Hey guys, it's been a while. It's been busy since I've first started poking around here, but I've read and re-read enough tutorials. Clocks ticking.
I'm building an ODST suit for the purpose of running in it, specifically running OCRs in it.
That means the suit needs full range of motion, it needs to be breathable, I need to maintain form in it, needs to be waterproof and above all it needs to be rugged.
I've already had to make several concessions for this design.
So far I've pepped the chest piece, weapon and reaction side shoulder pieces. I've clocked roughly 5 nights of work, loving how zen it is. I just queue up some background noise and float.
The two main issues I can see are how to mount it secure enough so that nothing will come off if I tackle an obstacle roughly, and how to effectively shock proof the armour so that it can stand up to the abuse I intend to give it throughout the year.
First up I can use some sappergenuity to make the armour Molle compatible during the resin stage. Ie: integrating Molle straps in the fiberglass work.
The shock proofing idea came outta my engee manual. Well sort of. Towards the end of the process, pretty much right up to priming, I'll fill the armour cavities with expanding foam. The general idea is that as shock travels through the armour, it gets absorbed through the foam and disperses, rather than letting the armour take the force and inefficiently transferring force to the undersuit.
I'm building an ODST suit for the purpose of running in it, specifically running OCRs in it.
That means the suit needs full range of motion, it needs to be breathable, I need to maintain form in it, needs to be waterproof and above all it needs to be rugged.
I've already had to make several concessions for this design.
- It was originally a reach build
- It's highly likely a helmet would just impair me too much. (don't care, wanna make one anyway)
- going for trail shoes since I typically don't run races in boots.
So far I've pepped the chest piece, weapon and reaction side shoulder pieces. I've clocked roughly 5 nights of work, loving how zen it is. I just queue up some background noise and float.
The two main issues I can see are how to mount it secure enough so that nothing will come off if I tackle an obstacle roughly, and how to effectively shock proof the armour so that it can stand up to the abuse I intend to give it throughout the year.
First up I can use some sappergenuity to make the armour Molle compatible during the resin stage. Ie: integrating Molle straps in the fiberglass work.
The shock proofing idea came outta my engee manual. Well sort of. Towards the end of the process, pretty much right up to priming, I'll fill the armour cavities with expanding foam. The general idea is that as shock travels through the armour, it gets absorbed through the foam and disperses, rather than letting the armour take the force and inefficiently transferring force to the undersuit.
