Good news.
Mini Me and her friends are at a Coss play event.
2 are in chain mail, metal chain mail.
Alloy stage chain mail.
It arrived this morning, from and unusable source..
My job took me to a local castle and they had a historic re-enact meant going on for local schools, I ended up talking to the manager and asked if I had a few days. He called me and he had two upper body outfits, £40 later and we own 2.
They are alloy rings and weigh 3lbs. Ok, both are way to big, but a few wheel trim cable ties to pull tight and hidden under clothes and they were good to go.
Thanks for all the help and hints, now I am thinking long and hard about making my own.