Recent content by Canadianghandi

Re: Iron Man 3 Mark VIII (WIP) Updated 3/29 So guys, this will be one of the last few updates for this project, slowly but surely it's coming to an end. For the last week Eagon and I have been focusing solely on fit and finish. Right now we have the whole back sub assembly finished and are...

Re: Iron Man 3 Mark VIII (WIP) Updated 3/29 The material we are cutting it out of or cast? Machining we are using a urethane board similar to Renshape. We plan on molding it in Smooth-On Mold-Max 25 and casting it in Smooth-Cast 65D resin

Re: Iron Man 3 Mark VIII (WIP) Updated 3/29 The only problem I see with that is the time constraint and market. This helmet has been beaten to death, I honestly didn't realize how many were made. I'm going for above and beyond for the quality of the cast, because in the end this will be a...

Re: Iron Man 3 Mark VIII (WIP) Updated 3/29 It's probably going to be attached, and the faceplate (and maybe the back of the helmet) will be separate so you can pop it on easier. Not 100% sure yet though, we are still looking at options.

Automotive paints are incredibly easy to use. If you buy some top of the line House of Kolor paint it will give you amazing color in 1 coat and spray like a dream. Anywhooo, enamel is a major pain in the ass and like many have said heat/humidity is a factor. I know a lot of people that put...

Re: Iron Man 3 Mark VIII (WIP) Updated 3/29 We are hoping to have it in rubber by April 10th. That seems kind of far away but we are doing everything possible to assure that this is top quality and that very little will need to be done to get it ready for paint.

Any sizes yet?

You think that would work? I'm not much on the vacuumforming so someone else would have to do that. Like I said though, If I can get dimensions I can turn that with no issue out of whatever material, and hell I could probably make a cap out of aluminum for 1. Any more than that and my...

I could turn the shape and bore a hole in the middle to hollow it on my CNC lathe and then someone could cast it but other than that I think you'll be hard pressed to find one. Doubt it's any use but hey if it is let me know, sorry I cant help more :/

Re: Iron Man 3 Mark VIII (WIP) Updated 3/22 Hey guys, here's the second part of today's update. The top of helmet got finished last night and I popped this part on this morning. It's a 1 sided part so it didn't take a lot of time. The fit is great, sorry about the backdrop though. We had some...

Re: Iron Man 3 Mark VIII (WIP) Updated 3/18 Sorry I wasn't able to get this up last night guys, the cut time was much longer than I had expected. We actually decided to rework the top of the helmet. Originally we made a small portion of the sides and were gonig to make the top part of the...

Re: Iron Man 3 Mark VIII (WIP) Updated 3/18 Quick update, we are pushing back are hope to be done by date. We wanted everything machined by the end of this week and it's doubtful that will happen. We had an issue with 1 of our split parts Monday and today a few things came up that really...

I'm well aware of the time and effort it takes to do 3-D modeling. I've learned Solidworks, Pro-E, and Inventor. And I'm also well aware of the finishing skill required to finish the parts that come out of printers. During an internship I spent a large amount of time using 3-D printers. Many...

No i'm not talking about the textured grips lol Maybe it's sanding scratches? or just MDF? Top pic top part of the gun near 1 of the notches. I think that angle didn't do it justice though, because it's hard to find them in the other pics. I know it's probably over the top, but my teacher was...

I like this guys attitude (I hope machining isn't cheating though :/) I really would like to see this build finished, with some internals/display? I would be all over this if that was the case.