Attaching/Mounting Shin armor piece?

[Unit287]

Hey there 405th! I've been planning a new armor build for far, far future me to make once I have the time and place to do a build with all of the knowledge and resources I gained from my previous build. (and it's fun to play what if) I can visualise most of what I will do to improve on my previous build, but there is one place that I am still stuck on, the Shin piece right above the boot. In my previous build, my boot was built around a thick snow boot that I had on hand, so the shin piece just slid on and stayed there with friction. When I do it again, however, I will be using a wrestling shoe so my boot can flex more and give me more maneuverability, which is something that I really don't have with my current setup. This means that I won't have a boot to keep the shin in place. I've looked into padding the inside with EVA foam and using straps and harnesses, but what methods have you guys used to keep the shin in place and not slide down into the boot?

 

[SpartanSweed]

Welcome welcome! For my shins I’ve mainly used upholstery foam and/or eggshell foam to help keep things in place

 

[SgtSaint]

Just a suggestion: There's a lot of range between "snow boot" and "wrestling slipper".
My suggestion is go with an army/hiking boot with a zipper on the interior side.

Your shin armor still slides down over the top of the boot to protect your ankle but you keep a lot of range of motion and maybe won't break your ankle when (not 'if'), when you trip in your armor.

You can see the shin come down over the boot in this side shot

 

[Unit287]

Just a suggestion: There's a lot of range between "snow boot" and "wrestling slipper".
My suggestion is go with an army/hiking boot with a zipper on the interior side.View attachment 374124

Your shin armor still slides down over the top of the boot to protect your ankle but you keep a lot of range of motion and maybe won't break your ankle when (not 'if'), when you trip in your armor.

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You can see the shin come down over the boot in this side shot

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Oh wow, that's impressive. What's the inside of the boot like? Is the tread of the boot on the ground, or is it sitting inside the armor piece? And how did you attach the armor to the boot? It looks pretty sturdy. I'm also guessing you had to make the boot armor bigger to fit it correctly over the boot?

 

[SigmaProps]

If I recall correctly, Saint uses cast rubber soles for his boots. Definitely a good call on the suggestion for side zip boots, they're great for getting in and out of if you're suiting up without a handler.

 

[SgtSaint]

Oh wow, that's impressive. What's the inside of the boot like? Is the tread of the boot on the ground, or is it sitting inside the armor piece? And how did you attach the armor to the boot? It looks pretty sturdy. I'm also guessing you had to make the boot armor bigger to fit it correctly over the boot?

The combat boot sits inside the armored boot. Yes you have to scale the armor to the boot. Just take a model of the combat boot: Size it to your real boot. And put it on your avatar. Then scale the armor to that. You can see it here on my ODST build but its the same for Spartan or Martian Goliath or whatever.

If I recall correctly, Saint uses cast rubber soles for his boots. Definitely a good call on the suggestion for side zip boots, they're great for getting in and out of if you're suiting up without a handler.

Close. They aren't cast rubber: They're printed TPU.