I can tell you a few things right off the bat.
Because I make historical armor, there is a sort of ...sheesh, I guess you could call it anatomical familiarity that you have to aquire, else your suit of armor....or rather that of your client is not going to fit properly. Now, one of the things I keep replaying in my head is something I read (VisDictionary?) regarding the clonearmor being made by folks who werent as familiar with human anatomy. This is quite true. They were also specialists in CGI, :lol
On that note, do remember like original screen accurate suits, that the C-suit will look best on someone who is about 5'10 to 6'2. One of my pet peeves is seeing someone wholly too big or small who tries to fit into a suit they are clearly not sized for, at least at the moment.
I have paid particular attention to subtle curves and lines, as well as proportion, in large measure because these details are key in how the armor works.
It is rumored that Lucas owns a real, historical armour collection...or is an afficionado of it in any case. He or his staff definately paid attention to a number of curious problems that arise when certain shapes are placed on the body and are then expected to move with the body. The thigh plates for example are neither flat nor curved, but a very clever combination of the two 'lines.' Their lack of flush-ness to the thigh, unlike Jango, suggests someone looked at late 14th century leg armor ....or that they ran into the same issues as late 14th century armourers.
For example: how would you lift your thigh with a plate on it so that the plate neither digs into your frontal hip area/crotch? Would you curve the plate? Well, you cant. Not too far anyway because it will dig all that much harder into your hip/crotch area. So the alternative is to either bring the plate out as it rises up to your hip/crotch area so it wont dig in too far.....but then, how do you keep the armor from hitting the upper codpiece plate when you lift your leg??? And, how would you protect that gap if you wanted to? There are ways to do this but I digress.
So what I really like about the clone suit is how anatomy is thought out, even though they say the suit was not made by a race of aliens somewhat unfamiliar with human anatomy.
Im also struck by the curious beauty of the solid limb plates, ie, no clamshell construction or two piece/halves. There are also ways to get around this problem, but they have required some very creative engineering in our shop.
Anyway, slowly but surely youll see this suit come together as spring approaches. Im in no rush to compete with anyone. I prefer accuracy over being the first guy on the block anyway.
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