Thank you for the suggestion.

I did try scaling only the Y axis, on each individual section of the arm, but they all still lead to some nasty kinks.

It might also have been exagerated by the pose.

Plus, I did this at around 2am this morning. Lateral thinking isn't my strong point when I'm tired.

If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominos will fall like a house of cards...checkmate!