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Toronto

Is there a detailed diagram that shows exactly what each piece of armour is for as apposed to just the names?
(Around mark 7-ish )

I've seen one where its a bunch of techno-babble such as: "Armour systems panels", "Armoured Umbilicals/Power Feeds"
This example is based originally off the Jes Goodwin 8' tall marine drawing.

As an example, (and bear with me here) the "Armoured Umbilicals/Power Feeds" are the three tubes that run from the belt up the abdomen into the chest, in the Jes Goodwin drawing they are covered entirely with a peice of armour,(you can see them in this image with the three horizontal lines) my question in this case being: How does this marine rotate at the waist if he has a solid peice of armour that takes away the flexibility of the free hanging tubes?

or an example of a fairly ideal answer:

The "Armoured flexible seals" between each joint: What are those made out of? How do they operate?
On the models they are represented like triangles (accordion style) that communicate folds as if its a fabric-like material, in other situations they show it as more rigid and square oriented 90degree angles which would imply a solid metal-like material scaling one over the next, which is the right one?
Answer from steam forum: "The armoured bodyglove, and atificial muscle fibers that connect the plates". A little brief but still leaves me wanting little.


I hope I'm just not noticing a really obvious resource right under my nose. A very specific request but if anyone can point me in the right direction I'd appreciate it.

   
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There was a RT era one for Mk VI.

http://i.stack.imgur.com/jyuge.jpg
   
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Considering the fact that Space Marine armour is based off late medieval plate armour, I'd guess that the things visible in the joints are the under-armour. Medieval plate is worn with chainmail underneath, so I would guess that those things are the Space Marine equivalent of chainmail, which they wear underneath the plates of the power armour. Something that is flexible yet strong enough to ward off blows.

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Toronto

nareik wrote:
There was a RT era one for Mk VI.

http://i.stack.imgur.com/jyuge.jpg


Thats not too bad, thanks for that.


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 Iron_Captain wrote:
Considering the fact that Space Marine armour is based off late medieval plate armour, I'd guess that the things visible in the joints are the under-armour. Medieval plate is worn with chainmail underneath, so I would guess that those things are the Space Marine equivalent of chainmail, which they wear underneath the plates of the power armour. Something that is flexible yet strong enough to ward off blows.


Well I gave an example of a decent answer to that, yours is as well so thank you.

But for the unanswered example, I don't think they justify how a marine can pivot at the waist with the solid plate covering his "umbilical tubes". If the plate itself moves along like medieval plate, they don't describe how, considering how many angles you can pivot from at the waist.

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Having worn medieval style armor, you don't move much at the waist. I doesn't come up that much. That chest plate could be slightly articulated (along that lower crescent line) and allow a few degrees of rotation, and that would be plenty.

You don't really twist that much in a sword fight. For parries/blocks you just use your arms, and you use whole-body follow through when you are smackin' a guy. Presumably gunfights are even less acrobatic, but I haven't tried armored gunfights.

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Toronto

 Groslon wrote:
Having worn medieval style armor, you don't move much at the waist. I doesn't come up that much. That chest plate could be slightly articulated (along that lower crescent line) and allow a few degrees of rotation, and that would be plenty.

You don't really twist that much in a sword fight. For parries/blocks you just use your arms, and you use whole-body follow through when you are smackin' a guy. Presumably gunfights are even less acrobatic, but I haven't tried armored gunfights.


I see, looking at it now, it seems that the plate on the abdomen gets wider at the top to allow for a little bit of movement of the tubes beneath.
Well thats one of many mysteries solved.

Thank you!
   
 
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