Super Sculpey: Creating a mutated hand

I felt creating this mutated hand in clay was very useful to my design process. VeePees' mutated hand is a very important feature of the character and central to who he is and how the audience would relate to him. When designing making this hand I kept in mind the research I had read on deformed hands, like how the bones are also affected so I tried to show the bones of the hand pushing up through the skin.

I now have a very good reference when I want to create this in 3d Max. My mutated hand sketches are still useful but I can now view this object from any angle and gain a better understanding of it's geometry.

1. Tin foil and copper wire inner structure

2. First layer of clay

3. Final layer of clay and detail