Lid is looking nice. :-) Do you have any pics in slightly better light? It’s a little hard to make out certain details with the shadows. I’m thinking of the frown paint which could be extended to a point beyond the un-drilled 5th hole. Examples below; Regarding the forearms, I’d only suggest cutting them down if you really need to do so. Most armour have correctly sized forearms so you might not need to cut the length down. As per the picture below, there is zero return edge at the wrist end; Screen used suits had very minimal return edge at the elbow, as seen below; When you can, get some pictures of your forearm armour posted and we’ll have a look. :-)