Roller derby costume

To make the helmet, I took a kids' construction helmet and covered it with duct tape. I printed some derby logos and taped it over the helmet and my

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Above: The final concept. I didn't change the existing B Team uniform colours or strip, in the end I focused on adapting it to fit the leotard concept. The pads and skates would be the skater's own, so the concept is really focused on the uniform and the helmet. Below: Some development tablet doodles of variations of the unform. Central to the futuristic element of the unifrom concept was that there would be loads of hi-tech features built into the helmets.

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