[Lex]

This is how the waterline belt was made. At 1:400 scale, one can rely on the strength of the paper to support itself. Zio's design is extremely accurate and only minimal adjustments were necessary. The most troublesome part was the start of the main belt armour, as one can see a slight kink in the waterline, as well as a wrinkle on the skin itself at this location. Nothing major.

For the step in the middle of the belt, I added two layers of 300gsm card on the bottom half and then attached both top and bottom half onto another sheet of card. This naturally forms the step without any additional internal supports (which I messed up already) and is extremely resilient.

(You can also see the Zara class on-screen as they appear in a certain Belarussian MMO)