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==Costume== | ==Costume== | ||
The idea for the costume | The idea for the costume came to [[Taylor]] while she was watching a Discovery Channel program about an anti-bear suit made of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_silk#Artificial_synthesis synthetic spider silk]. With her powers she can work with the real stuff, bypassing many of the inherent issues of managing the spiders and creating the fabric. | ||
Taylor notes the best spider for the job would be the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin%27s_bark_spider Darwin's bark spider] (Caerostris darwini) with a dragline silk that is among the toughest biological materials around, over ten times tougher than a similarly-sized piece of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevlar Kevlar]. The average toughness of the fibres is 350 MJ/m3, and some are up to 520 MJ/m3, making the silk twice as tough as any other spider silk known. Unfortunately the spiders are only found in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar Madagascar], and the spiders would likely have difficulty surviving in Brockton Bay. | |||
She settled on using the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_widow_spider Black Widow] spider, instead. Though these spiders aren't typically found in the northeast of America, where it is generally too cold, the [[Brockton Bay]] area tends to be warm, with mild winters, thanks to the surrounding geography. This same characteristic, which made it a tourist destination and a hotspot for capes, also made it a place where black widow spiders could live, if not thrive. The tensile strength of the black widow silk is comparable to that of steel wire of the same thickness. However, as the density of steel is about six times that of silk, this silk is stronger than steel wire of the same weight. Further, the elasticity of the material makes it less prone to wear and tear. | |||
Taylor's costume combines the fabric, which is made of dragline silk, with panels of armor strategically positioned over her vital areas. The armor is made of insect shells (chitin) reinforced with dragline silk. The costume covers her entire body except her scalp, leaving her hair free. The armor includes a compartment at her back, spade shaped and hanging loose so it can cover her spine. She keeps equipment, tools and supplies in this space. The only part of her costume she did not design herself are the yellow lenses/goggles, which are goggles for underwater spelunkers, scuff resistant and tinted to reduce glare. She has dyed the fabric of her costume black, and painted the armor dark gray, to better blend in with her swarm. | |||
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Revision as of 17:21, May 15, 2012
Female. Civilian name Taylor Hebert.Member of The Undersiders. Master 5, specifically arthropodovoyance and arthropodokinesis.
The Main Character of Worm.
A 10th grade student at Winslow High, Taylor is a bullied teen and aspiring superhero. Her powers manifested in January 2011, giving her the ability to psychically command invertebrates: insects, arachnids, worms, crustaceans and the like. Though her original plan was to become a hero, a case of mistaken allegiance led to the villainous group known as the Undersiders inviting her to join. Knowing the local heroes were struggling to get details on this particular group, she accepted the offer with the plan to serve as a double agent.
Costume
The idea for the costume came to Taylor while she was watching a Discovery Channel program about an anti-bear suit made of synthetic spider silk. With her powers she can work with the real stuff, bypassing many of the inherent issues of managing the spiders and creating the fabric.
Taylor notes the best spider for the job would be the Darwin's bark spider (Caerostris darwini) with a dragline silk that is among the toughest biological materials around, over ten times tougher than a similarly-sized piece of Kevlar. The average toughness of the fibres is 350 MJ/m3, and some are up to 520 MJ/m3, making the silk twice as tough as any other spider silk known. Unfortunately the spiders are only found in Madagascar, and the spiders would likely have difficulty surviving in Brockton Bay.
She settled on using the Black Widow spider, instead. Though these spiders aren't typically found in the northeast of America, where it is generally too cold, the Brockton Bay area tends to be warm, with mild winters, thanks to the surrounding geography. This same characteristic, which made it a tourist destination and a hotspot for capes, also made it a place where black widow spiders could live, if not thrive. The tensile strength of the black widow silk is comparable to that of steel wire of the same thickness. However, as the density of steel is about six times that of silk, this silk is stronger than steel wire of the same weight. Further, the elasticity of the material makes it less prone to wear and tear.
Taylor's costume combines the fabric, which is made of dragline silk, with panels of armor strategically positioned over her vital areas. The armor is made of insect shells (chitin) reinforced with dragline silk. The costume covers her entire body except her scalp, leaving her hair free. The armor includes a compartment at her back, spade shaped and hanging loose so it can cover her spine. She keeps equipment, tools and supplies in this space. The only part of her costume she did not design herself are the yellow lenses/goggles, which are goggles for underwater spelunkers, scuff resistant and tinted to reduce glare. She has dyed the fabric of her costume black, and painted the armor dark gray, to better blend in with her swarm.