Tutorial Making a claw gauntlet Part 1

OK, because some people asked me for a tutorial - here it is
All my claw gauntlets were made this way - just the "decoration" is different.

Link to part 2:
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If you use the tutorial and upload a picture of your result,
please send me a link - I would like to see your creations

Link to my claw gauntlets up to now:
Ice [link]
Fire [link]
Steampunk
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