HEV suit.

[mattemuse]

The vents were based on this:

@Dias

I like how mattemuse’s hands leave virtually no room for opening or moving the hand. :retard:

The armor on the hand is flexible kevlar mesh, plenty of room for moving the hand. :jizz::rabies:

[Dias]

Good luck letting go of the gun. Or the trigger for that matter.

[mini_bunney]

The vents were based on a picture of a vortigaunt in a H.E.V?

[Brother_Shrike]

@Mangled*

some kind of elecronically charged armour system

Specifically this

[mattemuse]

@mini_bunney

The vents were based on a picture of a vortigaunt in a H.E.V?

v:|v not alot of good shots of the original suit on google…i’m assuming those modders just slapped a vort head on the original suit. Feel free to prove me wrong with a screencap, though.

[sudpuzzer]

@mattemuse

I wasted 20min drawing a HEV arms concept, because I dislike the current BM arms.
In the reference I was looking at, the suit arms have a raised panel over the outer forearm and vents on the inner forearm. In the BM suit, this raised panel has been inverted and placed on the inner forearm and the vents are on the outer forearm. My concept has the original forearm layout with some embelleshments. Also note that scratches are not regularly distributed over the entire arm, but are rather placed in sections of the armor that might be expected to rub up against other parts of the suit or be scratched by regular use.

Feel free to crit my crit, If you flame me hard enough I might be convinced to improve the drawing. If I revisit it, one thing I’d like to do is make it more apparent that the wrist guard rotates separately from the forearm and add some radial scratches to that area,.

I’m sorry, but how did you come up with a concept for hands using a [tiny] reference which has no hands?

Edit: And also, wouldn’t you want any vents facing outward so that they could discharge / draw away from the suit, as oppose to shooting hot air at the suit, or drawing in potential warm air from around the suit itself? In that regard, I think the BM hands make more sense.

[Dias]

Why would it have vents at all? It’s not fucking powered armor.

[Lamsey]

@Dias

Why would it have vents at all? It’s not fucking powered armor.

“high impact… reactive armour… activated…”

[Soup]

@Lamsey

“high impact… reactive armour… activated…”

7… 8… 9… 10… It’s a knockout!

[Dias]

reactive != powered

[Lamsey]

Needing batteries to protect you from damage == powered.

[Keresh]

Haha oh wow

[Soup]

@Dias

reactive != powered

Oh dear…

[raw_bean]

ITT: Arguing semantics within the context of fictional technologies is the primary sign of a nerd who needs to get a life, pronto, and is as fruitful as an attempt to turn back the tide with a small bucket.

[Soup]

@raw_bean

ITT: Arguing semantics within the context of fictional technologies is the primary sign of a nerd who needs to get a life, pronto, and is as fruitful as an attempt to turn back the tide with a small bucket.

Yeah? Well… You’re a jerk!

[Dias]

Ok it’ “Powered Armor” if you insist on referring to it as that, what does adding air vents change about it besides making it uglier and stupider?

[InterloperX]

I don’t find the media image too bad, looks a little bulky in the forearms (in contrast to the hands) but I seem to recall H-L2’s suit having this effect as well. Could do with some better texturing, but I suspect this is a placeholder model.

And whoa, damn that sneaky not taking you to the most recent page thingy. Must be a slow day in the ol’ forums.

[The_Javid]

@Dias

Ok it’ “Powered Armor” if you insist on referring to it as that, what does adding air vents change about it besides making it uglier and stupider?

Make it breath better so the wearer doesn’t die of heat exhaustion/dehydration.

[jambo]

@Dias

Ok it’ “Powered Armor” if you insist on referring to it as that, what does adding air vents change about it besides making it uglier and stupider?

Makes it go faster.

Duh.

[Nosehole]

@Jambo

Makes it go faster.

Duh.

That would be racing stripes :3