I've been wanting to build up a VERY durable set of armor, and one of the problems I've notices with Smooth Cast 320 is that it's too hard. Under heavy abuse (running, jumping, falling, etc), it cracks and falls apart. So, instead of building up more layers of 320 to compensate, I got the bright idea of using a semi-rigid material. So it would be more like foam armor. It looks like metal, but it's flexible, and it doesn't hurt when you fall in it.
I've been looking around for a semi-flexible material to cast armor in (I'll be trying my hand at mold making), and I came across 65D. It's the stiffest of all of Smooth On's semi-rigid materials, and I think it's ideal for the more durable set of armor. I was watching the Deliver Hope trailer and I started wondering how that armor was built to withstand the abuse it took in that trailer, with actors running and jumping and getting blown up in it.
Has anyone used this? What's your experience with it? How well does it take paint?
I've been looking around for a semi-flexible material to cast armor in (I'll be trying my hand at mold making), and I came across 65D. It's the stiffest of all of Smooth On's semi-rigid materials, and I think it's ideal for the more durable set of armor. I was watching the Deliver Hope trailer and I started wondering how that armor was built to withstand the abuse it took in that trailer, with actors running and jumping and getting blown up in it.
Has anyone used this? What's your experience with it? How well does it take paint?