Flexible Artists Hand Model, Adjustable Hand Model for Drawing, Drawing Mannequin, Lively Manikin Figure Hand Model for Desk Decoration, Sketching, Drawing, Painting (R-White)

I bought 2 hands L - skin tone and R- white. I was absolutely in love with L! "What a wonderful, durable, good quality manufactured hand mockup! And you know what? It has spare nails! So you can choose either short or long version! Absolutely fabulous and inspiring handy tool for artists!👍👍👍👍👍👍" But when R arrived it gives different totally impression....the manufacture quality is way lower than the L, stand is different, and the worst the conjuction point between hand and stand stick...unstable and weak. Bad surprise especially when the first L was perfect...

i have quite literally never felt so interested in sharing my opinion of a product before in my life. i think this is my first amazon review ever. this mannequin is absolutely incredible and has such a fantastic range of motion. hands are one of the hardest things to draw and honestly even though people have them attached to the ends of their arms, it's still hard to get a decent reference. i hate the wooden ones you see in art stores, because the fact that the palm does not flex and bend the way a real hand does means they're essentially useless for actual art reference. in particular, the range of motion on the "meat" of the thumb is really something i was praying for. now, it does have two sets of nails, and i found that the blunt middle fingernail did tend to come off. but!!! i have a pretty easy solution that i think may help if you are sharing this problem: museum wax/putty is a temporary waxy adhesive that you can put a very small amount onto the pegs that serve as the nail's attachment point. do that and press the nails on, and they will feel secure and not like they might pop off. this was especially helpful for me, personally, for the long nails, because i'm very prone to losing small things and not noticing if bits go missing. so with that, i feel confident it isn't going to have an issue without me noticing. the hot-swappable nails between long and short are something i haven't seen in any other similar products, even more expensive ones, and they're awesome! they let you reference long nails or even claws pretty easily. i have a couple more good tips for those buying this product: the base is plastic and may tip over, yes; don't be afraid to attach some weights to the bottom. that's pretty easy to find, just adhesive weights is all. another thing: if you're worried about losing the blunt nails, get some blu-tack! not museum wax for this, just because it can be a bit hard to get all the matte residue of the wax off (not an issue with the pegs and ports, because you want them to stay secure after all haha.) but blu-tack comes off easy. just stick the set of nails you aren't using to the bottom of the stand, and you shouldn't have trouble with that! i added a picture of the blu-tack-nails-to-store-them and the weights i added to my stand to my photos. another application of blu-tack relating to these hands: if you're struggling to get it to grip something (which is natural considering they're slick PVC and not soft and pliable like real fingertips), put just a little blu-tack on the finger pads of each finger, and it'll help the object stay securely in the hand, for poses involving holding pens or other such things. the one last thing: definitely don't be afraid to tighten that wrist joint if it's loose! i haven't had trouble with it, but if your hand won't hold something hefty like an apple, the product DOES have a fix for that already! i've included some pictures of how it looks, because i am just really impressed with this whole thing. it's honestly superior to the similar product i imported from japan for 100 dollars a few years ago when i was desperate to find something to help with hand studies. there are no instructions, but assembly is extremely easy to understand. just screw the pole into the wrist, screw the other end into the base using the washer, and you're good to go. with nail swapping, find yourself a pair of clippers (like the kind you might use for gunPLA or 3d print snipping) and clip them off their runners, then just figure out which nail fits on which finger (the ports are NOT interchangeable, so if it fits, that's the right one!)

The fingers are stiff enough yet movable enough to be posed into a lot of different angles, positions, etc. The one thing is the base is sort of weak and the arm holding the mannequin falls out, but so long as you aren't having the base at a weird angle, it shouldn't be a big problem. Could fix this with glue.

Great for practice! The joints are very well made! articulation work wonderful and if you need to work with the right hand; all you need is to take a picture and flip it! The only Con is the base and the flexible stand. The base is made of plastic so I used a wood craft base to support the weight

Not very heavy. But my granddaughter liked it.

Love the flexibility of the fingers!