Iron Man props (helmet - reactor - armor)

Pannaus Props

Sr Member

• Jun 21, 2008

• #1

Hi guys, i've been a member of this board since last summer, but I really wrote few posts, mostly, because I had very few things to show. I've been working a lot together with my fellow italian SnowFlake, and put together a really nice Spartan Costume. I'm also still working on a Forex Clone Trooper armor that maybe, one day, will see the light.

But today, i'm writing to show you my latest work. I just happened to fall desperately in love with the Iron Man movie Mark III armor since last september, and even though I promised myself to first close off the Clone armor project, I just couldn't help myself. I had to do the IRON MAN HELMET!!! eh eh eh eh.

So there it is (it's a really short youtube movie, about 35 secs...sorry for my mutism, but I'm kinda shy...not )

Iron Man Helmet on YouTube

still needs a lot of work, but the base is 95% done.
It's all made of forex (european word for sintra), and it's been a real pain in the a**.

The faceplate was made 5 times, the part the covers the cheek, was too short, so I had to redo it, then cut the old one and glue back in the new one...

THe really good thing is that it fits a 7 3/8 - 7 1/2 head really good and it's really a small helmet. IF you put it on with no armor on and only a shirt, just looks like a regular human head

and here you have some pics of the early stages:

sorry for the huge pictures...

 

Last edited: Apr 18, 2013

fettster

Sr Member

• Jun 21, 2008

• #2

Re: The Magic of Forex (sintra): Iron Man Helmet

looks great. thats how im makig my latest version.

are you moving on to body filler next?

 

Pannaus Props

Sr Member

• Jun 21, 2008

• #3

Re: The Magic of Forex (sintra): Iron Man Helmet

fettster said:

looks great. thats how im makig my latest version.

are you moving on to body filler next?

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Yep. I'll probably fiberglass the entire thing from the inside in order to give it a tougher structure. I'm still thinking on how proceed to make a perfect match between the face plate and the rest of the helmet. I don't want to do the whole piece as a unique object.

Usually what I do, is create the structure with the forex, then sand it in order to smooth as much as possible the different angles and bumps. Then I get to the fiber glassing process. But I try to use it as much as possible from the inside, in order not to have the fiber altering the height of the forex. Once I covered all the holes and I linked together all the pieces that were held together only through a piece of cardboard, I get to the bondo or body filling process.

It worked like this for this helmet:

http://www.jkfc.eu/mm/300/leo1.jpg

and for the clone armor parts:

 

Last edited: Jun 22, 2008

TK1536

Sr Member

• Jun 21, 2008

• #4

Re: The Magic of Forex (sintra): Iron Man Helmet

Great work, but can you PLEASE resize your pictures, like 800 x 600 @ 72ppi?

 

superrune

Well-Known Member

• Jun 21, 2008

• #5

Re: The Magic of Forex (sintra): Iron Man Helmet

TK1536 said:

Great work, but can you PLEASE resize your pictures, like 800 x 600 @ 72ppi?

Click to expand...

Sorry to be mr resolution nerd, but do whatever dpi you'd like, even 10000000dpi, as long as you keep the image resolution at 800x600

 

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CaptCBoard

Well-Known Member

• Jun 22, 2008

• #6

Re: The Magic of Forex (sintra): Iron Man Helmet

I have a 23 inch screen and those pictures are too big for it!

Scott

 

Pannaus Props

Sr Member

• Jun 22, 2008

• #7

Re: The Magic of Forex (sintra): Iron Man Helmet

CaptCBoard said:

I have a 23 inch screen and those pictures are too big for it!

Scott

Click to expand...

I'm resizing. Sorry guys, i thought the images were automatically resized.

 

punisher

Sr Member

• Jun 22, 2008

• #8

Re: The Magic of Forex (sintra): Iron Man Helmet

do you have any templates for the helmet? I have a huge sheet of sintra and this looks quite fun!

 

Pannaus Props

Sr Member

• Jun 23, 2008

• #9

Re: The Magic of Forex (sintra): Iron Man Helmet

Well, actually not.
I have some parts drawn on the cardboard, but nothing stored on the computer. Most of the parts are modified in the process and after I warm the sintra up to shape it, I then modify it. That makes the template on the cardboard almost useless.

That's the bad thing about using sintra or forex. The paper templates don't resemble perfectly the final piece, most of the times.

 

Clutch

Master Member

RPF PREMIUM MEMBER

• Jun 23, 2008

• #10

Re: The Magic of Forex (sintra): Iron Man Helmet

Please start using the chesthair filter too. lol

 

Pannaus Props

Sr Member

• Jun 23, 2008

• #11

Re: The Magic of Forex (sintra): Iron Man Helmet

and I have so few... :lol

 

TMP

Sr Member

• Jun 24, 2008

• #12

Re: Iron Man Helmet made of Sintra (forex) (800x600 pics inside)

Ahh so many ways to get to the same ressult Bravo

 

punisher

Sr Member

• Jul 21, 2008

• #13

Re: Iron Man Helmet made of Sintra (forex) (800x600 pics inside)

any new progress on this?

 

Pannaus Props

Sr Member

• Jul 21, 2008

• #14

Re: Iron Man Helmet made of Sintra (forex) (800x600 pics inside)

Not any relevant as far as now.
I started to put fiberglass on the inside and on other spots.
I also put some filler on the sides, right next to the face plate and I beveled the round parts that cover the ears.

This is going to be way harder than I thought.

 

Egon Spengler

Master Member

• Jul 21, 2008

• #15

Re: Iron Man Helmet made of Sintra (forex) (800x600 pics inside)

Don't let it stop you Keep going! You're doing great!

 

Pannaus Props

Sr Member

• Jul 22, 2008

• #16

Re: Iron Man Helmet made of Sintra (forex) (800x600 pics inside)

Ok, here we go: few other pics:

As you can see from the first pics, I added the bump of the nose (still needs sanding).
Also, not pictures, I filled the back top part with bondo and tomorrow I'll sand faceplate and that one too.
I also put some fiberglass inside the faceplate so that tomorrow I'll be able to body-fill the outside of the plate.
All along, it's coming out pretty good. I'm pretty satisfied

 

Last edited: Jul 22, 2008

punisher

Sr Member

• Jul 22, 2008

• #17

Re: Iron Man Helmet made of Sintra (forex) (800x600 pics inside)

I am VERY impressed by your work! I like using sintra it's very handy top have around, Ive made simple chest and back armor from it but I've never seen anything so detailed! Great job so far! keep up the good work!

 

fettster

Sr Member

• Jul 22, 2008

• #18

Re: Iron Man Helmet made of Sintra (forex) (800x600 pics inside)

im really pleased to see more progress on this. its looking great

 

Ramiel

Sr Member

• Jul 22, 2008

• #19

Re: Iron Man Helmet made of Sintra (forex) (800x600 pics inside)

I hope I will be able to see it in person sooner or later...

 

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DDevil192

Well-Known Member

• Jul 22, 2008

• #20

Re: Iron Man Helmet made of Sintra (forex) (800x600 pics inside)

very very nice, pretty amazing to see it from the beginning to the latest pic u posted, impressive.

Griff