Well I'm just about at the spot to be able to wear this thing properly, and just in time for comic con.
Got the thighs glued earlier and the thigh garter belt system done today, and started gluing the front of the shins.
I also hand sewed on the snaps connecting the shoulder bells to the shoulder straps, and put the biceps and the bells together by attaching it at the back and using a hook on the inside following ukswrath's build process, which was very cool!
All I have left to do now to get it ready for comic con is finish the shins and do the belt which I can get done tomorrow, after the show I can finish painting the rest of the rivets white and do touchups on the buttons. (Oh, and do the gun.)