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Expect to see a lot of this on a [[Scavenger World]]. May be donned as part of a [[Lock and Load Montage]].
 
[[Bucket Helmet]] is a [[Sub -Trope]].
 
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== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[A FistfulofFistful of Dollars]]'', with the steel chest-piece.
** Homaged in ''[[Back to The Future]] 3'', with a oven door used for the same purpose.
* In ''[[Iron Man (Film)|Iron Man]]'', he has to improvise his first suit of armor [[Locking MacGyver in The Store Cupboard|out of missile parts]], '''[[Memetic Mutation|IN A CAVE! WITH A]]'''--oh wait, we did that joke already. Then again, this being a life-supporting suit of [[Powered Armor]] with fully operational flamethrower and mostly-operational rocket-pack, [[Gadgeteer Genius|"improvised" is a bit of a stretch]].
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[The Simpsons]]'': Homer Simpson builds a bear-hunting suit (with [[Literal Ass -Kicking|one notable gap]]) out of stuff he finds in his garage.
* ''[[King of the Hill]]'': Bill does this when Dale is dressed in armor
 
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* [[Internet Backdraft|Without going into the reasons for it]], U.S. soldiers in Iraq resorted to using "Hillbilly Armor" to reinforce their vehicles for better protection against Improvised Explosive Devices (underside armor was an important first step). Some of their designs were so popular and effective that they became "kits" used throughout the army.
** Used in larger scale in [[World War II]]. Tankers would weld spare tread links onto their tanks or even use sandbags. Later, when shoulder-launched anti-tank weapons became more common, they would use thin metal sheets or wire mesh as so-called slatt-armor to detonate the shaped charges away from the tank's armor.
* [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Kelly:Ned Kelly|Ned Kelly]]. His homemade armour stopped at least twenty direct hits during his infamous shootout against Australian law enforcement. Unfortunately for Ned, the armour was heavy and didn't protect him all over. A [[Achilles Heel|shot to his ankle]] brought him down.
* Convicted NZ murderer [http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/3351986/No-penalty-for-attack-by-Burton Graeme Burton] packed newspapers and magazines under his prison uniform when he stabbed another inmate, quite possibly inspiring the example from ''[[The Wire]]'', above.
* During the [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/North_hollywood_shootout:North hollywood shootout|North Hollywood shootout]], one of the bank robbers wore a full suit of patchwork body armor, including bullet-proof vests wrapped around his legs. The other robber simply wore a [[Bulletproof Vest]] with a metal trauma chestplate. Soon, however, the SWAT team arrived, in addition to a number of the regular officers acquiring assault rifles from a nearby gunstore, and both robbers soon learned the hard way that their body armor was only effective against the considerably less powerful handgun ammunition that the beat cops carried. Rifle rounds travel much faster and tend to go through kevlar quite easily, which is why soldiers wear ceramic armor plates inside their vests.
* Some of the Egyptian protesters against the Mubarak regime were seen sporting helmets made of concrete slabs tied on with rope, and even loaves of bread secured with tape.
* Very popular amongst the [[Society for Creative Anachronism|SCA]] heavy weapons fighters. At least until they purchase real armour or learn armoursmithing themselves.
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