Building a wire armguard is one of my longest running projects because no matter how many time I build one I'm never satisfied with the results. Half the time I don't even finish a given design before giving up, only to try again a few months later. Even when I do finish one I find myself trying again a few months later.
Statistically this one will probably not be the final success either, but at least it's gotten further than the last few! And it does have the advantage of simplicity: the pieces can slide past each other to accommodate my wrist motion, but they can't flop around in other directions because they're strapped to my arm.*
I've got the first section pretty much done and most of the design work laid out for the other two. So (fingers crossed) all I need to do is wire up the "surface" of the other two sections, and probably add cloth backing and padding, and I'll be good to go!
* (I can't even describe how stupid I feel for never thinking of this design before. I've been building complicated circular bearings to hold everything rigidly in place and meanwhile my arm is a straight stick that's right there. And I need to strap the armguard to it anyway. Gah.)