I managed to get some gluing going, I might want to thin out the center fronts of the chest plates a bit to flatten them some more, but I used a less resilient glue to glue the back sides of the plates. They consist of two plates for both sides; a leather covered frame and a hard pvc (not sintra) plates with Mabari inscriptions. I opted to use white leather for everything (with the exception of suede, since it's awful to dye) so I can get an overall finish similar to the screen used costume.
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