Thanks for the advice guys!

I will switch to a vertical ring using the material left over from the main ring 35mm. The reason for the rather flimsy armor there is to stop the ring getting mangled like The Ringmaster, although their ring wasn't hardened. I would rather a piece of armor gets mangled than the £1000 ring.

And split the teeth so we have 4 total and increase them to 35mm. We need it to be the same on both sides in the event that we get flipped and to help balance the ring. I really don't want any teeth that go straight out from the ring, since if one of those gets hit by a v. spinner it will probably bend the ring and throw us flying at the same time.

I realize this is all uncharted territory, so it's going to be really interesting what happens! Hopefully we get picked...