This was a triumph. I'm making a note here; huge success. It's hard to overstate my satisfaction.
It's finally done. And I'm very pleased with how it turned out, especially the armor pieces. I'll be posting a post-mortem on the whole costume sometime tomorrow, probably. I'm too worn out tonight and it's already 1:30am. Anyways, going to post all the pictures for the day and then the finished product!