Beautiful Build Dana. Loving the sanded smooth edges. TK's building right now should look at your thread.
I'll chine in on the bicep to forearm conversation, if you make is connection elastics with snaps it allow you to put on your shoulder bells and biceps first, then you can snap on your forearms. This gives you greater range of motion while dressing. As you'll see in the change room, TK's have different ways of getting kitted up. Some do what I just told you, and some put on the entire arm (forearm, bicep, and bell) as an entire sleeve. Some do it other ways with the bells already attached to the shoulder straps. It's a mixed bag. Just saying the connection doesn't have to be a permanent thing, until you figure out how you like to get dressed. I'd say leave the strapping out for now until you can fully kit up. Then decide what works best for you.