Darkside501st's Iron Man Mk VII pepakura files - Password in First Post

[sylvester86]

Re: Darkside501st's Iron Man Mk VII pepakura files - New Mk VII tester helmet

Making separate pieces that small to move over one another could be tricky... What about casting the hand or the thumb section of the hand in something flexible and stretchy e.g. Dragon skin or latex?

I've never worked with either of those materials so I wouldn't know what to do but never the less it is a good suggestion

 

[kenujio]

Re: Darkside501st's Iron Man Mk VII pepakura files - New Pics pg 100!!

Thank you.

@sylvester86 - I will not be releasing a password for the V2 files. I have to be more careful about how I share them cause I found my V1 models reposted on other sites with my name stripped off and uploaded by someone else. So I will be sharing all the V2 files the same way I did the V2 Helmet. The VIPs will get a special link to the files. The files will not be public at first. The VIPs can request a specific scale if it is not already available.

This process means less work for you guys but more work for me. However, it is the only way I can share the files with you all and protect my work.

I understand that the restriction sorry if sometime criticize your way of protecting your work Darkside, there are certainly people who have no conscience to respect the work of others and doing business with the work of another, lol I almost did not share files I get, I'm a fan of Iron Man and the Mark VII is one of my favorites I hope you can share the password to my scale ^ _ ^

in order your Mk VII v2 Chest-back is going great

 

[SC Darkknight]

Just finished my first mark III helmet from foam. Someone pleas tell me the helmet is the most difficult.

 

[UsedMJOLNIR]

Re: Darkside501st's Iron Man Mk VII pepakura files - New Mk VII tester helmet

Hey man that sounds great. I've got the same goals in mind for my suit. I've been sketching out how I want everything to articulate, how I want to control it, etc. We should compare notes along the way.

Sounds good to me. My goal this weekend is to get the paper hand plate built to verify how much room there is to fit the parts inside. Got an idea on how to make it pop up and down, with the triple laser in it. I just hope it will fit. Once I have something to share, I'll start a new thread on it.

 

[dbnsst]

Hey man, keep working on!

I'm from Italy and actually I've finished tester for v2 helmet, so I'm starting the real build.

 

[ballanux]

Re: Darkside501st's Iron Man Mk VII pepakura files - New Mk VII tester helmet

Sounds good to me. My goal this weekend is to get the paper hand plate built to verify how much room there is to fit the parts inside. Got an idea on how to make it pop up and down, with the triple laser in it. I just hope it will fit. Once I have something to share, I'll start a new thread on it.

I also thought of the triple laser. But as many people have pointed before... be very careful with it!! You can leave someone blind with them and if you are showing your costume, probably there will be a lot o people arround you!

 

[darkside501st]

Re: Darkside501st's Iron Man Mk VII pepakura files - New Mk VII tester helmet

I also thought of the triple laser. But as many people have pointed before... be very careful with it!! You can leave someone blind with them and if you are showing your costume, probably there will be a lot o people arround you!

Agreed, it would be safer to use hi intensity red LEDs. You can't see the red laser beam anyways so there is really no point.

 

[Criosdaidh]

Anyone have any idea why the measurements in Pep don't print out equal to what it predicted? Like some of my parts should be 4 inches long according to the measurement tool in Pep but when it's printed out on paper it's over 8 inches long. I scaled a few pieces (upper arm, elbow) with no problem I don't understand why it's now doing this.

 

[sylvester86]

Anyone have any idea why the measurements in Pep don't print out equal to what it predicted? Like some of my parts should be 4 inches long according to the measurement tool in Pep but when it's printed out on paper it's over 8 inches long. I scaled a few pieces (upper arm, elbow) with no problem I don't understand why it's now doing this.

right before it starts printing it says that "a part of development may not fit into printable area" then asks if you want to adjust the scale... you have to say NO... then it should print the right scale that you wanted

 

[UsedMJOLNIR]

Re: Darkside501st's Iron Man Mk VII pepakura files - New Mk VII tester helmet

Agreed, it would be safer to use hi intensity red LEDs. You can't see the red laser beam anyways so there is really no point.

I thought of that as well. Any red laser powerful enough to have a visible beam is a hazard to others. I may have a burning laser to swap in it just cause it would be cool, but anything public would have either red LEDs or 5mW lasers (red dot pointers). If I can't get it all to fit in the wrist and pop up, its a moot point anyways. Well really, I know it can be done. It's more about effort and money.

 

[ballanux]

This weekend I finally printed the hinges for the faceplate... They work great, but I really don't like the range of motion I got. I will reprint the links, I think I need a shorter one on the back and a lager one on the front...

I should really do a movement simulation in Blender before printing, but i found it a bit tedious :unsure

Also, as you see, I don't have servos to automate the movement right now, but this was only a test to know if I got the dimensions right.

 

[Syrus54]

Excellent... Love the Generosity with the PW.

Hopefully, I too can reach that point sometime in the future...

 

[Criosdaidh]

right before it starts printing it says that "a part of development may not fit into printable area" then asks if you want to adjust the scale... you have to say NO... then it should print the right scale that you wanted

Thanks Sylvester86 but that's actually what I did. That's why it's so confusing. I have no idea why it's getting blown up in the process of printing. :-/

 

[InCOGnito B2TE]

This weekend I finally printed the hinges for the faceplate... They work great, but I really don't like the range of motion I got. I will reprint the links, I think I need a shorter one on the back and a lager one on the front...

Iron Man helmet hinge test - YouTube

I should really do a movement simulation in Blender before printing, but i found it a bit tedious :unsure

Also, as you see, I don't have servos to automate the movement right now, but this was only a test to know if I got the dimensions right.

This is well done bud. I've been looking into this for a while and I think that your top hinges/lever arms need to be curved so that the faceplate sits more horizontally to the top of the helmet. hope that helps

 

[ballanux]

This is well done bud. I've been looking into this for a while and I think that your top hinges/lever arms need to be curved so that the faceplate sits more horizontally to the top of the helmet. hope that helps

In the video you can't see it well but they are already curved. It's just that the straight part is too long. I will try to make new ones this week

 

[darkside501st]

Excellent... Love the Generosity with the PW.

Hopefully, I too can reach that point sometime in the future...

It is not so much generosity as it is just that I don't have the time to properly protect the V1 files... I could just take them down but I would rather allow people to keep building the Mk VII. Another thing is that the V1 is just not the best... well it might be (big head?) but it is not good enough for me so that is why I am doing the V2 and that will be protected. Once I finish that then I will remove the V1 files.

 

[sylvester86]

hey darkside

I posted a a question/request on the last page about the hand/thumb articulation... I'd really like you input on that, if you don't mind

 

[darkside501st]

hey darkside

I posted a a question/request on the last page about the hand/thumb articulation... I'd really like you input on that, if you don't mind

I think it would be pretty complicated to work out a home made system like that. My biggest concern is that it would not be consistent. I think that the individual parts might bind or get stuck on each other. That being said I have thought about attempting it myself and I still might at some point but without the right tools and equipment it will be very challenging. Here are some images that might help you should you decide to give it a shot.

http://sdrv.ms/1fUYzIg

 

[InCOGnito B2TE]

In the video you can't see it well but they are already curved. It's just that the straight part is too long. I will try to make new ones this week

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Oh yeah, my bad :lol Those look pretty cool, I look forward to seeing them mechanized.

 

[sylvester86]

I think it would be pretty complicated to work out a home made system like that. My biggest concern is that it would not be consistent. I think that the individual parts might bind or get stuck on each other. That being said I have thought about attempting it myself and I still might at some point but without the right tools and equipment it will be very challenging. Here are some images that might help you should you decide to give it a shot.

http://sdrv.ms/1fUYzIg

thank's for the feedback... those pics might come in handy when I get to that part of the build