Yes, I am a fan of the underappreciated sci-fi genere of steampunk. Sue me.

This is one of the few truly anthropmorphic versions of my thylacine character. Hes a generation 3 Moreauian (as in Island of Doctor Moreau,) created through a process of infusing human elan vitale (life essence distilled from blood) and ‘etheric influence bombardment’ on a thylacine embryo.
While far more successful than Moreau’s crude surgery, Marruk’s hands and feet did not develope properly. This resulted in the addition of mechanical devices to aid him. Salvaged from an Atlantaen automata, they are constructed of orichalcum and function almost as well as natural hands. They have all the manual dexterity as human hands, but the tactile sensations are dulled, almost like wearing thin leather gloves.