Gah, I'd like to enter something I've had saved up (but isn't exactly finished), if I'm not too late. Will post an entry if it's okay. If not, ignore it/I'll bow out. ^^
you said no big vertex changes like, shield deleting. well, i like to have my model without a shield. so can/may i scale the shield very tiny, and place it in the arm so that its not visible?