well i made the gaunts out of some posterboard i got from staples, package of 10 sheets was like 3 dollars or so..big sheets too.... i wanted to make them out of plastic but there were so many parts i decided against it and went with the card board. traced pattern and cut them out....then i basically started on the bottom parts with the 4 cutouts, then the top parts where all the bends and stuff are and got those glued together...basically i did all the parts i knew went together first and worked my way to the remaining pieces while looking at reference material to make sure they are similar at least...some parts i cut out multiple layers in the case of say the panel on right gauntlet where the darts go into...it would be hollow otherwise so i reinforced it with layers of cardboard or i would reinforce the connections...basically anywhere i felt would be weak or need to be stronger and now they are pretty durable i would say. Then when i had them all together and shaped i glued some fiberglass strips inside (gluing the strips down is the easiest way i think...they don't move around when applying resin and its so much less messy) and applied resin to the inside and outside....once it dried i took my dremel and cut off all the things that dried and stuck out or w/e....things not supposed to be there like bits of fiberglass that stuck out from the edges or w/e....then few layers of primer...few layers of metallic silver...then the burgundy and the weathering...still its taken all week to make them both but I'm not in top form as i just had surgery on my face and havn't really felt up to the normal amount of work i usually do...prob could have made them in a couple days if i had been better