Scrap Tools/Weapon/Armor Thread

[mozi]

Someone told me once that the standard body armor offers protection to both the body and groin, so a metal plate equivalent could do that..

Also, soup bowls as equippable improvised helmets

But like significantly worse

yeah of course. I feel like there's two levels of 'improvised armor' you could do--
the simplest could would be really easy or made of common materials but useless for anything except hand to hand combat, basically just giving you a little extra chance to avoid those awful one-hit KOs/stuns/whatever
more complex assemblies that require materials and tools that while not especially effective against some lunatic with a lasergun/revolver will give you a few extra seconds of life to run away