In the past 3 weeks I cast the remaining parts for the spine as well as shock plates/armor that will be attached to boots:

Just before that I cast two extra parts I was missing before, a shoulder connector with some extreme detail and an unsightly hip connector. One of the parts here is repeated above.

My sheet metal order of bent spine connectors and arm bracelets came in:

I decided I might as well make those in 2mm stainless steel after prototyping with paper and cardboard: