Fantasy Art - The Nomad

I spent quite a bit of time looking at pictures of the arm guards worn by Roman murmillos to try and come up with a solution for the one this fellow is wearing.

This was drawn on 9' x 12' paper, which always feels a touch cramped to me.  Drawing the figure at that scale is fine for a study or a doodle, but for something that I intend to polish, it usually makes me a touch claustrophobic.  Still, I'm relatively pleased with the outcome.