I am exhausted... but I have cut out the pieces needed for the:

• gauntlet
• glove pieces
• bicep 
• pauldron
• thigh 
• knees

I still am missing the shoe pieces (I didn't want to cut those out, because I'm not sure which boots I'm going to be using), the chest pieces (both front and back) and the buckle pieces (plus a few random detail pieces).

I have permanent marker all over my hands and even up my arm a little bit. 

I have also found that our hot knife cutting machine (?) doesn't work well and the blade keeps falling off and burning our work table. Luckily, it's just a table top from an old coffee table we threw out. (That way I don't have marks all over our newer "used" coffee table. :P ). 

Since it doesn't work well (the heat cutting machine thingy), I ended up just using an exacto knife and it ended up working WAY nicer anyway. I started by tracing the template in permanent markers (thus the black marks all over my hand) and then used the exacto knife to cut it out. I tried always cuting it in one nice cut so I wouldn't have too many edges on the sides. (By edges I mean little markings from difference incisions). After cutting one piece out i would flip it over and cut out the same piece. It was so much easier doing it this way (becasue the big edge gave a better guideline to follow) and prettier. :P

I need to print out the templates for the chest and back pieces on Monday. They are definitely going to be too big for my little printer here at home. I'm really excited to start sanding them down and heating/bending them! If y'all have any tips you are more than welcome to comment. :)

That's all I have time for tonight. :D 

Have a great day tomorrow. 

P.S. We still have our piano. Hopefully my husband's friend will come down tomorrow to pick it up.