I'm almost at the point where I have all 'workable' (as in "not-boot") pieces resined and fiberglassed... so this weekend I will probably be stitching together some straps to form an under-harness... probably to connect to the brace...
I'll see if I can throw together a better illustration than my chicken-scratched notepad etchings... but I figure since I'll be showing the finished product to you, that will suffice to get the basic idea.
Folks are more than welcome to toss me an email or PM and ask, though =)
BECAUSE I'm at the point where I should be thinking about 'assembly' (aka "how the whole thing is going to fit together and stay on") I was thinking about all the example costumes there are out there (and how awesome they all are, incidentally - you guys all rock! Props to the Replica Prop Forum!)...
... and also how most of them seem incomplete to me. By 'incomplete', I mean "missing some finishing touches".
Specifically, the elbow joints, the knees, the hips and the waist... and under the arms.
It's pretty clear in most pics - especially these ones - that the 'under-armor' is some sort of articulated plating/scaling... the purpose of which, presumably, to act as reinforcement for the joints between the larger armor pieces.
So how do I make them.
Enter the mighty armadillo (and/or the pill bug):
(As a science-nerd side-point, the pill bug's Genus is "Armadillium" =P )
Have a close look at how both critters have tightly-interlocking plates, such that when they adopt their defensive postures (coincidentally, both 'rolling up' into a ball) the plates continue to be interlocked, providing a protective shell while still maintaining flexibility... and when the critters are 'normal' (seen above) the plates are present - and still articulated - but it's not impossible to move.
I have a plan... (stay tuned!)
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