PredaHawk
New Member
My 1st attempt at shin armor for my suit.
I got the idea from Syk0_Maulers 5-gal bucket armor thread. I had some old martial arts shin guards laying around...
and a couple empty ice-cream buckets...
I used some water-based acrylics and some small sponges for texturing, tin snips to cut out some basic triangle shapes, a little contact cement and sharpie for some pin-stripping.
The plastic section covers the straps of the guards and adds dimension to the piece. I left out images of the painting (n00b, didn't take any). Wasn't thinking about posting, but decided to after the fact. Future posts I'll come prepared with step-by-step images.
Now that I look at it, I think it needs more layers to the plastic overlaps. Perhaps having more would make it look more complex. I also have some tactical knee guards that may be a good way to top off the guard.
More to follow...
I got the idea from Syk0_Maulers 5-gal bucket armor thread. I had some old martial arts shin guards laying around...
and a couple empty ice-cream buckets...
I used some water-based acrylics and some small sponges for texturing, tin snips to cut out some basic triangle shapes, a little contact cement and sharpie for some pin-stripping.
The plastic section covers the straps of the guards and adds dimension to the piece. I left out images of the painting (n00b, didn't take any). Wasn't thinking about posting, but decided to after the fact. Future posts I'll come prepared with step-by-step images.
Now that I look at it, I think it needs more layers to the plastic overlaps. Perhaps having more would make it look more complex. I also have some tactical knee guards that may be a good way to top off the guard.
More to follow...
