ground pounder Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 Just thought I would throw this question out to everyone in MEPD. While wearing TD armor (TE2) will I be able to sit down? Or will the armor crack? I plan on wearing it all day Saturday at CV and if I cannot sit down I will probably have to take it off at some point just to get a rest! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FIVE Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 You can lean very easily... I know one guy that can sit in his TK on tall stools and stuff. But no, don't count on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciscotiger Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 The only way you can sit "comfortably" is to cut a lot of plastic out the back of your thigh armor. Otherwise, get use to standing... or like Nol said, learn to lean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
td7603 Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 you mean like this? I can sit, run crawl and climb stuff. A bunch of us even played football in armor. its just slowly modding out your armor in able to do so. but i think body type has somethign to do with it as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FIVE Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 I presumed he met in a TD with a pack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
td7603 Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 I presumed he met in a TD with a pack. oh. like this? ;P speaking of which, since Photobucket deleted my account last month, I've lost the Rose parade inter armor football game, bikers vs. TD's. anyone have it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FIVE Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 In a 1940's movie theater padded folding seat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
td7603 Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 ok, ill have to dust off the pack and give that a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6170 Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 Well actually, I can meditate in mine... Or at least make fishy lips while sitting down. You just have to find the right seat. It also helps if the cod peace is seperate from your the ab armor like mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FIVE Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 So... seems your answer is actually, "If you want to badly enough." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyBoy Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 I will never look at armor the same way again....lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ground pounder Posted August 2, 2010 Author Share Posted August 2, 2010 Thanks for all that. Guess I can sit if I am careful. I agree that body type has something do with sitting (or climbing, crawling, running!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headcount Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 Hey, a quick question for those of you who have posted seated pics above: Have all of you separated your cod from your ab piece, or have some of you kept them unified? Though I'm still in the researching/planning phase, I'm currently torn between the accuracy of keeping it a single piece vs. the functionality of separating it. Is that a big factor in this subject? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daetrin Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 When we did the Rose Parade (5 miles in armor), most everyone stood on the buses there, everyone sat riding back. Remember too that the more plastic you cut away, the less accurate you'll look. There is only supposed to be a minimal amount of undersuit showing, after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthChridan Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 You are not to sit .... rather on rebel hunt go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconoclasta_88 Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 I wore my Armor for 13 hours straight during saturday CIV... I had a very difficult time resting, but I found that if I was careful enough, I could rest my butt on stools with no harm to the armor. I was wearing no pack though, but should be easy enough to do it. And my butt and crotch was not cut apart from the kidney or ab. I was using an FX. Just don't expect to sit on those fast food tables or similar. Saludos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daetrin Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 I will say I was far more willing to sit in my ABS FX butt plate than my HIPS TE2 one. Then again, that's what spares are for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6170 Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 I too have TE2 and the only thing that keeps me from sitting down most of the time is my pack. You do have to be careful when sitting as HIPS is alot more fagile then ABS but it can be done with no problem. Now thee best set up of all is my OSCS Clone Armor. The Cod is its own peace much like TE2 but there is a snap on the left and right that allows me to take off the cod set it aside and sit down all I want. Its that easy. I am going to try to do a similar set up to my TE2 cod which would take the thought of damaging the cod a thing of the past. The trick with TD armor would be to find a way to hide a snap. On both the TE2 and OSCS armor the belt hides the seem where the ab and cod meet so no one will ever know if you cut your armor. In fact my old FX had the seem where you could cut if you look close enough. My TE2 but(t) peace with the belt pushed up OSCS's cod pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FIVE Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Nice! Someone could — I suppose — make just the cod (belt down) out of something more flexible. There's not much detail in that area anyway, and it's the least looked at (by most people ) so it could be easily swapped out for times you're going to troop all day. The trick would be matching it to the rest of your armor. BUT... being dirty anyway would help our cause in that arena. Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6170 Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Nice! Someone could — I suppose — make just the cod (belt down) out of something more flexible. There's not much detail in that area anyway, and it's the least looked at (by most people ) so it could be easily swapped out for times you're going to troop all day. The trick would be matching it to the rest of your armor. BUT... being dirty anyway would help our cause in that arena. Just a thought. If you are going to go that route Nol then all you would have to do is do that for the rear buttoxx for those long troops. The back pack hides most of the rear anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyBoy Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 ok....whos going to be the first to do a set in latex? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootch Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Hmmmmmmmmm...........................Latex sittin' armor eh? I sit in mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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