As always thank you so much for the kind words, they really do mean a lot to me.
In regards to how long I have been doing this, I have honestly always loved making costumes and little props, but it isn't until recently I have had the money to try some of the 'big boy' stuff such as molding and the like. So I have always had the ambition, but only until now have I had the means.
Either way...
For the past... however long it has been... I have been in personal denial over the chest piece. Telling myself "It only looks big but you got to remember your seeing out of the throat so it'll be proportioned!" In the end, I am coming to terms slowly with the fact that it's too big and I likely need to make another chest piece. v.v
I am scared to simply try to cut it smaller, as then certain areas will be disproportional, in the end; however it took me three days to construct it the first time. Imagining it done again but... smaller? Is rather a haunting task with all the tiny pieces.
The same issue happened with the hip/codpiece. I think my personal image of my body size is way off as I could have sworn I proportioned this correctly. Instead I got GIANT GRANNY PANTIES.
From the side? It is perfect. It is meant to have that 'tail' of metal down the back. But from the front it's stretched ridiculously so to a point I got 3+ inches on each side. I am thinking of just cutting it in four places and overlapping the chunks to make it smaller, but would love input on the best way to do this for the hip and chest armor.