If nothing is done before I get my game, one of the main things I hoped to look into was shrouding the exposed Michael's (preferably something interactive).

I never liked looking at the top of the Living Dead Girl in RZ, or floating door in AMH, and did create solutions for those.

I've had a few offers to trade for earlier games (ordering day fiasco put me later than it should have), but I'd rather not feel obligated to mod anything prematurely, and have plenty of other things to get to.

Look forward to what everyone comes up with

That looks incredible for the game (wonder how it looks when not in the sun).

I was torn on the armor color as well. Will look forward to what others swap in.

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As a side note, despite how packed Halloween is, I do see the opportunity for a couple rather large, transformative mods for the game, amongst others, without obscuring anything important, so the gears are turning, despite my silence on specific ideas I have in mind.

I think it will be a challenge to cover the top of the Michael's in a way that would tick all the boxes.

Just about anything would detract from the appearance of the hedge as it's seen in the film.

I wonder if a decent improvement could be to find a similar material (as a DIY) and just extend the height of the hedges (with a new, solid piece) to wherever the glass allows without looking odd. Seeing 1-1.5 Michael's from player perspective would be better than 3, and I think I prefer the look of scaling hedges (hedge beyond Michael in the film also appears a bit taller)

Just a quick MS-Paint mock up here with your photo for comparison:
hwn (resized).jpg

I'm glad you're enjoying the Elvira mods As I noted elsewhere, after my CC got declined on a CE purchase within the first minutes of opening, I got locked out (refreshing) for another hour and wound up with #592, so your spot will likely line up with when I'd be able to develop something anyway. A few offered to trade spots (as low as #61), but I didn't want the added pressure that would bring.

I appreciate the positive feedback, though as my mod history may show, I have to really feel something to be driven to mod a game. While I was familiar with Ultraman (primarily from my Famicom/FDS collecting days), it's not a theme I think I would do as much justice to compared to someone that intimately knows the source material. That's not a hard "no" as of yet, but it's unlikely.

I appreciate the faith, and of course the support over the years (I do recognize everyone that has stuck with me since the early days)

Still seems best to keep plans to myself this early, but if it all works out, what I have in mind should be rather transformative (can be a challenge to bring some ideas to life, but I do try to improve as I go forward).

Having now played the game, I wanted to note that the perceived glass channel from that photo isn't as it seemed. Not nearly enough room on that second hedge to bother raising it at all. Exposed Michaels don't actually bother me as much as I thought it may, though I do feel like that habitrail could have something interactive as the ball goes through.

Game plays great

If you mean the house, it's offered by Andrew/Vimtoman here:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/spooky-halloween-amp-ultraman-mod