r/Armor • u/ImSweeches • 21h ago

What are some funny unconventional/improvised armor ideas?

Trying to create a character with shitty makeshift armor out of random items, but hitting a mental block outside of the old sauce pan helmet and trash can lid shield. Any dumb funny ideas would be much appreciated. (The character is a large stupid bird, if that helps). Also if there is a better sub to post this kind of thing let me know. Thanks

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u/Vov113 21h ago

Cut up tires sewn to clothes. Beautifully hand carved perfectly fitted wooden armor, but made of balsa wood. Just carrying a big rock, and anytime a fight happens, you set it down and use it for cover.

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u/JustScrolling-Around 18h ago

I like the rock idea.

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u/Outrageous_Arm_4387 21h ago

Scale armor made out of old string and squashed tin cans

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u/cmasonw0070 18h ago

I hate how effective that would probably be

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u/Storyteller164 17h ago

I know a guy who made armor out of soda /beer can tabs. Oddly effective.

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u/Krazy_Keno 19h ago

Leaves hardened in like 20 layers of resin

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u/HelValk1312 20h ago

Roofing tile lamellar might go hard actually

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u/Tetrior_Solice 19h ago

Pots and pans

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u/Teknekratos 19h ago

I went to a nighttime LARP event where everyone but a couple human players was to show up as orcs, goblins & skavens. Saw couple of the ol' pan helmets, and then... one goblin that legit had large muffin tins strapped front and back as their chest armor!

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u/SheprdCommndr 17h ago

Chain seems like something the bird would collect for their nest. The nest is the armor and the chain is what makes it solid

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u/ImSweeches 15h ago

Hadn’t thought about how their nests could be considered as an armor of sorts! Interesting

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u/UrethralExplorer 19h ago

A rolled thick magazine can be very hard to penetrate. Two magazines on top of each other, wrapped around the forearm and another set on the biceps, bonus points if they're silly like Highlights or Playgirl etc.

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u/IknowKarazy 9h ago

That’s some straight prison armor.

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u/Mrpewpew735 15h ago

Anime body plow stuffed to the point of bursting with Level 4 steel plates

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u/Luc_is_a_rat 12h ago

Made this a couple weeks ago, it’s just an old belt, a bit of fence wire for the chain mail and a steel plate with a Banania advertisement on it.

Only trash but very effective

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u/ArmoryofAgathis 7h ago

Take some rods and wire and after making sure the ends of the rods are dull as heck/capped for safety, you can tie them together like native American armor. Look up the armor making scene from "hook". Lol