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looking good!

can you show us how your led eyes r set up and how you put em?

Butofcourse


Here is a better picture of the way they're set up-



This first time around I used 5 LEDs per eye, and they're all above eye sockets pointing down, then there's a 45 degree reflective surface where I want the illumination. It took a lot of trial and error, but it's bright and thin, which is key because my plan is to automate the faceplate.

Looking pretty awesome McLean.

I did those thighs. Great work!

Wow thats card board? nice work !

So... can you see through the reflective surface? O_o

You're using pepakura as templates though right? That certainly looks like pep pieces on the floor in your first pic.

Great work though. Love to see some higher res pics

I thought about using tint and acrylic for the eyes so that there would be extra visibility, but I never tried it. Right now there's a slit under the lights, like most helmets.

And no, no pepakura in this one. When I'm finished I'll make a YouTube vid showing how I did it but it's all just trial and error with cardboard and craft foam at this point.

pretty damn cool!

is it just painted cardboard and foam, or did you put a clay coat on?

I made the structure of the pieces out of cardboard for the bigger pieces, then I use craft foam for the joints. Then I just cover both in duct tape to give it a streamlined look. The whole ab section above is made out of craft foam for mobility.

I dont like the helmet so much, but DEFINATELY like the Armor. Great Job. Any more pics?

What exactly do you not like about it? Always hungry for constructive criticism.

I'll release more pictures as I make more progress. My plan so far is to construct it in the order you put it on, so right now I'm tackling the rest of the legs. After that I'll move above the torso.

EDIT: had a question about editing. Figured it out though.

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thanks for the heads up!

Looks great! Love to see any other photos of the build you may have.

Thanks!

As soon as I get everything torso down complete, I'll post some more pics. So far with my crappy cell phone camera you're looking at the cream of the crop.

Loving the boots.

Looking to get my boots done after my helmet if I decide to do my own suit. You have actually inspired me a little to make mine haha

How did you scale them? Thats my biggest worry since the boots I'm using for the base are freaking mahoosive :P

MykiiAmore said:

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Loving the boots.

Looking to get my boots done after my helmet if I decide to do my own suit. You have actually inspired me a little to make mine haha

How did you scale them? Thats my biggest worry since the boots I'm using for the base are freaking mahoosive :P

The shoes underneath are very important to the scale. I see a lot of people use big bulky boots as a base, but the suit has very thin ankles so the smaller the better. My base shoes are fairly small, and after making all of the pieces I would say that all together they bridge on being too big. I just went to a thrift store and picked up these slip on shoes for about $12.

Yeah, I need bigger boots since my feet are weird anyways, my ankles are a bit big.
My boots have a 3 inch instep as well, so I'm going to be a good Ironman. :P

Only difficulty I think I'm going to have is scaling it all. But yes, I like your boots :P

Hands down best cardboard suit ive ever seen!
great progress!
Make sure to put up lots of WIP pics of the chest!

-Jacoby

looks great. cant wait to see how it turns out

Thank's for the kind words so far!

Some added ankle detail-

holy s*** ! this does really look good you have to make a tutorial on this.