This is how it ended up. I'm waiting for my belt from Rob (TKittell) and I have to cut my shims, they are too big. (Sorry for the bad iPhone quality pictures, did not feel like taking out my Canon.)
The major difference I made, anyways for me, it that I went to the "suspender" way of holding my armor to the more accurate way of assembling it. It's taking me a bit more time to suit up, maybe it's just getting used to it.
Eric