BARC Pouches

[DaVe]

I've started some preliminary investigation into the pouch design for the BARC. By my count (and I'm not an expert), it appears that there are 14 pouches on the BARC. Four on the front / belly, Four on the sides (2 each side), four on the back and two thigh / belt boxes.

 

All measurements are guesses, 100% eye balled...

 

Front Pouches(4):

2 smaller on top - 2" tall by 3" wide by 1" thick

2 larger on bottom - 5-6" tall by 3-4" wide by 1.5-2.5" thick

 

Side Pouches(4):

2 smaller on top - 2" tall by 3" wide by 2" thick

2 larger on bottom - 3-4" tall by 3-4" wide by 1.5-2.5" thick

 

Back Pouches(4):

Kidney - 6-8" tall by 3-4" wide by 2-2.5" thick

Lower spine - 5" tall by 6-7" wide by .5" thick (thick envelope style)

 

Belt Boxes(2) - Tapered box 4-5" top /3" bottom wide by 4-5" tall by 1" thick. Appear to be attached to thighs, not free floating.

 

I have some Army digital ACU fabric on order. I plan to make some pouches out of that material. Maybe dyed fabric. Who knows... I plan to construct plastic boxes out of thin plastic 'For Sale' signs then wrap them in the proper material (christmas present style). The plastic will give it shape / structure and the material will give it the right look / textures.

 

I plan to post WIP pictures. I would love to hear other peoples take on the sizes and other details. Let me know what you think.

 

DaVe

 

front pouches...

 

back pouches...

[Ladyghost4459]

I started looking at these again yesterday and bought some material to begin mock ups of them. I figure with a really firm stabilizer and maybe even doing the liquid starch bath, we can probably get a sturdy enough set of pouches for this. I am also begining preliminaries on the midsection vest/cummerbund using an alice hook up ideal for all of the pouches. Got a lot of other scout work to finish up for customers, but will be spending a few hours a week getting this idea off the drawing board and on to some bodies.

[Ghst915]

You missed the leg pouches not the boxes hanging off the belt but the darker pouches that are sewen into the front of the leg arae under the hanging boxes. There 16 total pouches on these guys. I missed at first too but they are there.

 

[DaVe]

Well, I started on a prototype thigh belt box last night. I originally traced the basic layout onto a sheet of paper to see how it would look. I had to use oversized paper cause the template would not fit on a standard 8.5" x 11". I cut it out, taped and folded it up.

Here is the basic template that I used. I'm still trying to decide on the exact measurements, but these appear to be close. My template is not to scale. Sorry.

 

The paper cutout looked fairly decent so I moved on to thin plastic. I found some plastic 'For Sale' signs at Walmart for ~$2. I cut out the pattern with some strong scissors and began to start folding and creasing the plastic.

Be careful when folding and creasing the plastic. The plastic is very thin and can crack easily. I put clear tape on the seams that I thought might be too weak to handle a hard fold.

 

Next, I punched holes in the plastic and riveted the thigh box together.

Hole punch, Rivet gun, Rivets.

 

Here is the final result...

 

I learned quite a bit from my little prototype experiment. Here is what I've learned....

 

1# This is only an inner skeleton for the thigh box. I still plan to wrap the outside in a more screen accurate cloth material.

2# I need to spray paint the inside of the box black and the outside tan (just in case the cloth gets exposed from the inside).

3# Use washers on the inside of the rivets. I should know better than that.

4# Use a plastic glue along the folds.

5# I may cut off the top plastic closer flap and solely with a cloth based closer flap. The plastic flaps seem to want to curl back open.

 

I have also started to think about the belt that these hang off. I've looked around for the black and silver belt, but I'm not having much luck. I've decided that I'm just going to get a 1" black leather belt, mask off squares with painters tape, spray paint silver, allow to dry, then peal off the painters tape. I should be able to hide the traditional belt buckle under a pouch. I'm still thinking about the metal ring at the midsection and the straps that the thigh boxes hang from.

 

 

Let me know what you think. Constructive criticism is welcomed and encouraged.

 

DaVe

[ScoutSi]

They look really good matey!!!

 

Top work

[Lonescout]

Have you worked on anyother pouches? Any more picks...plse post!

 

 

[Acrylikhan]

You missed the leg pouches not the boxes hanging off the belt but the darker pouches that are sewen into the front of the leg arae under the hanging boxes. There 16 total pouches on these guys. I missed at first too but they are there.

 

Those are "pockets" with a flap on the jumpsuit. There is no seam lines on suit itself, and I imagine its a simple modification: similar to how pockets are sewn to the hip on a pair of dress slacks.

 

I've been checking out my nephew's gear from his tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. I think we might be able to use US military pouches straight up, with little to no modification. They are slightly bigger than the measurements we have listed here, but they should work out nicely.

 

They would be magazine clip pouches, and looks like standard field carry-alls.

 

my $1.89+tax.

 

As soon as I get them, I will post pics of them here.

[TB-7076]

I guess we see no seam lines as we have mostly low poly models with reduced skin detail.

The Barcs have minimal screentime and no real close up shots in the movie therefore

sophisticated cgi would have been a waste of time leaving the barcs almost as detailed as

a common computer game model.

Look at some screen caps they even forgot to wipe out some errors with the lens of the

barc making it semi transparent so that you see the back vents through the lens.

 

Embrace the fact that we get a lot of possibilities to use our own brains to make this costume

a functional real life replica with lots of room for improvement over the references given.

 

 

[Acrylikhan]

I guess that's what makes this so fun, is that it allows everyone to get creative, and perhaps add a touch of realism.

 

I'm centering on:

MOLLE Double M4/M16 Magazine Pouches (approximate Size 6 - 8" Tall by 2.75" wide by 1" -2" thick)

and

9mm Ammo Pouches (approximate size 5"-6" tall by 3"-4" wide by 2" thick)

 

I think the smaller ones could be small tool, or First Aid kit pouches, but I'm still waiting to here from my nephew about those.

 

The really thin one... I'm not sure if they make something that thin... but I would think even having it a little thick would be okay.

 

That's my battleplan and I'm sticking to it.

[mrbungle]

I guess that's what makes this so fun, is that it allows everyone to get creative, and perhaps add a touch of realism.

 

I'm centering on:

MOLLE Double M4/M16 Magazine Pouches (approximate Size 6 - 8" Tall by 2.75" wide by 1" -2" thick)

and

9mm Ammo Pouches (approximate size 5"-6" tall by 3"-4" wide by 2" thick)

 

I think the smaller ones could be small tool, or First Aid kit pouches, but I'm still waiting to here from my nephew about those.

 

The really thin one... I'm not sure if they make something that thin... but I would think even having it a little thick would be okay.

 

That's my battleplan and I'm sticking to it.

 

you and me were thinking the same thing. almost down to the exact pouches.

[Holdfast]

you and me were thinking the same thing. almost down to the exact pouches.

 

That would make 3 of us. I am going to work on some templates during the week. I will update as soon as I have something. I am going of my old army kit for measurements.

 

[Acrylikhan]

Rogue, you are awesome - did we tell you that yet??