Alternative miss world Costume ideas

I am aiming to produce Armour inspired by armour found in nature. the mean inspiration is centipedes. i may be not like the idea of centipedes but there natural armour is just what I'm looking for This is a Chinese Red headed centipede, which is one of the most deadly centipedes and there have been many cases where this centipede has been found in someones ear and is know to have been used as a torture method due to the hellish pain.

The Facts about this centipede alone has made me want to make the armour have the look of a centipede. I want to be able to capture the look of the centipede but with a slight dark theme, reflexing on the dark side of this creature. With how the body centipede seems to overlap, I want to capture this and recreate as the armour.

I have been thinking of making the Centipede as a cape, like it had been killed and made into a cape.
This idea came from how wolf and bear pelt used to be used as clothing and even made into capes to show skill/power.