To my eyes the pictures you've shown show exactly the difference I'm talking about. Here's one side-by-side with your skin:
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Notice how you have widely spaced dark bands which are missing from the above pics. The lines you see in the reenactors' pics above are from individual rows of links which form a sort of corrugated texture whereas yours seem to indicate something different. I only bring this up as there is another way of making armour which does result in exactly the banding you're drawing in.
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Finn
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