takaaaa
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Finished this build in 8days!
Here is a photo of my foam Mark42 suit! Played a bit in photoshop to make it more "exciting". needed explosions. PLease note that I added the wear and damage with photoshop.
Greetings interwebs,
This is actually going to be my very first Iron Man foam build and I'm planning on making this for the 12am screening of IM3. So that gives me exactly 7days! I know that it sounds ambitious since I never made a foam suit and only have 7days but I spent many many months reading countless threads, taking notes, and planning this. So I'm confident that meeting the deadline wont be a problem.
I would like to thank Jackieisrockin, Gaiatron, Helagaks, ironmaided, gimpee and everyone else who i forgot for the files and foam conversion I will be using.
Also thanks to JFcustom and STEALTH (The Hero Tutorials on YouTube) for all the great info that will help greatly with this.
Ok let the 7days of no sleep begin. :lol
Again, this is my first foam build, so I may make mistakes and wont be anything close to screen accurate but I'll try to build this as best as I can.
Day one is almost over but got a lot done! First I took my measurements and scaled each part accordingly. Ill be starting with my boot and work my way up.
For this I used 10mm EVA foam.
I was also able to finish the shin and thigh. But I changed my mind and used 3mm EVA foam sheets. I did the math and it would cost much less than using the 10mm fitness mats. But it will also give me better contrast when I start to Plastidip.
I'm thinking about re-doing the boots with the 3mm foam and do the cod and hip plates before clocking out since I can crank them out fast.
Here is a photo of my foam Mark42 suit! Played a bit in photoshop to make it more "exciting". needed explosions. PLease note that I added the wear and damage with photoshop.
Greetings interwebs,
This is actually going to be my very first Iron Man foam build and I'm planning on making this for the 12am screening of IM3. So that gives me exactly 7days! I know that it sounds ambitious since I never made a foam suit and only have 7days but I spent many many months reading countless threads, taking notes, and planning this. So I'm confident that meeting the deadline wont be a problem.
I would like to thank Jackieisrockin, Gaiatron, Helagaks, ironmaided, gimpee and everyone else who i forgot for the files and foam conversion I will be using.
Also thanks to JFcustom and STEALTH (The Hero Tutorials on YouTube) for all the great info that will help greatly with this.
Ok let the 7days of no sleep begin. :lol
Again, this is my first foam build, so I may make mistakes and wont be anything close to screen accurate but I'll try to build this as best as I can.
Day one is almost over but got a lot done! First I took my measurements and scaled each part accordingly. Ill be starting with my boot and work my way up.
For this I used 10mm EVA foam.
I was also able to finish the shin and thigh. But I changed my mind and used 3mm EVA foam sheets. I did the math and it would cost much less than using the 10mm fitness mats. But it will also give me better contrast when I start to Plastidip.
I'm thinking about re-doing the boots with the 3mm foam and do the cod and hip plates before clocking out since I can crank them out fast.
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will be watching with interest 
