looking for armour

foxwood · Post by **foxwood** » Wed May 12, 2004 6:32 pm

for the next project I'm working on, we are dressing one of the characters in modern armour, and I am trying to find somthing that doesn't look gay, like paintball stuff. If anybody has any ideas or interesting sites, send them.

Truggy · Post by **Truggy** » Wed May 12, 2004 6:37 pm

Get some silver spray paint that is tinted light (like metal cr** w/e) and get a catchers chest guard, spray paint it, and your set....

Gyro · Post by **Gyro** » Wed May 12, 2004 10:42 pm

This is a tough one. Leather is actually a good suppliment for armor, not the coat stuff, but some of that real hard stuff, like they make horse saddles out of. But you could play around with that for some armor, make shoulder straps, breast plates, etc. maybe something like this, but modern.

this armor is solely leather, with some hints of metal.

lethelgirth87 · Post by **lethelgirth87** » Thu May 13, 2004 3:43 am

http://www.nightmarearmor.com/

foxwood · Post by **foxwood** » Thu May 13, 2004 3:54 am

lethelgirth87 wrote:http://www.nightmarearmor.com/

great link, but pricey, we already looked there, and the lester is a bit off base, as I am looking for modern tactial style stuff.

Truggy · Post by **Truggy** » Thu May 13, 2004 3:55 am

How bout spray paintin a pillow or something, and sew belts on it, and flatten it to your chest? lol u try searchin google?

Epsilon · Post by **Epsilon** » Thu May 13, 2004 4:46 am

I say buy the cheap plastic things from K-mart and stray paint them silver.

Gyro · Post by **Gyro** » Fri May 14, 2004 12:57 am

I see that by your link you would like it to be much more high tech than what i thought. Well my next suggestion would be similar to Epsilon's by getting some plastic, possibly several peices to mold it into your own shapes comfort and designs, next painting them into desired colors.

I3lade203 · Post by **I3lade203** » Fri May 14, 2004 12:59 am

like paintball stuff.

how about .. paintbal stuff?

ALove · Post by **ALove** » Fri May 14, 2004 1:57 am

go here if you have 3500$

hello master chief!

foxwood · Post by **foxwood** » Fri May 14, 2004 2:20 am

I3lade203 wrote:
like paintball stuff.
how about .. paintbal stuff?

I'm thinking we are going to end up screwing with some paintball stuff, even though it looks really silly and such.

Epsilon · Post by **Epsilon** » Sat May 15, 2004 2:57 am

ALove wrote:go here if you have 3500$

hello master chief!

Oh my, That Is Funny!

Or just make your own.

foxwood · Post by **foxwood** » Sat May 15, 2004 6:10 am

well probably end up making our own stuff, but on the subject of armour, we just got in the armour for the villion, which is a sute of roman plate mail and it kicks butt, I'll try and get pictures up tommarow. And to think the modern stuff should be the simple s*** to get a hold of.

DaveP · Post by **DaveP** » Mon May 17, 2004 9:20 pm

If U wanna make cheap modern armour, get one of the vests (Minus the ceramic plates) (or make your own) and then make foam or polystyrene copies of the ceramic armour plates

ALove · Post by **ALove** » Mon May 17, 2004 9:30 pm

i know its funny. i was gonna make my own version if i ever needed MC armor.

Senior · Post by **Senior** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 2:31 am

why dont you search google for how to make stormtrooper armor (i used to have a link i'll see if i can find it) and change it a little to suit your needs

TheWall · Post by **TheWall** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 4:02 am

use football pads if you have any (sorry ive been thinking of the road warrior)

OutcastJiob · Post by **OutcastJiob** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 5:11 pm

Senior is right, make it from scratch.

One link to rule them all:
http://www.studiocreations.com/howto/index.html

That should probably cover everything you'll need to make armor

DeadLogic · Post by **DeadLogic** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 5:20 pm

No no no, man, you need to go here...l

http://www.majorsurplusnsurvival.com/Me ... y_Code=130

and a helmet here...

http://www.majorsurplusnsurvival.com/Me ... ry_Code=23

A bit pricey, but they have similar stuff all over the site for less.

foxwood · Post by **foxwood** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 7:32 pm

Wow this is an old resorected thred. Stormtrooper armour, no, that would never have worked, but good idea, man we tables that idea along time ago.

OutcastJiob · Post by **OutcastJiob** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 11:03 pm

No, I wasn't suggesting you make stormtrooper armor, I was just posting that site as a reference for general armor construction. Making custom molds should be easy with the instructions from Studio Creations. DeadLogic's link is more what you were looking for though, I think.

foxwood · Post by **foxwood** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 1:03 am

That was exactly what I was going for thogh we endded up going with a chain mail shirt, under cammies, well we will if the damn thing ever gets here.