Christ Centered Gamer

So I was gonna take the day off from armoring today, but after seeing my buddy's success in the ComicCon contest I feel inspired.

Built a skeletal frame for the inside of the shin parts. This is to provide hard points for connecting the armor to other parts, and to help the foam keep its shape.



It's made from 1/2" PEX tubing.

Then I slipped the structure into the shin...



And since PEX doesn't adhere well to any normal adhesives, I made some retainers to hold it in place.



I ran out of PEX T-connectors (Home Depot only had 9 in stock) so I moved on to the belt. Did the belt buckle with the Templar Cross.



And here's the whole belt in place.



Not too bad for an afternoon's work, even after 3 hours of church, eh?

like the belt! Nice work!

That looks amazing. O_o

Thanks!

Yesterday I ordered some webbing from Amazon which I will use to attach the boots to the shin plates as well as create a harness to hold the waist piece up. Maybe also hang the thigh plates form the waist that way as well.

Lots of progress the last couple of days.

I received the webbing I ordered and have attached it to the foot boards. This will be connected to the frame in the shin to support it and will have velcro so I can make adjustments as needed.



Then, I glued some foam on top of it. This will be the only time in the entire project where I'm using the foam for its original intended purpose!



That should help make it easier to stand around for a long time.

Also, I put together the upper chest piece (cuirass).



And this is me trying it on!

Another test fit. Sorry the image is so shadowy.



So the straps to hold the bottoms of the shins in place seem like the velcro would work well, but the velcro adhesive itself won't stick well to the webbing so I'm going to use staples to secure the velcro to the webbing.

For the knee joint, I'm thinking of using metal rods on either side of each knee, with a pivot at the ends so they form a hinge. The metal rod or bar will be attached to the PEX skeleton inside the leg pieces.

Dang, that is just so amazing. XD

Dude, there are days when I look over at my armor and think "I can't believe I'm frickin' doing this..."

I totally get that.

It's coming along nicely, great job!

Thanks! Hoping to start working on the arms tonight.

One thing I'm definitely going to need is cooling fans. Having the cuirass on was getting a bit warm, and when I put on the helmet all that heart was rising through the neck hole and up into the helmet, creating an oven. After only having it on for 5 minutes I was already starting to sweat.

I hate getting surrounded by hearts. be sure to stock up on deodorant. Perhaps wear shorts and a tank-top underneath?

ccgr wrote:I hate getting surrounded by hearts.

ccgr wrote: be sure to stock up on deodorant. Perhaps wear shorts and a tank-top underneath?

Yeah definitely not gonna have heavy clothing on under. I've been planning a couple of different cooling fan approaches. Right now I'm leaning toward the batteries in the feet with a couple of PC case fans connected to vents on the back of the cuirass, and a GPU fan in the helmet.

Ok here's a progress update. Got the arm components done. I am going to embellish the shoulder pauldrons like crazy, but here's the basic shape done.

Glorious. XD Those look great!