If decades of “Scooby-Doo” cartoons have taught generations of Saturday morning TV kids is that there’s no such thing as monsters: they’re only people in costumes doing horrible things to teenagers and their dog. And if conceptual artist Pete Mander’s SSCS Frogman Suit is to teach us anything, it’s that Pete has got his eye out for terrorizing those kids riding around in the Mystery Machine. Seriously, this thing is terrifying.
What started out as a custom suit design almost 3 years ago, this functional prototype is Mander’s first and only personal and original proof-of-concept suit. And no, this wasn’t designed for a future “Halo” video game or sci-fi movie.
Rather, the armored suit was created to propel military frogmen through the water via jet-propulsion. To accomplish this, Mander is effectively a flyboard without the hoses – enabling the wearer to jump from a ship, independently fly through the water, and effectively propel the frogman aboard the deck of another ship.
This kind of thrust and propulsion is still in its infancy and has yet to be shown actually lifting the wearer through or out of the water with any sort of control. Rather, all that is shown is the SSCS Frogman Suit emerging out of the surf like part of Aquaman’s most intimidating branch of his military.
Kevin, thank for your write up on my suit, if I have any advice to give, it might be as a journalist, is that you do some research first. or maybe..Just maybe conduct an interview with the artist..None the less thanks for the Review.. PJM
Pete, If there’s more to this story, then please feel free to provide more info and we can do a follow up.
Oh come on Pete, never let the truth get in the way of a click-bait, er story! 😀