My collection is based around deluxe and voyager scale figures, which generally works for me. However, one aspect of these figures that has always left me wanting more is hand poseability. Very few of the figures were designed with decent looking hands. As a result, I decided to try and make some improvements to some of those figures that badly needed an upgrade. These two in particular with their little square mitts were high on the priority list. The first figure i modified with new hands, however, isn't finished yet and is proving a bit tricky. So I'll post about him soon. I needed a bit of an easier distraction in the interim to keep me motivated. I'm also under time pressure at the moment so I'll have to add paint details at a later date. This was more about the actual upgrade of the stock hands into something better. I used mechanical round hands 1/144 scale, from hobby base in Japan. Tricky to put together in this scale but well worth it for the end result. Sadly, they do not hold weapons very well but I think it's a plastic on plastic grip issue that I will try to solve by putting some kind of rubber on the weapon handles later (if anyone has any other ideas, please let me know). I used the dark grey for sideswipe and the light grey for sunstreaker (which will be painted yellow at some point). Hope you like...
