Thinking about constructing Zombie Armour for a future story one day.

So...Zombies. The working man\'s monster.

One bite and your done for. But that\'s the thing: if all it takes is a single bite, then really, you should be prepared for that scenario. Lord knows characters in Zombie fiction don\'t think of this as often as they should.

Ever since I read a comic book continuation of the original Film/28DaysLater where Selena reveals that she always wears leather jackets to prevent bites, it dawned on me that it\'s not that hard to thwart them.

Unless you\'re dealing with the super mutant types, all Zombies are no stronger than an average human. As long as you can protect yourself from their bites and—maybe—scratches, you can easily weather the storm, though if you get surrounded by hundreds of them, that might be more of an issue, but one problem at a time.

Finding material that a person can\'t bite through isn\'t that tough really, so I\'m making this thread to come up with my own personal Zombie armour (and you can all do the same). Here\'s what I got:

• Leather Jackets or Biker gear. Leather is thick. Not something easily bitten through, while Biker gear is meant to protect you when your stupid ass is skidding across the hard pavement (against scratches, not blunt impact...I think). Either way, it\'s not something that will be bitten through easily.

• Shin and knee pads from any type of sport. Maybe something from football, or the other football(aka Soccer). Thick plastic or whatever meant to guard you against being struck in the body. Strap the shin guards around both parts of your legs up to your knees, and then slap on the Knee pads and your good.

• Football shoulder pads. Not much to say here. Those things are thick and they\'d need to be taken off to get to the shoulders.

• Anything that guards the neck. If you\'re lucky, that biker gear you\'re wearing goes that far, but just in case it doesn\'t find something for your neck. That\'s the last thing you want getting bitten.

• Elbow and wrist guards for the arms—maybe from rollerblading, and maybe more biker gear for the hands. Again, N\'uff said on this. This stuck is meant to protect you from injuring yourself on the pavement, so once again, teeth will lose.

• And finally, a helmet and goggles for the eyes. A football helmet will likely do, but you can also use a biker helmet of some sort, as long as it totally covers the head, and can\'t be easily pulled off.

And there you go. Zombie armour from shit you can find anywhere. Weapons are easy. You just gotta be able to take a hit.

That\'s my take on it. What about all of you? I hope to one day use this in some kind of story some day. Love the idea of a hero, after spending the whole terrified of a bite, armouring up and going out and clobbering the bastards.

Even the heavy Cordura motorcycle gear should protect from a bite, especially if you're wearing it with the padded/quilted winter layer attached. The Cordura riding gear is designed to give around the same protection level as leather.

Depending on the style of the gear, it may have pockets inside the sleeves, back, shoulders and legs to hold additional padding or even rigid plastic-reinforced armour.

Decent motorcycle gloves should protect your hands but still enable you to wield most weapons (including chain saws), riding boots often have built-in rigid shin protectors and are pretty much impossible for anything to chew through.

Full-face helmet with clear visor should provide good protection and, if it's a good model, it won't interfere with your peripheral vision. Scarf wrapped around your neck for extra protection.

If you've got all of that, chances are you have a motorcycle, which would be good for getting away from large hordes of zombies and you can pick your battles.

Of course, fully armoured up, you're going to swelter in hot weather, especially if swinging a baseball bat or a decent-sized chainsaw...

I've heard someone mention wetsuits for this sort of thing, although biker gear definitely looks cooler.

Are Wetsuits tough to bite through?

Wetsuits are usually thick Neoprene rubber. Human teeth might have difficulty getting through it.

I'd seriously love to see a Zombie Apocalypse movie where the protagonists armour up as well as arming themselves. There's some really awesome-looking motorcycle armour out there with rigid segments, carbon fibre protectors etc. Plus other sport armour would work nicely, too.

The characters got some cool armor as well as weapons in Wyrmwood.

There are full body bite/stab resistant suits made for riot police. Combine one of those with some light armor and a good helmet and you’d probably be set.