DerSchmidt´s First Iron Man Mark IV build (from robo3687´s files)

DerSchmidt

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After starting this build in March this year, I finally decided to do a leap of faith and become part of this community :angel
Before I get to my build, let me just say that ever since I had built the helmet from paper, a passion for prop-making ignited in me that I hope will never stop. Iron Man may have become some kind of "mainstream" armor to build, but nevertheless it´s a challenge for someone who has never done anything like it. My girlfriend not only tolerates, but supports the build, which I couldn´t be happier about :D

But I digress...
What´s different about this build?
Not that much. The only thing that´d come to my mind is the fact that I couldn´t be bothered to glue the pepakura parts and just decided to tape them, which worked incredible well. The stability hasn´t suffered from it at all and if I decide to make another pepakura project after my TASM suit (haven´t started yet, but it´s definitely going to come after Iron Man), I´ll do it the same way again. Otherwise this should be a kind of typical build, except that I´m thinking about adding the tank missile to the forearm if I can get it to work *somehow* :lol
I´ve built every part from robo3687´s Mark IV files and layered them both sides with epoxy resin at this point.
The helmet and the chestpiece have been hardened with fibreglass on the inside as well, I´m hoping I´ll be able to do the back today so I can soon merge them to one piece that I can just put on like a shirt. My girlfriend taped the two together around my chest last month to see how it fits and I have to say it´s pretty neat :rolleyes

***update*** back fibreglassed
***update*** chest and back connected, forearm parts fibreglassed

Without further ado, here are the pics, I hope you like them:



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Update: I just taped the chest and the back together and put on a thick coat of epoxy resin. The "ears" on the helmet got a load, too because I want them to be really stabile for the bondoing tomorrow.
The thicker parts of the forearms have been fibreglassed.

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Update: I got around to fibreglass the remaining parts of the forearms and came closer to finishing the helmet regarding the bondo. The helmet is coming along very slowly as I really want to get the best I can make out of it. As soon as I have more epoxy, fibreglass and bondo (yep, it´s all running out at the same time xD), the progress is going to come faster.
Hope y'all like it :)

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hi looking good i have been building mk 4 since dec last year paper resin still have lot to do think it will be nxt year before i finish lol
keep at it its worth the effort!:)
 
Thanks for the positive feedback! I appreciate it a lot! :)
Just finished fibreglassing the arm joints and the biceps and got a new load of epoxy resin, fibreglass and bondo. This is better than christmas right now :lol
Next up are shoulders and/or abs.

Anyway, here are the pics:

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No worries ive subed to thread to see your progress i had lot issues with warping back & chest not lining up ect i used a heat gun to sort it out worked great:thumbsup keep at it:)
 
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After a little vacation trip during the holidays I´ve went on to fibreglass *some* of the ab parts. Turned out I didn´t mix enough resin for all of them, so I decided to rather work well on 3/4 than badly on all. The rest is gonna follow soon anyway.

Aaaaaand pic time!

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