I'm the coder for the First Age server mod (which has been granted permission by Mevans, don't worry).
I've been trying to change base LOTR armor stats and/or add new armor sets with custom models (to work around the inability to change armor stats) and I've found that I cannot create an armor set with a custom LOTR armor model.
I already tried editing the specialArmorModels map in LOTRArmorModels, no luck. The set of models and which items they are for seems to be hardcoded in the getSpecialModels method.
Anyone know how I could manage to get a custom armor set to use one of those models?