Full Cardboard arms- complete with attached Spaulders and lames

So, in my attempts to archive, i seem to have missed a post! so here goes:

Now that i have my arms (in cardboard) and shoulder cop (in steel) complete, its time to design the lames that will connect them together.

This was made ten times easier by diving head first, once again, into the armour archive.

 

 Until now, i didn't even realize, but this pattern was by Sinric too! All i needed was the basic pattern of the lame, but nevertheless! For a smoother look, i wanted the lames to get progressivly larger as they got closer to the shoulder cop. To complete this look, i traced the lame shown above onto cardboard and i used it as the bottom of the three lames. I then laid the cardboard pattern over top of a piece of parchment and traced a progressivly wider lame using the same basic shape of the first one. I repeated this process for the top lame.

Side View

I think it has a much smoother look to it. 

The traditional Spaulder has a very boxy look, but Dooms armour is always very rounded.

Back view

Front view

Please notice, the inner elbow is very much exposed. This is something i will handle when it comes time for assembly. My current solution is a piece of firm fabric riveted into place spanning from the top of the vambrace to the bottom or the rerebrace. I plan to sew horizontal lines to give it a "ribbed" look and also offer a little more movement. But well see, these things have a tendency to devolve very quickly.

Until next time Doomed True Believers! Excelsior!