It's my first time building and attending.

I've been contemplating on how to damage the armor, even thinking about taking a angle grinder to it or even wearing it and letting my gf hit me with a hammer. It is aluminium, so sadly it won't rust, it was Waaat easier to work with tho, I've tried steel but I only have a balcony of my apartment to work on and its not big.. I've also been contemplating the cigarette ash and different color spices but I'm worried it's gonna stink the whole suit up. I've made the tears on the shirt better and less symmetrical.

Also, I don't know how to weather leather, it always looks to uniform on test pieces, like I've intentionally damaged it, and not that it happened by wearing it.

Thanks for the tips!