The Armor Kit

You will need to do some research to find that several people make these "in their garage" but they're all acceptable and vary in size, shape, quality. I got mine from "SC" (maker's names not state for their legal security) which is not as accurate as MC but better looking than the KS kit.

I didn't need to do a lot of work on it. The assembly took roughly 3 weeks to complete and most of it was spent sewing pieces of velcro to elastic straps.

You will need to spend some time fitting the pieces to your physical build and sand all the edges. Some trimming is necessary so arm yourself with a tough pair of sheers, or a good pair of scissors. Sand paper. A rivet gun, rivets and rivet washers. Some ABS or multi-purpose glue. A sharp, strong "X-acto" knife. Be CAREFUL with this!

Get a heat gun or hair dryer to do some thermo-shaping. The arm pieces will be too wide to sit snuggly around your upper arm and forearms.

For the strap and webbing work, get white thread, black thread, a solid needle, a curbed needle, a thimble. A sewing machine would be nice if you know how to use one (I don't, so I do everything slowly and painfully cause that's how I roll), you can even get outside help.

Roughly put together SC kit.