That looks like a fun item. :) You might be able to get away with turning off bending for the abdomen group, although that could cause distortion on the straps with torso bends. It's going to have to be a compromise one way or the other in any case. I know xantor has made robots and knows more about jointing rigid figures than I do, but I'm not clear how you'd introduce the rings into the hierarchy. They're plumb in the middle of the abdomen group, and I don't think Poser would take kindly to having two abdomens to work with. 8) One group can't surround another, the joint system wouldnae take it, cap'n (and neither would the dilithium crystals).