Ancient Iron Man Armour (WIP, PIC HEAVY)

[gannikus]

Very creative! =O

 

[Alpha Proto]

My suggestionn of the Spartan was just calling back to ancient.

I have seen some real cool samurai inspired Darth Vader and Storm troopers. Seeing a samurai inspired Ironman doesnt' seem like a bad idea.

 

[LordCaharin]

Subscribed...excellent execution man..

 

[Gary Pahls]

This is suck an awesome idea! Great work, can't wait to see it finished

 

[flyaway]

Love the concept and what you've done with it. Can't wait to see where it goes!

 

[VelzevulGR]

You took one of the most common builds and made it completely unique!
Extraordinary!!!
Great craftsmanship so far... Can't wait to see it come together!

Keep us posted!

 

[hydin]

Might be a bit late, or just a little weird, but have you thought of a big clockwork style Antikythera mechanism style setup for the chest?

Chris

 

[toomanyclowns]

Might be a bit late, or just a little weird, but have you thought of a big clockwork style Antikythera mechanism style setup for the chest?

Chris

I had to look up what that was! Think I'm gonna stick with a furnace type idea for the chest. This got me thinking I might add a gauge or two to one of the forearm pieces.

 

[AaronUnicorn]

The original design is STEALTH's easy to build foam templates applied to the trash can technique.

I just had to ask, because I'm intrigued by this statement. I was considering doing the same thing (although I was going to use JFcustom's speed-build templates), and I was wondering (and hunting through the forums) to see if anyone else had used the foam templates with trash-can plastic.

Are their instructions or a guide for how to modify using the templates to do trash can instead of foam?

 

[toomanyclowns]

There is a mark V related Guide on rpf but essentially you cut the templates out of paper and use the curve of the bin to get a better fit. Then rivet everything together with bits of scrap plastic. It becomes much harder when you try and do smaller complex pieces like the shoulders. I started with the chest and that was fairly straight forward.

I also found getting the curve right for the top of the helmet difficult so on the end I cheated and used a fibreglass piece.

A heat gun also helps to pull things together a bit.

 

[AyAyAyron]

It looks like metal, did you use metal? any way good job on it.

 

[cld213]

Man that looks awesome! Pretty unique idea and its nice to see a different take on a frequently replicated suit. Great job man!

 

[oddo]

amazingl cool I like this version a lot.

 

[Bioshutt]

For some sweet inspiration look up Samuari Mando like this one