While I'm moving forward with my new claw project and I've started work on the gripper mechanism I don't have enough to show for that. So I want your opinions on something else.

Here we have the two Items I'm looking at using for the shell of the gripper hand.

I don't know which to use. The squarish water jug would have a more War hammer 40k Cyborky feel to it I think, and I'd have more room inside for the mechanisms. But I would have to modify the body more to fit my needs

The round one would have a more atomic agey retro feel, and I won't have to really do anything to the body other then adding the claw slots. but it's a much tighter fit inside and I might have to have part of my gripper mechanism sticking out (which could look cool if I can mock it up to look piston driven)

The side view shows what I'd have to cut off and the front views include the approximate claw positions

Whats your opinion