robo3687's Iron Man Pep Files - SD War Machine links page 73

Bimmer

It will only effect the final product if its still bumpy.. Just make sure you sand and sand and sand until its really smooth using only skim coats of bondo. Less bondo the better in my mind. It should be used to make planes smooth, rounded parts round and sharp edges sharp.

tonyalarkon

almost halloween!!! i'm so stressed XD
This weekend was a non-stop sanding and painting.
I'm starting on the mount stage, does anybody already solved that?? I have some ideas, but not sure.

Here's what I have 100% ready so far.



One more thing, a have 2 helmets, one is the default scale, but it fits me tight, so i made another one a lil bigger, it fits me great, but I think maybe it look very big, here's a pic with the big helmet, what do you think???

skynet23

Wow looks cool Tony!!! yeh same helmet problem :< the larger head makes it look disney rather than marvel

ironmaided

this make me laugh XD

skynet23

makes me cry!! he he ok just found sharkbeetle_dunghead's helmet, looks good! should be done in a day or two.

Bimmer

Wow tony, that red is gorgeous. Cant wait to see more pictures and the whole suit completed!

Is that a team you have working with you to build it, or were they just there to help you hold the suit together to take pics?

Colinjohn

Ironman 3 out 213 hope to have me suit done
By then lol

Claudiohair1983

wooowwwww

7sinzz

wow thats great. This is the first time that i have noticed the biseps on the mk vi are a different colour to the mk iv. Shocking as ive been studying the armours for months now. Im actually quite ashamed of myself for not noticing this before. Nice work anyway, which colours have you used? i assume a base layer of silver, but which red on top?

brimst0ne13

holy crap dude! i gotta know the painting technique!

my guess is black, silver, then candy apple red. i cant find candy in spray so im gonna try cherry. i hope it works out. :P

BTW MOUNTING

as far as mounting, i suggest splitting the brace along the shoulders and using rare earth magnets to reattach them once your head fits through. this allows good alignment and a strong fit. as for the back and the chest, i would add magnets to attach the upper arms of the back to the brace, then some to where the chest and back meet on the sides. this can also work for the palm pieces. and if you have any left over, use em for attaching the neck pieces to the back of the neck piece so you can easily get in and out of it.

to obtain cheap rare earth magnets, go for kjmagnetics.com i personally bought some b333-n52's for 26 bucks for a hundred pack. likewise i purchased some b842-n52's for 50 bucks for a hundred pack. they are pretty small so you can easily fit them into the suit and not be uncomfortable. the n52 designation is a higher quality with a higher tensile strength. the 842s have between 5 and 12 pounds of strength and are 1/2 x 1/4 x 1/8 and the 333s have 2.8 to 3.3 pounds of strength and are 3/16 x 3/16 x 3/16. just superglue them or epoxy them in and be sure they are aligned correctly with their mates on the other pieces or they may make your suit shift unnecessarily.

Azurial

do the larger helm and to make it look smaller, do some black accents. it'll give it the illusion that its smaller

btw, did any one do anything to make the legs easier? im looking at the files now and i gotta say Holy Cow... there gunna be a NIGHTMARE, going in to re do alot of the parts for a comission job and progress has been slowed ALOT.

Laveniuk

I did robo's legs and it wasnt all that hard. just took me a long time cause im slow! haha, but ya i had no problems with them

Azurial

ok - cuz i read alot of ppl had probs with the legs and looking at the files there are ALOT of small folds i dont thin i will be able to hammer out perfectly - but we'll see.

almost hard to believe that the post count on this thread is almost 1500 lol

tonyalarkon

@brimst0ne13 Bingo dude!
thats exactly what I am doing.
these are my paints

Sandable primer >chrome> red metalcast





I'm have an idea about the helmet, the problem is the wide... so.. let's make it wider!!!


And the legs... I paid to my bro for it. lol, but I did one shin and it took me 4 hrs aprox.

7sinzz

what does blank accents mean?

Graphic Jordan

He means like black airbrushing/shading... adding depth.

skynet23

an Africans voice :>

tonyalarkon

I forgot to tell u... I solved the shoe problem with this

solid as a rock, and is not heavy

ironmaided

foam.... =)

Stryken

Have you had a chance to see how it will hold up supporting your weight?

brimst0ne13

that was my idea for the feet also. the foam is very dense and is used to repair masonry so i'd say it will do the job nicely. just fiberglass the feet on the outside so ti wont deform the piece. its not all that detailed anyway so you can reshape it afterward.

7sinzz

I know its not really my place to post this but id like to point everyones attention to this beautiful masterpiece by maulfett.

http://www.therpf.com/f24/iron-man-c...4/index11.html

he stated that he used some of robos files so it is relevent. This is huge inspiration to me and maybe it will inspire others too.

brimst0ne13

maybe robos fingers, but thats it from what i can see.

spondoro

Almost done here, have bondo and sanding on 4 more parts , configuring straps to hold it up and then adding the gears for the mask to open and close!

I have buttons accessible from underneath the hand plate index and pinky fingers that turn on and off repulsors (index) arc reactor (left pinky) and mask lights/open/close (right pinky). Mask will be opening and closing with 2 servos by Sunday night.

Shoes will be cut open and slippers installed to make it a comfortable fit. We have figured how to attach them to shin and thih parts so they should move pretty smoothly.

6 days left! I expect to be walking in this by next Thursday!

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Maulfett

Thanks for thoses words.

Yes fingers, because is diferent armor but the main idea is you can make a wonderfull and amazing armor from paper. Not matter what Ironman version.
Like other people said "From paper to Iron". Good Luck