Update... now starting IM in foam

bak9799

Well-Known Member

• Jun 12, 2010

• #1

Well first off, thanks to Dung0beetle, for the Pep file of the small chin IM helmet. I don't have the know how to do the 3-D building process. I wish that he would return soon with his talent, here is what I have so far.

Any comments are welcomed,

Arc reactor

And the helmet...

Sorry if the pics are too big, I am not sure what size they should be

 

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Foxw

New Member

• Jun 12, 2010

• #2

Re: The beginning of my Ironman costume

Very nice work there, a great start.

Question, what exactly is the transparent material your using there for the light ring?

 

bak9799

Well-Known Member

• Jun 12, 2010

• #3

Re: The beginning of my Ironman costume

Foxw said:

Very nice work there, a great start.

Question, what exactly is the transparent material your using there for the light ring?

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It is a 3/4" square acrylic rod. Ordered from Acrylic Square Rod | U.S. Plastic Corp.
Good pricing!

 

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ironmang

Member

• Jun 12, 2010

• #4

Re: The beginning of my Ironman costume

bak9799 said:

It is a 3/4" square acrylic rod. Ordered from Acrylic Square Rod | U.S. Plastic Corp.
Good pricing!

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nice! how do you bend it like that into a circular shape? and does it stay?

 

bak9799

Well-Known Member

• Jun 13, 2010

• #5

Re: The beginning of my Ironman costume

ironmang said:

nice! how do you bend it like that into a circular shape? and does it stay?

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A heat gun, going back and forth. Not too close to the rod, once a section is hot enough you can bend it. For the size I did, I used a 3" pvc pipe to shape it to. You can bevel the ends so that when you bend it around the ends line up. I didn't because that is where I will be placing the LED's and covering it with a conductor coil.

 

bak9799

Well-Known Member

• Aug 25, 2010

• #6

Since I've seen some great work done in foam, I figured I would attempt to try my hand at it as well... here goes. Oh and there are some updates on the Arc Reactor also....

 

IronManiac

Sr Member

• Aug 25, 2010

• #7

Wow, that looks badass! And you're using foam flooring tiles, great idea! how are you sculpting the facets of the pieces?

 

MooCriket

Master Member

• Aug 25, 2010

• #8

I agree, that is looking SWEET!

 

DarthVeach

Well-Known Member

• Aug 25, 2010

• #9

How did you do this?! The sculpted beveling?

bak9799 said:

Since I've seen some great work done in foam, I figured I would attempt to try my hand at it as well... here goes. Oh and there are some updates on the Arc Reactor also....

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Riceball

Master Member

• Aug 25, 2010

• #10

Nice work so far. How do plan on smoothing the foam so that the texture doesn't show because I'm thinking of using foam to create a set of Jedi armor like Ani & Obi-Wan wear in the Clone Wars animated series but I'm reluctant to use the floor/puzzle mat foam because of the texture and I think that it might be too thick too.

 

brimst0ne13

Well-Known Member

• Aug 25, 2010

• #11

order some sintra, its thinner and smooth too. you can heat mold it in most cases also.

 

Starktech

New Member

• Aug 25, 2010

• #12

yep pretty sweet dude. did my arc very similar, thats it in my profile pic. what book is that you got there? is it a movie accurate book or like a comic version? looks like a good source

 

bak9799

Well-Known Member

• Aug 26, 2010

• #13

Thanks for all the comments. First off I got the idea for using the foam from Trek920 who is doing a Gears of War armor http://www.therpf.com/f24/gears-war-v-1-out-foam-tb-21-a-92492/ and Evil FX who is doing Mass Effect 2 Armorhttp://www.therpf.com/f24/mass-effect-2-n7-armor-builds-89795/
Thanks to these guys for putting the idea in my head!

To answer the beveling and smoothing questions, I used a dremel and hand power with sand paper.

Riceball: you can sand it down to any thickness. Also the floor tiles are only for the chest everything else will be done using Minicel LS-200 foam. They have different thickness and come in sheets of up to 72" x 48".

brimst0ne13: I have Styrene, similar to Sintra. I will use this on some parts of the build such as the arc reactors center rings and for the walls for the coil wraps.

Starktech: The book is called The Art of Ironman 2. Great book for reference.

More to come once my order for the minicel gets here...

 

torsoboy

Sr Member

• Aug 26, 2010

• #14

bak9799 said:

To answer the beveling and smoothing questions, I used a dremel and hand power with sand paper.

Riceball: you can sand it down to any thickness.

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Do the power tools not heat it up and melt it?

Also, and on the same topic, are you using the power tools to do the bulk of the work, and then sanding it smooth? Or does the sandpaper take down enough of it that you can essentially sculpt it with the sandpaper?

 

bak9799

Well-Known Member

• Aug 26, 2010

• #15

The dremel doesn't heat up the EVA foam, it is rated up to 250 degrees. So no worries there. I use the dremel and solder gun to do detailing lines and sanding the majority of the shape, then hand sand the finer parts. A heat gun will be used to help shape the forms

 

Jessica

Well-Known Member

• Aug 26, 2010

• #16

that's looking mighty awesome!

 

DarthVeach

Well-Known Member

• Aug 26, 2010

• #17

I will be watching this with great anticipation with all the problems I have been having with my foam build!!

What are your plans for coating? Plasti-Dip?

 

bak9799

Well-Known Member

• Aug 26, 2010

• #18

DarthVeach said:

I will be watching this with great anticipation with all the problems I have been having with my foam build!!

What are your plans for coating? Plasti-Dip?

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Maybe a spray-on sealant? Or Plasti-Dip.

 

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CinnamonB

Well-Known Member

• Aug 26, 2010

• #19

Very impressive so far. I have a feeling the next 6 months is going to see a huge uptick in the use of these foam floor mats, becuase so far every project i've seen them used in has been a smashing success.

Keep it up dude!

 

PirateDude

Active Member

• Sep 10, 2010

• #20

Any Updates?