It’s only April, but seriously, if you’re looking to go as Batman, Halloween is solved.
This 21-year-old prop maker and novice industrial design student, Gordon Jackson, has made a “low-budget” Batsuit for around $2,000 that actually withstands attacks, even knives and pipes.
How did he do it? Via a Kickstarter campaign, he says it took about three months of design work and two months to build the replica. It weighs about 25 pounds and is made of Kevlar, quarter-inch-thick Kydex plating and foam. While it protects Jackson from his friends pummeling him on a rooftop, it also looks pretty easy to move around in, as he demonstrates with extended displays of marital arts and an attempt to do the splits.
Watch the video below and get inspired to build your own Batsuit:
