[WIP] MG Phenex WIP 3

I really had a lot to be thankful for this weekend. One of which is the amount of stuff I was able to do in regards of the ongoing projects.

Back to the MG Phenex, I worked on the other parts of the body that haven't been wired yet.

Lighting the backpack was pretty straightforward. No excessive modding was done to accommodate the wiring. I just made sure that I connect all the necessary wires together inside the backpack so I only have 1 pair of wire going out of the part.

The shoulders were a little easy too thanks to the size of the SMD LED. The LEDs fit well in the gaps between the armor and frame pieces. I'm not sure why but the shoulder armor tends to not fully close. I've also experienced this with my MG Banshee Titanium finish.

I've decided to combine the wires here in the shoulders so that the number of wires going into the body would be decreased. 

I think the chest required the most number of LEDs since it is covered by clear pieces all around. Here you can see the amount of wires coming out of the chest. Let alone the other parts that will be connected here. 

Combining the wires in the waist area was really stressful since I had to pass the wires around the pieces in certain ways so that the pieces would close properly. After successfully passing the wires through the waist area, it's now time to combine them. Part of passing the wires through the waist part also required that they go in each side depending on their polarity. Keeping each polarity on either side makes makes the assembly harder but makes combining the wires easier,

Combining the upper and lower halves through the stomach area was the easiest solution instead of in the waist area which would require that I pass through the upper sections wires through the complicated waist area. 

It's finally taking shape. Unfortunately, with all the LEDs connected, it appears that the LEDs are now under powered since there are some parts that appear to be lit poorly. Hopefully a better power supply, like a power bank, fixes this issue.

I believe this is a common issue with the MG Unicorn Design. The waist area is loose and the only thing holding it together is a locking tab at the back. But the tab itself tends to get loose quite easily. I'm still thinking of a way to secure this connection.

I've also started working on the Armed Armor DEs. Though I still have to rewire some areas since it's not well lit specially the bottom area as seen from the pic above.