Re: Re: 1:1 FMAS

> I assume someone has tried making body armor?  I'd think that a thin
polyethylene would suffice, and if done properly should be pretty
flexible.
You could cut piece from a milk jug and make "scale mail"--loan them out
to
new people until you get them hooked.
>

Soft body armours are prohibited as they tend to prevent paintballs from
breaking - hard armours make them break more often and make movement a
little harder - I've been heavily involved for about 18 years now and
I've
seen a few attempts along these lines - the bottom line has always been
that
the game is a "contact" sport with a few bruises - it doesn't stop
several
million people worldwide playing it each weekend as a social sport and
quite
a lot as a competitive sport. Unfortunately the gamme is largely male
dominated with only a few notable exceptions of ladies/women playing
more
than once or twice - the game does involve a degree of rough and tumble
-
that's one of the reasons why I keep playing :-)

Brendan
(Team ACME)