Unfortunately we had an issue with the ball and socket armature, for the Domovoi mould as it didn't line up correctly. As you can see below the arms weren't long enough, this made all the joint to be in the wrong place.
The first idea to correct it was to unscrew the attachments, and simply cut a longer piece of metal tubing for the shoulders, therefore increasing the shoulder length and also the arms. But the screws holding the entire armature together were glued into place and therefore couldn't be moved. So some how we needed to correct the armature by lengthening the arms another way. In the end Kane Duncan, Darryl Marsh and myself (Nicola Everill) resolved the problem by extending the fore arm.
Firstly Kane removed the arms as shown below:
He then cut down the KnS tubing slightly, so the top of the armatures arms can fit into the tubing. Then silver soldering the two pieces onto the armature. For the bottom of the arm to be attached, Kane placed the arm into the tubing, slightly clamping the tubing around it with pliers. And again silver soldering, to ensure the new improved arm will not break or fall apart.
Image below showing how the new armature fits better into the mould, and the joints are in the correct place. Just need to trim down the wire for the fingers, so they fit nicely into the hand part of the mould.
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