:confused Alright, one question--how do the smaller bits of the armor stay on the vest? Or am I asking the wrong question?
Good question.
I first used velcro to attach the middle "diamond" - that was my anchor piece - I used it to judge where the other pieces would lay down.
(Constantly check your fit of parts, I made allowances to move my ab plate to be a bit lower on my Fett, since I don't have that 32 waist anymore)
Once that was in place,
I used the "snap" method shown on TK-409's site to attach mine.
I went to wal-mart and bought the strongest two part snap kit I could find.
Then I superglued the "male" connector to a small piece of plastic.
That in turn was glued onto the armour piece, after scoring the area with a crosshatch pattern using an xacto knife (this gives the glue something to grip.
I then glued the entire piece using JB weld (for extra strength).
I then put a small bead of hot glue around the connector, just for a bit more holding power.
Using a piece of chalk and chalked up the connector and laid it on the vest. The chalk transfers to the vest, so I know where to punch a hole through.
Be carefull as you punch through, if you snag a thread, it will pull across the entire vest, making a line or two.
Once you make a small hole (the kits from wallmart had the tool to do this), you attach the "female" snap in place and hammer it down.
(again - the kit had the base, you provide the hammer).
Once in place - it is not moving!
I used snaps on all the armour and to hold the knees on in place.
It works out pretty good, and I dont get the "whisp" "whisp" of using all velcro you get sometimes.