The plates' modifiers are currently calculated the same as the core defense stat, but according to other mods' ConArm support a better representation would be through the handle's modifier stat in TiCon. Should be a simple enough fix, and it would represent a huge balance fix. As it stands, materials from your mod are roughly 30x more durable as plates than any other material.

Thanks for the heads up, I'll be sure to upload a version with this change asap. :)

Cool! Love the mod, by the way. It's nice having more choices to play around with as far as armor goes.

That's precisely what led me to create it :) Back when ConArm was released, you only had the default TiC materials and some common metals available. For someone that used and abused TiC add-ons, not having them for armour parts was a nightmare.