**Thanks Lisa
that all looks like very good advice , must remember to try to approach  things from perhaps the less obvious, ("more than one way to skin a cat"!) well less obvious to me at the moment.
I believe you have it in a nutshell your last two sentences.

Yes, I will be making a backplate as well, the whole armor am going for leather finish with the detail of chest muscles . Later will attempt the same but in some metal texture and apply all the decorative scrolls etc once I decide what rank I am dealing with.

Thats a good idea a "shirt" will get Apollo to model with his non hairy chest to show off his muscles to great effect. yes that seems a good alternative, thanks for that , so many options, well thats enough food for thought,time for action.

Thanks for your continued support.

Kind regards,
Blueblott

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