[quote=“DG123, post:31, topic:2901”][quote=“Iosyn, post:29, topic:2901”]Actually a thin silk robe would be a good idea – it would require a lot of silk though…
There’s an option: why don’t we make webs collectible as silk thread? we could use it as sinew/thread for sewing and, with enough silk thread you could make say, silk leggings, silk shirt and a silk robe?
It wouldn’t provide much warmth, but used as an under layer it would be a perfect cloth armour for preventing bites.
It’s been recorded that people shot with bows and crossbows that were wearing say, chain link over a silk shirt-- while the chain link was pierced, the silk beneath wasn’t– it was dragged into the wound with the arrowhead.[/quote]
I’m curious about what would happen if the spidersilk suit was worn OVER something instead of under it. Say, over a powered exoskeleton or just a metal frame. If the silk layer was far enough from your body, surely it would be able to take an impact, stretch, and NOT end up inside you.[/quote]
Well, it’s not infinitely springy. The reason it’s able to distort and stay intact in the cases Iosyn describes is that the projectile is also being slowed as it goes through armour and flesh.
Still, multiple interleaved layers of giant-spider-silk should make a pretty good stab-vest material, maybe even a kevlar substitute for repairing or crafting kevlar vests.
