Trim the forearms more?

[TK-8224[501st]]

I'm building an AP armour, and my forearms are a bit long to me, I think. They look fine when hold my arm stretched, but I can't f.ex. touch my shoulder.

 

Could you take a look at the pics and tell me if I should trim it more or not? If I have to trim it, I'll have to take off quite a lot (almost an inch) to make the pattern look good. I don't want them to be too small either!

[TK-8224[501st]]

First pic shows my arm stretched, second pic shows how much I can bend my arm.

 

Btw, I can take my helmet on and off, that's maybe just what I need to?

[firebladejedi[TK]]

If you can lid and de lid thats enough, i would leave them as they are

[Daetrin[Admin]]

Hard to say w/o seeing the whole kit together. I get armor bites all the time. There is a trade-off between accuracy and comfort to some degree.

[HPDblues[TK]]

If you can lid and de lid thats enough, i would leave them as they are

Hahahaha! I couldn't agree more Mark!!

 

"LID", and "DE-LID"! That's all you need besides holding on to your blaster.

 

Let your trooper "handler" do the rest...

 

T

[TK-8224[501st]]

Ahh, nice to hear! I was also glad to hear that my 6'2" lbf with FX armour couldn't touch his shoulders either.

[TK-8224[501st]]

Oh my, I'm actually ready to glue something. *faint*

[Darth Voorhees[501st]]

haha..

 

Like was said its probably ok to leave as is, BUT..if you find it gets too uncomfortable by the wrist bend, you can take a little bit off in a curve on the inner part of the sleeve to assist in not cutting off the circulation to your hand if you bend your wrist in. i didnt need to do that much with my AP, but i did with my FX as the forearms were larger. Just something to think about down the road if you have issues.

[TK-8224[501st]]

haha..

 

Like was said its probably ok to leave as is, BUT..if you find it gets too uncomfortable by the wrist bend, you can take a little bit off in a curve on the inner part of the sleeve to assist in not cutting off the circulation to your hand if you bend your wrist in. i didnt need to do that much with my AP, but i did with my FX as the forearms were larger. Just something to think about down the road if you have issues.

 

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind.