Making a new hand 2 hand weapon

[jimsippo]

Hey all,

I'm trying to make a wasteland version of an old eastern weapon, the katar is gripped with a horizontal handle and used with a punching motion. A very nasty piece of equipment!

I've been trying for some time to get them working and I'm pretty close but I'm missing the last step or ten to getting it right.

 

I've tried to use the brass knuckles as a base as I would like a matched pair of katars but it didn't work as I expected. I've basically just replaced the knuckles mesh with the katars as I would if making something like a sword but it seems the knuckles work in a way more similar to armour and as I've never experimented with that I'm missing the rigging or nifskope knowhow to get it working.

 

Here's my progress so far:

 

http://i51.tinypic.com/2mqqoew.jpg

 

http://i54.tinypic.com/f4347n.jpg

 

I'm getting that weird hand stretching and the katars are in the wrong place. In the first picture they just look like they need moving up and to the right, but in the second the also need rotating 90 degrees and moving down a lot.

 

Can anyone help me on this or point me in the direction of some relevant tutorials?

 

Thanks for reading,

Jim!