Carl wrote:
i have friends in Wayland-Yutani? Nah a while ago this book was released as part of the merchandising for Aliens, i used to have it. Fortunately a friend of mine found a pdf copy of it.
In answer to Steelphoenix, i shouldn’t have tried to get technical, the armour can be made out of plastic or even dense foam, what i meant to say was there are some good pics of how the armour is put together, (silly me)
on a costuming note, based on the aliens novel it turns out that USCM crews combat equipment is not uniform, they are allowed to wear what ever military fatigues they choose with regard to combat BDU and equipment, it only has to fit the mission requirements as determined by mission orders and is vetted through the company commanders or senior NCO’s discretion.
as an example in the novel marines are allowed to personalise their armour, (as Matt has been suggesting he would,) and PFC Frost had a holographic full nude print of his current grilfreind on the front plate of his.
although everyone found it funny, Apone pulled rank and ordered it removed prior to combat. Just some thoughts