Young Justice: Aqualad's Black Manta armor.

Ever since I watched the show Young Justice, I've grown a lot more attached to DC characters. Artist Phil Bourassa has depicted Aqualad and the other members of the show so amazingly I just went gaga. As the series progressed I loved it  more and more to the point where I decided that I wanted to make Aqualad's Black Manta armor for Comic Con 2013. However, Since 2013 sucked for me, I did  make it. However, after watching Young Justice (again), Justice League: A Flash-point Paradox, and Justice League: War I've gotten inspired to do it again.  So I started with some sketches first. My sketches are pretty much based off of the show's armor; A more custom one will be developed later on in the process.

I started doing my research for the armor and watching tutorials on how to even make cosplay armor. A very rough version of what I want it to look like. I'll add a few tweaks and quirks here and there.

My research here:

The base Image

One major detail I'd really love to bring to life is Aqualad's tool; his back pack. Its a unique backpack, maybe I'd be able to use this image to make it..

I haven't yet measured myself or anything so this is going to be a nice little work in progress. 

Cosplay tutorial links I've been using:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T76bw7n1MkA Helmet tutorial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubaXM1SsLyQ Helmet tutorial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb6CXGortrQ Body armor tutorial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzT9W9mAoFo Body armor tutorial 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK4w1xdVeBI Connecting the pieces tutorial

Kaotik Out.