Bazza's Iron-Man suit build

[fotoflick]

that is pretty cool stuff, must require a bit of patience

[Nikkie]

wow this is so cool sounds like a lot involved though but pretty neat

[Barry]

Yes the one you had last year ...I mean to prevent more !!! lol

2 more in the wind...

[millicat]

Yes the one you had last year ...I mean to prevent more !!! lol

[Barry]

I have to laugh Barry. First Asign II and now this, is this your idea of contraception ?

Well obviously it's not working, I just had a son......

[millicat]

Re: Bazza's Iron-Man suit build

I have to laugh Barry. First Asign II and now this, is this your idea of contraception ? You realise your little too young for dressups.

Sorry, couldn't help it. You are indeed very creative.

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[Barry]

can't wait to see the finished product...love the dedication

Keep your eye on the website gallery mate, I can't keep up with all the forums!

[flap]

can't wait to see the finished product...love the dedication

[Barry]

Wow!!! It looks so technical, i wouldn't like to meet you on a dark night with that on, you must be very creative

Just standing on the shoulders of giants mate!

[Barry]

Looks incredible but sounds very complicated and time consuming. Where do you find the time for all your projects?

Between ten PM and midnight.....

[P Plates]

Looks incredible but sounds very complicated and time consuming. Where do you find the time for all your projects?

[Barry]

Hey guys and girls, I thought a few of you might appreciate this for fun.

I've been building an Iron-Man suit to fit me, using a technique called Pepakura. It starts off with a paper chassis, scaled to fit and printed off on A4 card stock. It is then cut out in all it's pieces, folded, glued together then painted inside and out with fibreglass resin. Then you mix resin with car-body filler to make a slush-cast, pour it on the inside and slush it all around. Then you coat the inside with fibreglass mat for strength. Then you paste car-body filler on the outside and start sanding, shaping and detailing. Finally, undercoats, painting and kit the inside out with padding, lights, and in my case, some animatronics to make parts move.

This is where I'm at so far, as of mid-Feb 2013.....

The helmet




Video below of the faceplate moving with motors:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb9q0Rv7_OM=youtu.be

The arc reactor





The suit

The suit is now ready for the bench. Now that the waist is hardened, it's time to fit it inside the torso to begin hardening the torso in shape. While the fibreglass inside was curing, I modified the arc-reactor and fit it inside it's housing in the torso. I found a beautiful big glass lens out of an old overhead projector and it fits EXACTLY over the top of the arc-reactor, sealing it into the suit.



The entire build is on my ASIGN website, as a rainy day project.