It doesn't work like that

>>8108472
Explain.

>>8108465

Only the exoeskeleton, nothing. It needs muscle fibres.

An ant the size of a dog in current atmosphere would not be able to breath, so again, nothing.

There are giant spider crabs in the sea and they can't lift shit, if that tells you something.

>>8108480
Yes, but how tough would the shell be?

>>8108465
>If you scaled a cockroach up to the size of a human it would be as strong as a rocket, amiright xdddddddd

>>8108485

Adamantium tough.
How old are you?

>>8108490
Old enough to be in an argument about the strength of giant magic ants on another board.

But for the shell itself, would it be a suitable armor or building material?

>>8108493
since you're visibly not interested in the realism behind your fantasy, just make it as strong as you want. click your heels three times and make the world's strongest ant armor from ants the size of jupiter

>>8108493

http://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/20572/would-keratin-spider-silk-and-bone-make-good-bio-engineered-armour

>>8108511
>confusing Keratin, Spider Silk, and Bone for Chitin

Ant's exoskeleton is made of Chitin. Which you can make armor out of. You'd most likely need to grow it yourself. You're talking endocuticle that is 270 MPa.

www.dierk-raabe.com/app/download/5784890606/Acta+Materialia+53+%282005%29+4281%E2%80%934292+biological+nanocomposite.pdf