Smart Armor
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Over my fall break I resumed work on my armor, and over the past few days I have come leaps and bounds towards finishing the project. Hopefully it'll be finished before Halloween rolls around!
Yesterday I finished cutting out all the pieces and put a starting coat of paint on everything. One of the more difficult parts to work on was the gauntlets. There were no templates available for these, so I decided to design my own. The first thing I did was to determine the general dimensions of my forearm, which I then split into corresponding regions, in the shape of triangles (triangles are a lot easier to work with than rectangles in this case). By splitting my arm into triangular regions, I was able to tailor the gauntlets to a very exact degree. Below is a picture of the final template for the gauntlets.
After I finished cutting and shaping everything, I dropped by Home Depot and grabbed some spray paint. I wanted to go with a sort of stealthy gray and red look. Unfortunately, Home Depot did not carry any matte dark gray, so instead I purchased an array of paints that I hoped, when combined, would get me the look I was going for. This all turned out for the best, as you can see in the photos below. First off, I dusted everything in a light gray primer, which allows the paint more purchase on the plastic. Next off, I covered everything in a very light coat of "hammered metal" paint, which resulted in a light gray. After that, I dusted everything in an extremely light coat of dark brown, which gives the armor the mottled appearance you see below.
After hammered metal, before brown:
After brown:
Today, I woke up and began applying the red highlights. Unfortunately, it was raining outside so I could not get pictures of the process; I was dashing back and forth trying to keep everything dry! Below is the result.
Tonight I will be attaching the armor to the suit itself, so stay tuned!
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