Post by Starr on Jun 18, 2011 7:20:33 GMT -7
It has been a bit since I posted in this thread, I thought I would do a lil update.
I have been very busy (when life allows) on my armor, I have put together most of it using anything and everything I could from things found I have stored or found along the roads or from places I can get them from for lil or no cash.
I went out and bought two well loved but badly damaged shopping carts/buggies from a junk yard and found a small corner desk laying along the road for parts off of them.
I meant to snap some pix of them before I cut them apart but didn't. Ill get some shots of what then look like now heh after Iv cut them up for a visual reference.
I will post some pix of how the parts look now and then when Im done beating, melting, & rapping them into what they will be after Iv completed them.
The basic stuff Iv been working with is:
Dead/used rubber inner tubes from car tires from discount tire store - no cost
Golf cart tires - no cost
The two shopping carts - $10.00
Drop cloth canvas from an old Viking A frame tent project that went bad - no cost now
A very large pair of jeans I got from a thrift store - $3.00
Some old knee pads - no cost now
Seat belts I cut out of our old car - no cost now
Update: Adding some pix of the armor when it was being made.
Leather, Tire Tube & Canvas.
Tubbing while being cut into strips.
The basic shopping cart before I cut it to hell. This is not the one I bought from the junk yard, mine was hit by what it looked like as a train.
What is left of the cart I have yet to use. Noitce the store sticker.
This is the left leg inside after heating and molding. Notice where the sticker was now. heh
Outside left leg.
Here I have cleaned, sanded the edges. I used a bike tube over the plastic then wrapped that with the strips of rubber.
It is almost completed.
Here are the legs as they work for now.
This is the side view.
These legs are good for protection tho they are bulky and somewhat hard to move around in, I will be revamping them in time.
I still have to make some protection for my shins, but that may take some more thought.
The armor project will take me some month or two to complete one full set of armor. I will use the armor as soon as the part is done to fight in on Saturday night practice, heh the practice is good and we hit hard, so any protection is a good thing.
I have been very busy (when life allows) on my armor, I have put together most of it using anything and everything I could from things found I have stored or found along the roads or from places I can get them from for lil or no cash.
I went out and bought two well loved but badly damaged shopping carts/buggies from a junk yard and found a small corner desk laying along the road for parts off of them.
I meant to snap some pix of them before I cut them apart but didn't. Ill get some shots of what then look like now heh after Iv cut them up for a visual reference.
I will post some pix of how the parts look now and then when Im done beating, melting, & rapping them into what they will be after Iv completed them.
The basic stuff Iv been working with is:
Dead/used rubber inner tubes from car tires from discount tire store - no cost
Golf cart tires - no cost
The two shopping carts - $10.00
Drop cloth canvas from an old Viking A frame tent project that went bad - no cost now
A very large pair of jeans I got from a thrift store - $3.00
Some old knee pads - no cost now
Seat belts I cut out of our old car - no cost now
Update: Adding some pix of the armor when it was being made.
Leather, Tire Tube & Canvas.
Tubbing while being cut into strips.
The basic shopping cart before I cut it to hell. This is not the one I bought from the junk yard, mine was hit by what it looked like as a train.
What is left of the cart I have yet to use. Noitce the store sticker.
This is the left leg inside after heating and molding. Notice where the sticker was now. heh
Outside left leg.
Here I have cleaned, sanded the edges. I used a bike tube over the plastic then wrapped that with the strips of rubber.
It is almost completed.
Here are the legs as they work for now.
This is the side view.
These legs are good for protection tho they are bulky and somewhat hard to move around in, I will be revamping them in time.
I still have to make some protection for my shins, but that may take some more thought.
The armor project will take me some month or two to complete one full set of armor. I will use the armor as soon as the part is done to fight in on Saturday night practice, heh the practice is good and we hit hard, so any protection is a good thing.
