effect shader on armors

[Relevant Halo]

In the creation kit, there is are effect shaders that resemble a disintegration effect (usually played with shock spells). When played, the actor's skin and armor will break into pieces, fizzle, and eventually disappear.

 

I've been trying to apply this to an armor to make it look like an armor is disintegrating but haven't been able to do so. Does anyone have any ideas?

 

In the creation kit, under the effect shader itself, there is a "affect skin only" flag (which is the exact opposite of what I'm after). Is there a way to switch that around?

 

I've also thought about making a separate armor entry with an enchantment that will play the disintegration shader, but I haven't been able to get that to work. The effect works, but the entire body, both skin and armor, gets disintegrated.

 

Can you modify alpha values of armor?

 

Or is there a way to attach a shader to a piece of armor through script?