Since I have written about armor design inspired by fish scales and posted an Aquaman photo here, I might as well write about another armor design which is inspired by Batmat's Batsuit. A 21 year college student, Jackson Gordon, successfully raised money on Kickstarter to make his Armatus Design "The Batsuit" combat armor, and now has posted videos on Youtube to show that it works.

Using a combination of Impact Absorbing Foam, Kevlar and Kydex plating, Gordon has designed a combat armor that would provide protection without sacrificing mobility. However, this is not bullet-proof design even if he uses Kevlar which is used in many bulletproof body armor designs these days. But is significant about his design is that he is able to fashion out a superhero armor that actually gives protection to its wearer. With Batman being the superhero who actually does not have superpowers, he has to rely on gadgets, vehicles, and body armor to fight the bad guys.

Gordon moved fast with his project, raising a modest amount on Kickstarter to get his project going, he was able to finish the armor within one month and has received lots of media coverage for his project.

Here are two videos showing how his design was able to protect him from punches, kicks, knife stabs, knife slashing, and a bat (not the flying one). If you want to look like a superhero in an airsoft game while having some armor from BB impacts, then you might want this Batsuit. Just don’t bring it an actual gunfight, it won't protect you, for now: