Broke: The HEV Suit should be generically androgynous because it's a Hazmat Suit.
Woke: The HEV Suit should conform to the user's physical proportions as much as reasonably possible because it's miniature power armor.
Bespoke: The HEV Suit should give everyone that wears it a dump truck ass because life's too short to die anything but caked-up.
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I honestly like to think that the reason Gordon Freeman can't mantle or climb without the aid of a ladder isn't for any game design reason, but simply because the HEV Suit weighs 500 pounds and is built like a dump truck. Trying to do a pull-up in that thing seems like asking for trouble, especially for a 6'2 twink who weighs less than a wet paper bag.
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How Much Does the H.E.V. actually Weigh?
Hey folks. So as a resident loser and wonderer of useless things I have been trying to figure out how much the H.E.V. Suit from hl2 actually weighs.
There’s no actual good indicator in hl1 for how much the mach 4 weighs so we’re going to be focusing on the hl2 mach 5 model.
Part 1: The Puzzle
First thing that I did was figure out how many cinderblocks gordon weighs. In one of the First puzzles in the game after you get your HEV and the Crowbar + 9mm You have to use 7 cinderblocks to make one side of the See-Saw go down enough that you can jump to the other side. However, if you use 6 cinderblocks it will act as a See-Saw, leading me to believe that gordon, with his crowbar and his pistol, weighs about 6.5 cinderblocks.
Part 2: Cinderblocks
Now, there’s a few different types of Cinderblocks that exist. There’s the standard ones with the two holes and the prongs which I’m sure many have seen before. But the thing is, Is that the Cinderblocks used in the game are not standard Cinderblocks.
For reference:
This is a chart comparing cinderblock sizes and weights.
And this is a half life 2 cinderblock
As we can see here the cinderblocks used in half life are the largest and therefore the heaviest cinderblocks on aforementioned chart. (bottom right)
Therefore a singular cinderblock used in the game weighs 52lbs/23.5kg
“But wait Tony!” you say “What about the weapons??”
fear not loyal half life fan, I’ve got that covered.
Part 3: The Weapons
So after reviewing a couple videos and confirming, the two weapons you have at the See-Saw puzzle are the Crowbar and the 9mm
Now after a little research, The 9mm weighs about 1.7lbs/.77kg
The crowbar weighs 18lbs/8.2kg
Part 4: The Guy himself
I want to preface this that this is a lot of speculation that’s based on game lore.
So, Gordon. He’s 6′2″ and looks like a bean pole.
i mean seriously look at this guy. He looks like your average STEM dad.
But the thing to remember here is that he has been going through Hazardous Environment training, including the Hazardous environment course. Along with being taught how to use the H.E.V. which the weight (we will get to it at the end of this post) will absolutely need him to bulk up at least a little for it.
So now we’re assuming that he has an athletic body type.
Unfortunately the USAmerican health system HEAVILY relies on BMI as a “Healthy Weight” indicator so that’s what i have to use (I tried finding something else if anyone has some good resources for this it would be wonderful if you replied or reblogged this with those)
According to places like Banner Health (which is what i used as reference) the average 6′2″ Athletic man falls between 171-210lbs/77.6-99.25kg. I assume here that Gordon falls around 202lbs/91.6kg
Part 5: The Math
Okay so, we have the weight of the cinderblocks used, we have the weight of Gordon himself, and we have the weight of the weapons. Fantastic! Now to do everyone's least favorite thing, Math.
First The cinderblocks since they’re the foundation (haha get it) of our entire project here.
52/2= 26lbs 23.5/2=11.75kg
52x6= 312 lbs 23.5x6=141kg
312 + 26= 338lbs 141 + 11.75= 152.75kg
Next we’re going to get the weight of the two weapons
1.7 + 18= 19.7lbs 8.2 + .77= 8.97kg
Great. Now we have all the numbers we need.
338-19/7= 318.3lbs 152.75-8.97= 143.78kg
318.3-202= 116.3lbs 143.78-91.6= 52.18kg
YAAAYYYYY WE FOUND IT OUT
The H.E.V. weighs 116.3lbs/52.18
congrats :]
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HALF LIFE FULL HEV MK4 MODEL REFERENCE
(i think this model is much better than the one that comes with the red menace model and i recommend using this one if you want an accurate mk4, credit to pepperjak for this amazing model)
send me a message if there's a specific model you need references of, i'd be happy to snap some pics!
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