So my skeleton consisted of a base frame and then, to that base, were connected those slightly open rings, like ribcages, to protect the energy-storing crystals. I used some hard springs too to make everything able to move slightly while mainly staying in its desired shape.
There was one big on each hand, forming something like a forearm. Each on every leg, forming something like a calf. The torso was the most complicated. It had had this flower-like construction for protecting the core, where petals made of metal, were covering small parts of it and one another, making this composite construction.
They had wires in between made out of solid gold, because that was the second-best conductor for mana, right after the precious gemstones. All of it then was put under a ribcage. The access to the core was only through the back, where I created this protective plate with scales on top, able to be bent slightly to absorb some of the impacts.
