Day 4 - Helmet Mock Up

I made a rough mock up of what the helmet might look like with black and white gaffer's tape. Looking at the stark contrast between the two colors, I think I'll have to do the silver parts of the suit in a dark gray instead of white or silver, because I think there's too much contrast here for a military suit of armor.

Day 3 - Speaking of Comfort...

I found the perfect combat boots that, from past experience, are extremely comfortable.














:) Just kidding. If I have time later tonight, I will try to work on the helmet some more.



Edit: I found a pair of boots that look close enough to combat boots at a thrift store down the street from work during my lunch break. I'll post pics when I get home tonight.

Edit: Here are the boots I found. I'll have to remove the laces and replace them with velcro straps and add a rollarblade ankle brace thing like on the nanosuit boots.

Day 2 - Armor Sample

This is a sample of what the armor will look like when stitched to the base layer of fabric. I'm experimenting whether to sew down both sides of each strip to keep the edges from lifting up around curves, which keeps it looking very flat and two-dimensional, or sewing down the middle which lets the edges puff a bit giving the armor some dimension, but will also reveal the base layer underneath. I'm trying to avoid hand sewing it from the back (which is going to be a b*tch and a half), but it may come to that so I can have the best of both worlds: the edges stay down, but the tubes keep their puffiness. We'll see what happens when I order more of the sleeving and the bodysuit.