Nazgul Gauntlets The lord of the rings

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Do you like The Lord of the Rings? It's literally my favourite saga of all times :D Here I drop you a video of the gauntlet not entirely builded yet to show you how it works: https://www.instagram.com/p/Czv4FeLq3N6/ HOW TO BUILD IT Each finger has a different number of the same pieces called fingerpieceA. Starting by the thumb finger, the number of fingerpieceA you have to print is: x6, x7, x8, x7, x5. If you look at the images you may see it easily. Of course, you can print more or lees of these pieces in order to fit better your hands. Every finger has x1 fingerpieceB and x1 fingerpieceC, except the thumb, that hasn't got the fingerpieceB (look at the pictures if it is not clear). Then you got the knuckles (x1), and from closer to further: x1 handpiece1, x1 handpiece2, x1handpiece3, x1handpiece4. To end, x1 thumbfingerpiece, that is like a special finger piece but bigger made just for the thumb. Summarizing, to make the entire gauntlet you'll have to print: x33 fingerpieceA.stl x4 fingerpieceB.stl x5 fingerpieceC.stl x1 thumbfingerpiece.stl x1 handpiece1.stl x1 handpiece2.stl x1 handpiece3.stl x1 handpiece4.stl x1 knuckles.stl x1 armpiece.stl x1 armpiecebottom.stl x1 hingeA.stl x1 hingeB.stl Once you printed all, you have to join the hand pieces together. Notice that each piece has holes in it. The idea is to use these holes to attach the pieces together using nails or screws. If you don't have it or just don't want to buy them, don't worry, you can make your own nails to join the pieces, using filament! It's very easy and I did my gauntlet this way. Yoy have to cut a small piece of filament (like 1-2cm). Then, using a soldering iron, melt one side making a little bit of pressure, gently (have a look of the nail in the 10th picture). This is going to conform the head of the nail. Once you have that, pass the nail through the hole of the two pieces to join. Finish melting the other side of the nail, making another head, so it can´t get out. And that's it! I also made a video on instagram to show you exactly how to do it, check it out!: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz9csLeKnBE/ Now, the finger pieces are attached directly to the glove with thread. You have to sew each piece to the glove using the two holes on the sides of the piece. Make sure to sew them closely one to another to not leave any part of the glove visible, and to ensure that once it's done you can totally flex your fingers. To join together the armpiece and the armpiecebottom, I printed 2 more hinges and place them in one of the sides so I could open and close the arm body and put myself easily the gauntlet. Didn't make holes in the 3D desing for the placing of these hinges because I think maybe some of you would prefer not to use this system, make it in another way, or directly don't print the back side of the arm (that is optional). So, what I did instead is to print the piece and made the holes easily with an screwdriver to place the hinges exactly where I wanted. I also made another two holes to place an old watchband that I had, one part in the front piece, one in the back, so I could close the arm body.