Lovely work:) It surely required a lot of patience and love... If the beads basically only serve as place-holders to avoid the mail to compress, maybe you can use something less eye-catching than the beads. I'd suggest you to create small springs of metal-wire (here (http://www.google.it/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=PzzLVRltEsz-yM&tbnid=Pk1Ja-BICdGfvM:&ved=0CAYQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmakezine.com%2Fprojects%2Fdiy-hacks-how-tos-how-to-make-chainmail%2F&ei=tR0iU-mDFMbCtAaC_oDABg&bvm=bv.62922401,d.Yms&psig=AFQjCNGga3CyAWCK1rxGVksTm2Z3EQbiWQ&ust=1394831133562689) on the 3rd page there's a picture of what I mean - since you already made the chainmail ist should be easy for you to make the springs). You can make them as long and as wide as it's needed, and since it's the same material it should blend in unobtrusively...
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If the beads basically only serve as place-holders to avoid the mail to compress, maybe you can use something less eye-catching than the beads. I'd suggest you to create small springs of metal-wire (here (http://www.google.it/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=PzzLVRltEsz-yM&tbnid=Pk1Ja-BICdGfvM:&ved=0CAYQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmakezine.com%2Fprojects%2Fdiy-hacks-how-tos-how-to-make-chainmail%2F&ei=tR0iU-mDFMbCtAaC_oDABg&bvm=bv.62922401,d.Yms&psig=AFQjCNGga3CyAWCK1rxGVksTm2Z3EQbiWQ&ust=1394831133562689) on the 3rd page there's a picture of what I mean - since you already made the chainmail ist should be easy for you to make the springs). You can make them as long and as wide as it's needed, and since it's the same material it should blend in unobtrusively...