TEST VIDEO IS OUT EVERYONE. See it here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/apZxd8KVsrzFf40.html

We are one step closer to making Space Marine being a reality!

SO MANY people are asking if I will sell these, and because of that, I am looking into starting a Kickstarter to get this project off the ground. Stay tuned.

send it to demolition ranch for exposure

Okay. I am going to make a suggestion. Shoot a message/ set of these over to Demolition Ranch and have him test just how "Bullet Proof/Resistant" these really can be.

"The devils cloth." This man gets it.

Here is the thing. A lot of keyboard cowboys talk smack on ol boy here. but this man put in a lot of effort to actually do something make something. And then shared it. Is it this? is it that? He has what i look for in a employee, a friend, and battle buddy... effort. He put in the work. Which one of you builds armor at home then talks smack on ther peoples mark1? So if you havent built stuff you are no different that the fat man at the gym giving workout advise but cant throw up a plate. He can improve if he wants because he is getting it done. You, your stuck right there. Keep on doing what your doin my man.

The begginings of Adeptus Astartes

Definitely need to start production. One at a time brother. There is a demand. Get with Vet buddies and run with this. Wish you great success.

For those of you wondering about the weight, I FORGOT to say it in the video (stupid! stupid! stupid!) It comes in at 6.5 lbs.

"But we're not building battleships here" *well why the hell not*

dude, send it to Demolition Ranch for testing

PLEEEAAAASSSSEEEEE send this to Demolition Ranch to test how effective it is

Finally a DIY-armor builder who puts the fabric layers at different angles on top of each other. I've never understood how some people can put so much work and effort into DIY armor and then miss out on this tiny step that adds so much to the resistance capabilities of their armor.

The shield fringe at the top needs to be taller, you want it tall enough to see over but high enough to give protection.

Holy shit. You have so many Negative comments. Completely unwarranted!. This is a great idea. You should send one to Demo Ranch. That would get your product out there to a HUGE audience. Keep up the great work. Don't even bother replying to those haters. they have Nothing better to do.

And one step closer to 40k armor! Excellent work

Reject modernity, embrace tradition! Return to pauldron.

Bro send this to demolition ranch for testing. Ur Channel would blow up!

Just here trying to build a Armored suite since I'm concerned about 2021.

Very nice. With respect to your channel, Demolition Ranch would go nuts for this and he would give you all the respect in the world.

"The Emporer protects"

War Hammer Space Marines!! Rawr love it!!!

i wonder if he does space marine power armour designs that would be so cool

I think its not said enough that this seems like a noble goal and product by being open and free with this information that will let people defend themselves and their families. That's what being an American should really stand for instead of trying to gatekeep your findings to profiteer. Self sufficiency and selflessness.

*Breathing heavy in mandalorian*

The design looks cool, from a bullet stopping and anti-pinch perspective you want to lip all the edges out to prevent bullet slide off. Next armor set, forged body armor out of 3/8" AR500!

for the emporer! for glory!

You can buy Biaxial Carbon fiber rolls that are already in crossed direction layers. (Many times stronger than standard weave CF ! ) It's made for industrial strength applications, but doesn't have that common pleasing appearance you'd expect from the standard weave. of course, you can always add a weave layer...

I am an armorer and I use to do armed security. This is a very good indicator that medieval style armor has relevance. And so wished that I had that armor you made when breeching doors. Very well done my friend.

It looks like it came out from Warhammer universe

A thin layer of ballistic gel lining the inside can absorb all shock from impact. Try using that also.

I love it and I want one. seems so much more practical than just chest armor. Defend that shooting profile, brilliant.

It gives me Brotherhood of Steel vibes, good work!

You should look into vacuum impregnation, will give your almost a 100% bond of the resin and all the sheets.

It's refreshing to see you step out of your comfort zone. I really appreciate the mix of fabrication on this channel it seems like it's growing into something amazing. Not to say that it wasn't amazing before but it just keeps getting better and better every single time I watch every video. Congratulations on the success and hopefully you will step out of that comfort zone and amaze us again in the future. Thank you for your integrity and all of your hard work and you're amazing videos

🤔...I wonder if I can build Warhammer 40k Space Marine style armor...

Mechanicum guidelines dictate the pauldrons should be bigger

The best defense against bullets is not being in front of the firearm. Everything else is an insurance policy.

I LOVE the Roman empire aesthetic to this piece. A true work of art man!

It's taken me this long to find someone that wasnt a complete moron and actually thought "you know if we can make bullet proof body armor why havent we bothered to do pauldrons too?" And it looks slick as hell too

The term -proof is an accurate armourer term from medieval europe and the English civil war. When a noble asked an armourer to make a suit of armour, or a roundhead got some pre-made armour, the armourer was often asked to 'prove' it was effective. The armourer would thrust a sword at the brestplate with all his might in front of the noble to satisfy his fear of being run through. If the weapon did not penetrate it was deemed sword proof. Because it was proven to be so. Nobody took anyones word that the armour was sound, demonstration was required, and armour was tested for each weapon, a sword proof breast plate was not spear proof unless it was proven to be so, for example. I picked this up watching historical youtube content on the english civil war. One of the last wars with gunpower that combatants still wore metal armour. Some metal breatplates where infact bullet-proof (the armourer would fire a pistol at near point blank range).

I hope this is a sign that armor tutorials are making a comeback!

For the emperor!

Brotherhood of steel

The emperor approves

*BOW TO THE IMPERIUM OF MAN*

Army of Two on PS3 had this concept back in 2007. Great to see it in reality.

on top of being effective, we are now closer to looking like gears of war characters lmao

Every day that passes we get closer to Master Chief's armor

Wait...so instead of a bullet in the shoulder were opting for shrapnel to the face?

Tip, use PVA polyinylalcohol as a release agent instead of wax, that is what I use when molding fiberglass. Also dont use carbon fiber use kevlar. Ballistic kevlar is readily available and inexpensive. I woke with FG and other cloth in my business of fab and marine repair. You can also do a vacuum process that works better.

cant leave out the warhammer shoulder emblem, good choice on just glueing it even if it falls off

Wow that thing is really awesome, imagine using kevlar and d30 instead of those materials, but then again that thinking never ends cause then your like what if and what if ,, I think what you have is just fine and it is what it is . Fu,,,ing awesome, really good work man, I saw this thing like 2 years ago and thought every serving front line person needs this thing like now.

Send it to demo ranch for it to be tested now!

+Armoror skill has reached Master level.

Creator: This my own original piece Space Marines:

Awesome. I'll take one for each shoulder, two for the lower appendages and a skull shield also. Genius. Liked

I'd buy this any day of the week.

Absolutely amazing. I spend an unhealthy amount of time watching content about homemade projects but this one is in a class all of its own.

Perfect. Now everyone else will know you are a high level character (because they always have fancy shoulder armor).

Space Marine!!!

The cult mechanicus wants to know your location

One tip I got for the mold making, you made the M and F parts 1:1 which is often fine but for such a thick _(þicc)_ part it would help to have the M part a bit undersized and/or F part a bit oversized, It would help a lot with getting even pressure on the whole part and make removing it a lot easier. ... But I guess since you're not working with this anymore, this is more of a tip to your viewers

Reminds me of how T'au armor works. Use the pauldron as a shield while firing.

send it to Demolition Ranch for testing

I don't really know why I'm watching this but that's pretty cool

Reminds me of combat armor from Fallout.

This has got me thinking. I know fiberglass is a great option but I'm concerned with when/if(leaning more to when) the armor fails and the amount of debris that bullet brings with it into a wound. Delaminated fiberglass...well fibers are nasty things as most people are aware. Cost notwithstanding, it's a lot easier to pick kevlar out of a wound with minimal additional damage vs literal glass fibers tearing up a wound even more. That's a thought I developed after talking about something similar to an army field medic and a civ doc in my circle of friends so disclaimer there. Any additional adjustments or changes would likely come into play when potentially using this method for additional armor(i.e. some form of bracing/support system for a combined shoulder and chest/back plate to reduce strain) but that would be a further down the road issue. Also i don't remember anything being said about it in this or the previous video but, how tightly sealed was your mold with only 4 bolts? Were the 4 bolts really sufficient? If not, I'm worried about addition layer delamination risk. Love the design though. I also think your methods are practical and highly repeatable with a fairly low enough complexity that almost anyone could repeat the process and good results.

This is very warhammer 40k , im deff following

Maybe use Kevlar instead of fiberglass?

Bed liner does ad ballistic resistance to anything that is painted with it to a small degree, it can be used to reinforce block walls

For the Emperah!

Fun fact, bullet proof back then didn't mean it "proof" from bullet, but rather it mean this armour has been tested via shooting it and it survive. Therefor it is bullet proof.

"Bulletproof" means proof tested to stop a particular ballistic threat. Also, a suggestion: Use Kevlar/Twaron recycled from expired body armor instead of fiberglass, laid up with marine grade vinyl ester epoxy.

Try a band saw next time to trim and cut. Will be a whole lot more enjoyable. Hahaha and a lot less messy, especially if you get a nice bandsaw that has a vac hookup. And you can switch to a metal blade for your metal working. Win win. Also be intrestead in how you would do the opposing shoulder to still allow use of a rifle.

Yo you should totally make mandalorian armour, this is the way

Yes bothers! thanks to the greatness of this man, we are one step closer to 40K space marines!

Vault tec is calling

Every now and then I stumble across a great KZfaqr. this is one of those times. Truly amazing my dude

Reminds me of clone wars armor looks cool

Who else saw demolition ranch destroy it.

Love it. Taken from the Roman gladiators!

Someone should make a full set of historically correct bullet proof Roman, Viking or Knight armour

I saw ZNA Productions do this months ago to make a bullet proof chest plate with the same technique, its cool to see some pauldrons Edit: Wow actually ZNA did it 3 YEARS ago. Time has flown by wtf.

This is cool af

Slowly we are getting to real life warhammer 40k marines

This is next step we were waiting for. You do the lord's work.

The top solder should have a line of layer for the bullet to not direct to head . If the bullet bend on the curve of the shoulder armour , chances are it could easily penetrate on skull

Look into armor alloys Ar500 is cheap and some flat plate can be added to inside of a piece And non-magnetic Hadfield manganese steel

ZNA productions uses this same method to make a bullet proof vest, i think he made it for only like 30 bucks too.

Id hate to see this piece of art to get destroyed. But i also cant wait for the ballistics test.

Shoulders and oblique plates wouldn't be a bad idea! Cool video, nice job on that build, looks like it took forever. Just one shoulder armor is a BAD idea. It makes the wearer tilt his body and open up the weak spot in the side of his body armor.

If you were going to make these for production - I'd create a second mold with reinforced steel that's been sharpened - so you can put the over sized, but shaped, part into the second press and simply by bolting it down - it cuts the shape for you rather than using the cutting disc. Simple 2 ton press would be able to clip through the excess fiber glass/epoxy that you don't need.

yo look like the guy from Thor Ragnarock with the 2 guns "behold... my stuff"

Awesome to the max! Nerds and guns is the best combo.

Newest member pure awesomeness can't wait for the next video ty

DUDE!!!! ALL 2A AMERICANS ARE GONNA SOON NEED THIS!!! AWESOME!!!

Can't wait for the testing video

Great video, not every going to be able to do this, but seeing it done was really cool. Thanks for taking the time.