Sandbagger's Iron Man builds - Now in STEEL.

[agentflorida]

Are you planing on making War machine or other variants and Iron man armors / Marks. The highest there is is Mk 43 I believe. There is this game in the Iphone App store that you play as iron man that is similar to one of those running games except you fly and takeout enemies. It has the option to build the armors and use them ingame and it has almost every armor in there from Mk 2 to Mk 42 if I recall.

 

[BuildsByBaz]

Are you planing on making War machine or other variants and Iron man armors / Marks. The highest there is is Mk 43 I believe. There is this game in the Iphone App store that you play as iron man that is similar to one of those running games except you fly and takeout enemies. It has the option to build the armors and use them ingame and it has almost every armor in there from Mk 2 to Mk 42 if I recall.

Er..... in a word.. no.

I have a full time job and three kids. With the other projects I have on the go, there is no way I will be doing another steel suit. When you work on one suit for four years and no sleep at night you will know where I'm coming from.

 

[BuildsByBaz]

Fixed the voice changer crackle, thanks to the help of the Overclockers Australia community.

Later I will streamline this whole thing, make the unit smaller and fix the power so there is only one power supply.

 

[BuildsByBaz]

Well well.... They fit. Who'd have thought hey?

 

[BuildsByBaz]

Mark this occasion. Thursday 27 April 8:26pm. The suit is FINISHED!!!!! I might have a glass of wine seeing as there's no Drambuie to celebrate properly.

Here it is all boxed up, including tools, ready for events.

Thank you all for following along, sharing my trials, failures, frustrations and successes! I could not have done it without many of you who directly influenced the outcome through your kindness and patience with cranky old me.

This is the first photo of the beginning of the STEEL Iron Man build. It is dated 11/9/2014 and is the traced templates on to the first sheet of steel for the helmet.

The cardboard prototype leading up to it started on the 23/3/2014 on one of the boots.

 

[agentflorida]

You made this out of steel. Steel. Is steel that easy to bend, cut, and alter or did you resort to wielding and forging/blacksmithing? You have to have some pretty expensive equipment. I was a little late to the thread by 2 years but dang. I hope you got some rest because that post was kinda early if your not on the east coast.

 

[Jackdavid]

Mate, I'm a bit late to the party. I'm a long-time lurker on the web, on various forums, never really having the balls to post.

But this. THIS. This is ******* awesome! Gotta love the Aussie work ethic (I lived over there for 18 months a couple years ago)

I'd love to see this suit in action. If I ever come back over, I'll get you a couple VB's for your efforts!

 

[BuildsByBaz]

You made this out of steel. Steel. Is steel that easy to bend, cut, and alter or did you resort to wielding and forging/blacksmithing? You have to have some pretty expensive equipment. I was a little late to the thread by 2 years but dang. I hope you got some rest because that post was kinda early if your not on the east coast.

Yes steel. After cutting it all out using aviation snips, I used combinations of bending, folding, panel beating with a hammer, welding, drilling and grinding. It's really not that hard. Just takes time. I don't have expensive equipment and the welder was borrowed. I actually have very limited equipment, but a capacity to farm out tasks that are beyone my skill sets, collaborating with other talented people out there to achieve the goal.

Go back and have a read through the thread. It will give you a good understanding of how to go about such a project if you are interested. This is the whole reason why I shared it all. Failures as well as successes.

I'm in Australia.

 

[BuildsByBaz]

Mate, I'm a bit late to the party. I'm a long-time lurker on the web, on various forums, never really having the balls to post.

But this. THIS. This is ******* awesome! Gotta love the Aussie work ethic (I lived over there for 18 months a couple years ago)

I'd love to see this suit in action. If I ever come back over, I'll get you a couple VB's for your efforts!

God bless ya mate. Always up for a beer.

 

[BuildsByBaz]

A week out from it's first official public appearance, my crew and I ran a full dress rehearsal and function test of the entire suit. We have a few things to tidy up but the suit is now complete and working well.

Tonight's suit-up. All systems functioning. Lights, Camera, video glasses, faceplate motor, eye illumination, arc reactor, voice changer and repulsor light and sound tech. Thanks to my mates Shane and James for crewing the JARVIS machine tonight! All set for next Saturday in the Hyperdome.

One of these days I'll do the photo thing in daylight! Probs next Saturday I guess.

 

[BuildsByBaz]

abc.net follow-up article from a phone interview this morning.

Backyard Iron Man suit ready for first mission

I will also be talking live on Radio ABC Canberra at 10am Monday morning.

 

[agentflorida]

It looks like Robert Downey Jr. is going to be replaced.

 

[agentflorida]

However I do see some exposed areas.

 

[agentflorida]

And do you have a secret tank missile? That would make it perfect.

 

[mblackwell1002]

Haha, while that would be awesome, I doubt there's a missile hidden in there.

Wow. I've been lurking in the shadows, just watching this bad boy come to life. I have to say, this is amazing. So much hard work and dedication! I am thoroughly impressed...more than impressed; bewildered at what you have accomplished. Well done.

Well...now that 3 iron...men? are crossed off the list, what's next?

 

[agentflorida]

Falcon? Antman?

 

[BuildsByBaz]

However I do see some exposed areas.

They will disappear by week's end.

And do you have a secret tank missile? That would make it perfect.

Well i have another name for it, but if that's what you want to call it.....

Haha, while that would be awesome, I doubt there's a missile hidden in there.

Wow. I've been lurking in the shadows, just watching this bad boy come to life. I have to say, this is amazing. So much hard work and dedication! I am thoroughly impressed...more than impressed; bewildered at what you have accomplished. Well done.

Well...now that 3 iron...men? are crossed off the list, what's next?

It's big. You'll have to wait.

 

[BlazedStarbon]

What a feat! Forget about having a glass of wine after this accomplishment, you should celebrate with a bottle!

 

[BuildsByBaz]

Here is a link to the interview with ABC Radio's Genevieve Jacobs and Iron Man. Lots of fun!


Skip forward to 1:09:20

Mornings

 

[BuildsByBaz]

Going around the world now.

MSN - https://www.msn.com/…/former-soldier-builds-exqu…/vp-BBAyMuc
Independent. Ireland - http://www.independent.ie/…/this-former-soldier-built-an-ex…
New York
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Hong Kong,
China
Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
https://article.wn.com/…/This_former_soldier_built_an_exqu…/
London - http://video.pressassociation.com/