Arm-adillo articulation! (Hur hur!)

More pics on the elbow bands...
I decided that 7.5" was a bit large for the space, so I scaled the pieces down a bit... 6.5" and 1.5" wide per band... and it seems to work quite well!

These first two pics are a view from the outside looking into the crook of the elbow... the new (smaller) pieces I cut out of the plastic 4L icecream tub lids... AV's grandmother was a sculptor and kept tons of them as paint palletes. The end result is more flexible than the harder plastic I used for the larger pieces and able to not only articulate within the elbow and the significant degree of flexion required, but due to the smaller amount of space I needed to work with (inside), the thinner plates seem to be able to conform to the space a little easier.

Ice cream! Mmm!

The next two pics are looking at the pieces and plates from the inside... and seeing how tightly the plates are able to conform to the inside of the arm pieces. This week sometime I will be riveting the elbow 'banding joint' to the arm pieces, then covering it and Bondo-ing the arm pieces for their second layer. I'll also be re-configuring some bands for the back of the elbow and the front of the knee joints... as they have a bend 'away' and increase their angle in respect to each other, I have to make the pieces a little fancier so as to allow them to stay articulated without 'gapping' and pulling apart and (let's face it) looking sloppy.

Stay tuned!