Transtopia: Articulated hands for your Transformers!

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 1:26AM CST

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Resident Kitbasher Jin Saotome has brought us yet another great way to improve your Transformers figures. In this step by step tutorial, he shows us how to create articulated hands for most figures.

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Like always, the original post on this tutorial can be found here, along with Jin's extensive archives on past tutorials and amazing kitbashes.

Credit(s): Jin Saotome

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Re: Transtopia: Articulated hands for your Transformers! (828419)
Posted by Narc on November 5th, 2008 @ 1:55am CST

Cool! I'm gonna try this one. Thanks Jin! :grin:

Re: Transtopia: Articulated hands for your Transformers! (828505)
Posted by Stormrider on November 5th, 2008 @ 6:59am CST

Very cool.

Re: Transtopia: Articulated hands for your Transformers! (828522)
Posted by Point on November 5th, 2008 @ 7:25am CST

I've said it before and I'll say it again, some of you people are too talented for your own good. I'm definitely gonna try this. Thanks Jin!

Re: Transtopia: Articulated hands for your Transformers! (828601)
Posted by Hard Hacker on November 5th, 2008 @ 9:23am CST

Pretty cool.

But most Transformers, or at least mine, ues that 5mm peg system, so how does it hold the weapon? Unless you do a sly L clip hole insid ethe hand or something...

Re: Transtopia: Articulated hands for your Transformers! (828786)
Posted by dragons on November 5th, 2008 @ 12:55pm CST

no way i seen this done to a gundam modle to be made into a megaman model character & the hands where done the same way as shown here

Re: Transtopia: Articulated hands for your Transformers! (829126)
Posted by mattyc1007 on November 6th, 2008 @ 1:36am CST

yay. i think i can now make a genral lee transformer like patrick boivin, that man is a genius patrick and jin :mrgreen: