Spider-Man Webhead 2.0

    My Spider-Man redesign for the Project: Rooftop redesign contest.
    I chose to make mine a continuation of sorts of last years Spidey redesign.
That costume was based on what a 16 year old could cobble together with a budget of 500 bucks and a hobby bench. But this Peter Parker is the 26 year old Avenger, Future Foundation science adventurer with a decent job. He's been slinging webs in the 5 boroughs for a decade, and sewing his own costume the entire time. He's gotten really good at both, and this costume reflects that. 
    I wanted this to be first functional, then realistically constructed. So the man gets zippers, where he can reach them, that way he can get in and out of his costume without the aid of magic tech or assistant costumers. Navy blue is durable but elastic trampoline textile. The red patches are light "armor": nylon twill that cover squares of Impact foam, the kind used for bike helmets and ski suits, designed to absorb blunt trauma.
    Spiderman, doesn't need bulletproofing, he dodges bullets, so the padding could in no way hinder his mobility. So no padding around the joints and bend points of the abdomen. It would be hard to tuck into those classic Spidey poses with padding in the way. 
    The helmet is stainless steel, lined with impact foam as well. The two extra eyes are the lenses of light intensifier tubes used to give his goggles night vision. 
    He has 4 zip pockets. The two on his thighs are under the impact foam and carry his smartphone and a leatherman all in one tool kit. The wrist pockets carry his web-fluid refill cartridges. The shooters themselves were designed to look a little more raygun tech. The "barrel" spins when in action.
    The Shoes are styled after the Fila Skeletoes, designed supposedly for parkour runners to have a greater barefoot gait and thus more agile. Worn almost exclusively by science dorks like Peter.

Comments

[DoctorSmashy]

Another great redesign! Something I really admire in your designs are how they manage to see functional and practical but still maintain that iconic, colourful, cartoony superhero look. Examples from this outfit are the night vision spider eyes, the awesome parkour shoes and the steel helmet. The perfect blend between real-life practicality and comic book spandex goodness. It's so hard to pull that off as well as you do.
However, I do have some criticisms. While I get what you were going for, I think that the padding seems a bit random and complicated in contrast to the simple shapes of the classic Ditko costume. And while I absolutely love the negative space spider logo, the lack of a more simple and iconic chest logo is quite jarring at first. It actually took me a while to realise that the space formed a spider, while the Spider-Man logo should be instantly recognisable and bold. Maybe an extra, smaller logo on the top chest plate or something?
Anyway, keep up the good work. Surprised this didn't do better actually, I think it's a much better 'realistic' costume than many of the other entries.