Arming my Arms- 2 (sequels CAN be better than the originals)

Now that i have my cardboard arm up and running, its time to make all of the necessary adjustments to the patterns. The first, and easiest tweak was to scale back the length of the Vambrace, or forearm. Since Dooms Gauntlets have their own very large Vambraces, the ones connected to the full arm will not need to be very long at all.


The adjustment was very simple. First what i did was cut a few inches of length from the top and bottom halves of the vambrace, shown above.

Then, i put the demi-vambrace on my arm to see how it fit. This pattern is intended to be worn with a pair of gauntlets with very short wrist guards. Because of that the bottom hole was large enough to squeeze your fist through, but as it flared up towards the elbow it gets much larger in width. For what i need it for, this was much too wide as this will need to fit under another larger vambrace. So with the newly shortened demi vambrace on my forearm, i taped down the excess width until it fit comfortably. As i took it off i made sure that my fist would fit through the bottom hole. In black marker to traced where the cardboard overlapped itself. I then removed the tape and cut the excess material until the top and bottom fit without any overlapping. The Photo below shows where the overlapping occurs.


The end result was much more comfortable and practical. The next adjustment that needed to be made was to the Rerebrace, or upper arm. But ill save that for another post!