Well, I'm about to sit down and finish a pair of articulated pauldrons, 15oz, tooled and everything... however, before I sink in the time, I've a question for you all.
I've designed the shoulder cap with a curved "lip" closer to the neck; does this count as a protrusion, or what? Here be some pictures of the test piece- the actual armor will be larger (shrinkage!), as I both enlarged the peice, and will be doing room-temp water hardening as opposed to the boil http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150210836995607.441996.808235606&saved#!/photo.php?fbid=10150670567415607&set=a.10150210836995607.441996.808235606&type=1&theater