Ok, mirror photo, and nothing is properly attached, just balanced on my body or held on, but this is the current progress on the upper body of my Bahamut (FFX) cosplay.
Zentai suit underneath, all the armour is made from plastazote and upholstery foam (apart from the upper arm muscles which are a pair of polystyrene balls with bits for the arm carved out) coated in latex and painted - need to make it more blue, and make the rest obviously, but its the first point at which I can see how it is all going to work!
Lol thats ok, plastazote is a kind of dense foam (less dense than childrens craft foam/foamies but much more durable and comes in a lot more thicknesses) Very good for armour as it is light and durable and soft so you cant injure people with it! (very important!)