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The sanding continues.
Sandbagger's Iron Man builds - Now in STEEL.
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Night-time project - Iron Man's arms. preparing to cut all the parts out of 23 sheets of 200gsm card-stock per arm, before folding, gluing and hardening.
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Here's over 8 hours work last night and today. Upper arm/bicep and shoulder-bells for right arm constructed from card-stock ready for resin hardening. Fits my arm nicely.
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Right arm assembled, ready for hardening with resin.
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Trial fit. Looking alright so far....
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Had a friend come over yesterday. I bogged up the torso while he applied resin to all the arm components. Today I filled each piece with a 4:1 slush-mix of car-body-filler and fibreglass resin. Rock solid on the inside now, ready for fibreglass matt on the inside then filler on the outside for sanding and detailing.
Checking for proportions, this thing is looking MEEEAANNN! Can't wait to put it on!
Checking for proportions, this thing is looking MEEEAANNN! Can't wait to put it on!
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Seems someone was spying on my top-secret project with an iPhone..... 
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Fitting finished pieces together is proving quite difficult. The pepakura files show you how to make the pieces, but not how to fit them together.
I've now filled each arm-piece with slush-cast, but not yet reinforced them with fibreglass mat. I wanted to check for fit first.
I put the shoulder bell on, upper arm, forearm and wrist with the elbow pivot plate in between. Bent my elbow and promptly broke the pivot plate. I think I might make one (temporary template) out of cardboard, fit it and get it working, then make one out of aluminium plate.
It fits well though. Nice and snug with just a little room for padding inside.
I've now filled each arm-piece with slush-cast, but not yet reinforced them with fibreglass mat. I wanted to check for fit first.
I put the shoulder bell on, upper arm, forearm and wrist with the elbow pivot plate in between. Bent my elbow and promptly broke the pivot plate. I think I might make one (temporary template) out of cardboard, fit it and get it working, then make one out of aluminium plate.
It fits well though. Nice and snug with just a little room for padding inside.
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Just having some fun with the phone camera.
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Got the left arm assembled and started work on the gauntlets.
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The wee hours of the night when everyone else goes to bed is my time. My time to relax and be nerdy. I got the left hand fully assembled tonight and this morning. The good camera is out in the observatory and it's too darned cold to go out and get it, so a phone-camera shot it is.....
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Time for some creative photography.
I set-up the work so far in my studio and prepared the lighting, height, distance etc. I then donned what I could and played with the result in Photoshop to bring in some colour that I'm not yet ready to paint on.
It's good to just get a little bit of an idea of where I am headed with the suit. It's also good to see it all together so I can check proportions etc.
1. Setting up studio lighting.
2. All the bits taped together in position.
3. Fun with Photoshop!
I set-up the work so far in my studio and prepared the lighting, height, distance etc. I then donned what I could and played with the result in Photoshop to bring in some colour that I'm not yet ready to paint on.
It's good to just get a little bit of an idea of where I am headed with the suit. It's also good to see it all together so I can check proportions etc.
1. Setting up studio lighting.
2. All the bits taped together in position.
3. Fun with Photoshop!
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Got busy building the cod-piece.
Front
Back
Front
Back
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Something I should have done in the very beginning -
MAKE A TAPE DUMMY!
Fitting, modifying and adjusting the suit needs to be done accurately and doing it on my own body is darned near impossible.
With a tape dummy to my exact proportions, I can build and modify the whole suit on it and have it all fit together exactly, being sure that it will fit me when done.
I watched some U-tube tutorials by STEALTH on how to make this. Thanks mate.
First a supporting frame has to be made out of PVC pipe. Then it's just a matter of putting on some thin clothes that you don't mind cutting up, tape up the sleeves, ankles and waist then get an assistant to wrap you up like a mummy in PVC Duct tape.
I couldn't believe how good it made my back feel... I might have to tape up my back every day before a start swinging the chainsaw at work!
Once covered from ankle to neck, then it's a matter of the assistant cutting the silver suit off - just enough to wriggle out of it, which can be slow and tedious, but taking your time is key.
Next insert the skeleton support and start to tape up the cuts, leaving the torso open until last. Stuff the whole suit with newspaper, rags, sheets, foam or whatever you have and pack it right out. The tape won't stretch beyond how it was while you were wearing it, so your form is retained.
I've run out of tape (used three rolls of 30 metres) so I'll have to pick up another roll tomorrow and stuff the suit as soon as possible.
This is going down as one of the top few weirdest things I've done.....
MAKE A TAPE DUMMY!
Fitting, modifying and adjusting the suit needs to be done accurately and doing it on my own body is darned near impossible.
With a tape dummy to my exact proportions, I can build and modify the whole suit on it and have it all fit together exactly, being sure that it will fit me when done.
I watched some U-tube tutorials by STEALTH on how to make this. Thanks mate.
First a supporting frame has to be made out of PVC pipe. Then it's just a matter of putting on some thin clothes that you don't mind cutting up, tape up the sleeves, ankles and waist then get an assistant to wrap you up like a mummy in PVC Duct tape.
I couldn't believe how good it made my back feel... I might have to tape up my back every day before a start swinging the chainsaw at work!
Once covered from ankle to neck, then it's a matter of the assistant cutting the silver suit off - just enough to wriggle out of it, which can be slow and tedious, but taking your time is key.
Next insert the skeleton support and start to tape up the cuts, leaving the torso open until last. Stuff the whole suit with newspaper, rags, sheets, foam or whatever you have and pack it right out. The tape won't stretch beyond how it was while you were wearing it, so your form is retained.
I've run out of tape (used three rolls of 30 metres) so I'll have to pick up another roll tomorrow and stuff the suit as soon as possible.
This is going down as one of the top few weirdest things I've done.....
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Tape dummy complete with some of the armour mounted on it. I stuffed it with newspaper, plastic shopping bags and the yellow-pages....
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Hey bro. Good to see your still with us. I must admit I was wondering how the build was going and had hoped for more. You've been staring at the starts too much again?
p.s. lmao at anti-swoon square
Mate I've hoped for more. I am very time-poor with the building of the observatory nearing completion, but still very time-consuming to get that done.
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Thanks man. However, it should be noted that the only part that is even close to a finished product is the helmet - although I'm probably going to sand it back, fix a few things on the outside, finish the faceplate animatronics and re-paint it again. Still not happy with it.
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