Sy'rus Drayven's Armor vest. (WIP) Painted

[Sy'rus Drayven]

My first armor vest, Plates are made from a Plastic tote and attached with Velcro. Wasn't nearly as difficult or as expensive as I'd thought it would be. The Plates have yet to be painted. I was planning on gunmetal grey. (any pointers on painting would be appreciated too) So what do you guys think?

[Sev Teriik]

i like it , even out the spacing a bit and it'll look even better =)

[Sy'rus Drayven]

Its fixed already. I cn move them around because of the velcro.

[Zur'ta Ordo]

Looks perfect to me, other than the spacing that you said was now fixed. Isn't Velcro all sorts of handy-dandy? haha. Just look around the armor and helmet forum for a while before you start painting. You can find all sorts of threads on ways to paint that make giving it weathering a lot easier and cooler.

[Ca'tra Talyc]

As far as painting, I have not worked directly with the plastic totes before, except to use them as plastic totes but I believe a light sanding to rough up the surface of the plates (you might want to try to remove the sharpie labelling, sometimes sharpie will bleed through a paint job) followed by a paint that is intended for plastics, such as Krylon Fusion, should do you just fine.

I can't tell if your collar and upper edges of the chest plates might be a touch wide, but you could probably trim a little bit off the outer edges if you feel like your arm movement is unduly impeded. I like the belly plates.

[Zur'ta Ordo]

Honestly, I like how it is now. You should just keep it as is, with belly and shoulder and whatever else you have written on it. Gives it a certain... personal touch! haha

[Sy'rus Drayven]

Here it is painted. I with the current paint anyway. It did alright in the tests. Lets see how it holds up.

[Sev Teriik]

nice, i like the ab plate sections looks liek it would be easier to tie your shoes liek that =)

[Ca'tal]

Looks like you've got a good start on things, but from the pictures the plates look oversized for your frame. You need to do a bit of trimming. Keep up the great work.

[Sy'rus Drayven]

I trimmed the outside edges of the chest plates by about 3/4 of a cm. I'll have pictures up shortly.

[Ne'tra Ca'verd]

Isn't trimming great? Thats what I am doing right now.

I really like that color. What paint/color is that?

[Sy'rus Drayven]

Me too... lol. You'll laugh, but its gun metal grey Engine Enamel from NAPA. Its terrific. It dries fast and has a bit of a metallic quality to it.

[Ne'tra Ca'verd]

SWEET! Thats awesome!
It looks like you have a bit chipping off in the center by the diamond. Does it chip easier than standard spray paints or about the same?

[Sy'rus Drayven]

It flakes off on the edges if it impacts something. But I have silver enamel underneath and it just looks natural It seems liek it naturally weathers quite nicely.

[Sy'rus Drayven]

So I trimmed the plates and decided they were still lacking something. So I added some stuff. The chest plates still like to sneak up on the collar piece. I'll have to fix that.