Ori Soldier - Version 3.0 - Some History...

As I am still not quite content with how my Ori Soldier is doing and I find lots of things I want to improve, I'm always working on developing the whole costume.

The first version was a very poor version I think. The armor parts were made of real metal, so the whole costume had an enermous weight. All in all it weighed about 15 kilogram. The helmet - though I somehow like it (it's still around) - was too big (too big for a suitcase, so I couldn't even take it to a convention with me).

Over the course of one year, the metal had tons of rust on it - though, of course, I had used enough spray to protect it from rust.

It was aweful and when I looked at it I just wanted to throw it away - or edit it.

I decided to go the second way and started working with PVC. So all the metal way replaced by plastic which did not only get me rust-free parts but also less weight. I don't exactly know what the whole outfit weighs now, but it should be somewhere around 7-8 kilos.

Well, the only part that increased weight is the helmet. I made a new helmet based on an inline-skating helmet, to which I added the necessary parts. I think this one has around 2-3 kilos, but it doesn't really matter as due to the skater helmet it fits quite well to the head and you don't have a problem of it moving losely while moving.

What is planned for Version 3.0?

Well, a lot!

• The fibre glass armor on the left shoulder will be removed by 5mm thick plastic. This will help to make the costume easier to wear.

• The shoulder strap will be removed. As it is of now it often slips from the shoulder as it is too wide.

• New gloves.

• New leg armor.

• A new version of the firearm, better constructed letting the light have a better effect on the weapon.

• Attaching the Chest armor with velcro to the vest.