Building an Animatronic Claw
10 Nov2010
I love all things mechanical, I am always thrilled by the skill
of Hollywood prop makers. As I am always trying to progress my own
skills there's is nothing like a good excuse to take on a
challenge.
I wanted to use this claws for a Danish LARP event called City
of Cites, which takes it's inspiration from the post
apocalypticspan gere.
I wanted the claw haveing not only movement in the fingers but
in the wrist as well
this resulted in this wired contraption.
The outerskin og the claw is made from peaces of an old
hardshell suitcase, that i picked up at a fleemarked. You can just
make out where the wheel was (c;
The paintjob was done mostly by ratlecans, including some
finishing touches by metalic paint and drybrushing.
Thanks for reading!
Happy Propmaking