a hand.

Well, not gave. But I ordered a wonderful silicone hand from this vendor on etsy. It has armature wire inside, allowing it to be posed.

Cutting him up

You can see on the ring finger that I made my first cut with the xacto knife. I'm trying to match the various scars, but leaving out the fresh new one in the middle.

Cuts are... cut.

Simply slicing wasn't enough. I cut a v shaped groove in each spot. I didn't worry too much about the lines being clean or consistent... the irregularity will pay off in the end!

Paint!

I painted it with Psycho Paint by Smooth-on, colored with their Silc Pig line. The main color was a mix of blood, blue, red and brown, done in a couple of passes with different pigments each time. The lines were darkened with a brown/black mix, then the entire thing was dirtied up with a bit of brown.

natural light

Had to get a nice natural light shot of him!

Starting the stitches

I used a waxed leather thread to sew him up. A curved needle is a must! It is a continuous line, and I tried to be irregular like the original, though I did NOT attempt to match exact stitch patterns. You can see that the wide v line with the really heavy black in the middle gets pulled together by the stitches, looking much more like it should.

All sewn up!

Getting the poses right is hard. His default stance wants to tip backward.

I had to

yup.

The end result

Thing now watches over me while I work.