Finally attempting (several months after receiving them) to string the Soom kit hands... Ermahgerd... It's the most frustrating thing I've ever done (including failed science experiments) - after about an hour of woe I've managed to string a grand total of 1 thumb and 1 finger...
Sooo compared the Soom hand and strings directly to my Dikadoll pair. Realised 2 things:1) The Soom channels are far too narrow for the elastic they supplied - the Dikadoll channels are fatter and the elastic is thinner
2) The Dikadoll hands are better anyway... better range of sideways motion in the fingers
Though ye gods I pity the people who strung them/dread having to restring them - the wrist joint on the Dikadoll hands attaches directly to the fingers using the elastics - it's a massive bundle of knots, each finger has an individual bit of elastic
...at least the Soom hands are one v.long bit so it's only the one knot to contend with... (Theoretically if I ever finish this.) I decided to co-string them with jewellers wire which (on the two successfully strung digits) works wonders for stiffening up the poses - making them pose more steadily than my Dika pair in the half-bent motions. But because the elastic is just too fat they're not v.good at straight poses
