Bryan Cook as Max
Bryan Cook (aka Maddok)
Bryan Cook as
Max
Bryan: "To start, I used a standard American biker leather jacket that I picked up at a pawn shop for $35 (I made sure to get one with a detachable belt so it has loops all around the waist). I cut off the entire right sleeve at the shoulder (because American jackets are baggy in the upper arm), cut out a section of the lower sleeve and riveted it back onto the shoulder of the jacket so that it's a short sleeve length. The shoulder pad/armor I made by cutting black kydex plastic to the shapes of football pads and then used a heat gun to warm and hand shape it to suit. I then followed the instruction on this site to attach the shoulder plate to the shoulder bracket which I bolted to the jacket.
The weapons belt/harness I made from simple latigo leather from a local leather shop, as well as the hand-axe pouch and the hydrant spanner pouch. I attached a small "D" ring to the front of the shoulder strap with a clasp to hold a 6" crescent wrench on a keyring, and another clasp on the belt itself to hold the folding knife.The shotgun holster was also custom made from leather from a local leathershop and riveted. The leg strap is just scrap strips of leather. The shotgun and axe are wooden, painted and made in my spare time working at a stereo shop. I used a jigsaw and a belt sander - nothing more.
The pants are just the cheapest pair of new leather pants I could find (if you look, you can find them for about $80 online). The leg brace was made from scrap aluminum barstock, bent to shape in a vise, and drilled in order to bolt on spacers and the leather straps. The knee hinge is a notch cut into the lower ends of the upper leg bars with the lower bar slid into the notch then bolted with a locknut over a large washer. Also hinged at the ankle and wrapping under the sole of the boots just forward ofthe boot heel. The boots are standard Carolina tall engineer boots.
For the gloves, I found a pair of black leather driving gloves on the sidewalk in front of a coffee shop, so I had no problems cutting the fingers in the appropriate places and generally just giving them a beat to hell look. The binoculars attach to the belt by a carabeaner hooked through a leather strap on the binoculars and the boot knife just tucks into the boot. Binoculars and bootknife both bought at a pawn shop for a combined $7.
For the Interceptor, I found myself lucky enough to have met Bill Brown, from Oregon, and "Phil" at AussieCarImports.com, and was generously allowed to be photographed in thier cars. (Thanks, guys!! You Rawk!!)"