I finally got to work on the armor attachment assembly. Specs are based off
RafalFett 's blueprints. It's a tedious process as it requires 23 sets of 2-part plates that house the M5 plastic screw. Thanks to
Major , we got most of the work done by laser cutting the base squares. I trimmed the corners and drilled the holes for 46 pieces!
I installed brass grommets onto my vest, stuck the plastic screw units onto the armor plates, and assembled them except the left chest plate.
These screencaps clearly show a cable wrapped in silver tape exiting the left chest plate and running under the girth and ammo belts. I am guessing, and it seems logical, the cable supplied power to the chest display from a power source in the left thigh pouch or in one of the ammo pouches.
To replicate the silver cable, I removed the chest display unit and lengthened the cable so it's long enough to reach my left thigh pouch.
I'm going to look for silver tape tomorrow to wrap the cable and attempt to complete the vest, along with the wookiee braids.