floaters would probably be best. you could start it out as a floater, turn on snaps to vertices and cut around the floater's edge. then weld. that's one possibility though it's probably not the cleanest method.
Hi, I;m on the wall about how to model Zero's breast plate. The "bulbs" are posing some difficulties. Would you model the whole breastplate as one mesh with "bulbs" or Do i model the breastplate separate and model the bulbs as floaters and attach later?