Ace Frehley Cosplay

Ordered the rest of the studs I need a couple days ago. Should be getting the large ones tomorrow, smaller ones won't get here until the 15th *sigh*I also bought some fusible interfacing and cotton fabric for backing, mostly for the purposes of covering up the sharp pointy side of the studs.

Oh, btw, I found a color picture of the belt

Wouldn't you know it? The studs are brass...

Why does the Love Gun costume make me want to make it into armor?

Edit:

I wish I could draw worth a damn, but here are some pics that I hope will help me explain my idea.

the influences:

The Patterns:

The armor, including the cross-over bit of the costume will all be in silver, with a black starry bodysuit of some kind under it. Still kinda working out the finer details.

Frist attempt at practicing the outline of the stars in the make up with the help of my cat lol

"Picture F shows a little seen costume from the fall of 1973. It mainly consists of a pair of black jeans, and a black T-shirt with the name Ace written on it, with studs. As far as I can see, Ace also wears a pair of platform boots, that comes up to his thighs..."

Found this here: https://www.kissfanshop.de/AceFrehley/costumesAce1973USA.htm