OuterHeavenBoss
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As in, the sneaking suit Big Boss wears in Phantom Pain shown in some of the E3 and other gameplay footage:
I wanted something new that hasn't been done, as I've already had experiencing making MGS3's Naked Snake using U.S. Marine pattern Tiger Stripe Camo and making my own STABO Harness from real, vintage military surplus and aircraft hooks.
After 2 years of cosplaying this same suit, adding little bits and pieces of improvements, I think it's finally time to give it a rest and attempt a new project. This project is still in it's design phase however, as I'm still looking into how exactly I'm going to put this together since I've never made armor type cosplay before. I've been researching methods into which motorcycle armored suits are built for example, because they're tight fitting but still armored and tight like an MGS sneaking suit.
I'm beginning to settle on using Kydex as my main material for making the plates, I've built a pair of vambraces in the past using sealed EVA foam and coating it in fiber glass resin but I did not like the results, it remained too weak for my needs...which as a martial artist, include being able to at least run and maybe do a roll or two for exhibition sake without having my armor crack on me:
http://www.triangletactical.net/2012/05/13/diy-the-ins-and-outs-of-working-with-kydex/
From what I've read about Kydex, it's very similar to Worbla in the sense that they are both thermoplastics that are heated and shaped but as I've read, Kydex is stronger and cheaper, perhaps because Worbla allows for more detailed work and has more general art applications, while Kydex is mainly used in the other areas
The other topic I wanted to cover in the design phase of this project is the actual "texture" or layering they seem to use in this particular sneaking suit, as the previous ones have been thinner and more like Navy SEAL, diving or tactical wetsuits while the DD's suit has very clearly, muscle shaped armor plates particularly in the vest area:
As you can see, there's a lot of creasing, I'm not sure if I would use a thin layer of black leather or if I'd be better off avoiding the unnatural wetsuit look of the armor and going straight for a plated look on the entire suit, here's another pic:
As you can tell, I'm still very undecided on how I'm going to achieve the effect I'm looking for in this suit, by all means please share with me any insight you more veteran prop makers may have as to how you'd go about it. Thank you for reading, I look forward to updating my thread further as the weeks go by.
I wanted something new that hasn't been done, as I've already had experiencing making MGS3's Naked Snake using U.S. Marine pattern Tiger Stripe Camo and making my own STABO Harness from real, vintage military surplus and aircraft hooks.
After 2 years of cosplaying this same suit, adding little bits and pieces of improvements, I think it's finally time to give it a rest and attempt a new project. This project is still in it's design phase however, as I'm still looking into how exactly I'm going to put this together since I've never made armor type cosplay before. I've been researching methods into which motorcycle armored suits are built for example, because they're tight fitting but still armored and tight like an MGS sneaking suit.
I'm beginning to settle on using Kydex as my main material for making the plates, I've built a pair of vambraces in the past using sealed EVA foam and coating it in fiber glass resin but I did not like the results, it remained too weak for my needs...which as a martial artist, include being able to at least run and maybe do a roll or two for exhibition sake without having my armor crack on me:
http://www.triangletactical.net/2012/05/13/diy-the-ins-and-outs-of-working-with-kydex/
From what I've read about Kydex, it's very similar to Worbla in the sense that they are both thermoplastics that are heated and shaped but as I've read, Kydex is stronger and cheaper, perhaps because Worbla allows for more detailed work and has more general art applications, while Kydex is mainly used in the other areas
The other topic I wanted to cover in the design phase of this project is the actual "texture" or layering they seem to use in this particular sneaking suit, as the previous ones have been thinner and more like Navy SEAL, diving or tactical wetsuits while the DD's suit has very clearly, muscle shaped armor plates particularly in the vest area:
As you can see, there's a lot of creasing, I'm not sure if I would use a thin layer of black leather or if I'd be better off avoiding the unnatural wetsuit look of the armor and going straight for a plated look on the entire suit, here's another pic:
As you can tell, I'm still very undecided on how I'm going to achieve the effect I'm looking for in this suit, by all means please share with me any insight you more veteran prop makers may have as to how you'd go about it. Thank you for reading, I look forward to updating my thread further as the weeks go by.
