eva foam motorized iron man helmet

[ieccoi]

has any one managed to motorize a eva foam build iron man helmet if so how :facepalm

 

[omarbou1]

if you it motorized then you 'll need to find a way to make it hard and strong so that it wont move with the servos. i suggest you to make on regular pep with resin and bondo
also with foam you wont have very nice detail such as with the resin and bondo one

 

[ieccoi]

thats amazing what did you seal it with and would you give me some advise for my build
http://www.therpf.com/f24/iron-man-mk-4-build-so-far-157985/

 

[Helagak]

Dude!! Lurk more! Don't just spam every thread! There are a hundred different threads about sealing foam.
Use search and search for "rondo" docholiday has a good thread about that method. There are many others.

 

[firebapx]

a good thick layer of paper machy on the inside of foam helmets makes them very strong and heard wearing it would be possible to motorise one of these im no good with circuts so iv never done it. heres a video however of how i used magnets to make a removable faceplate tha attaches to the top of the helmet
iron man helmet custom mades form foam with removable faceplate - YouTube

 

[Shades]

I haven't seen this pulled off. It is tricky enough using non floppy resin instead of foam.

 

[ieccoi]

paper mached the inside of the helmet and made a hindge sys that seems to work will post pics when i get bk from work

 

[ieccoi]

so this is my hinged eva helmet so far. i paper machi the inside for stiffness but found it was coming away from the sealed side of the mask so then had to pull it all out and hot glue it back in. then i made the hinge wich will be a pull sys on a bike brake cable when i put the servo in any thoughts will be a help

 

[firebapx]

dont seal he inside before paper macheying it then itll stick properally trust me i do it al the time

 

[ieccoi]

i didnt seal it inside the mats are heat pressed with a pattern wich sealed it and made it difficult lol its ok now tho

 

[ieccoi]

went to the armour page on facebook its cool posted my war machine pic thanks for that

 

[firebapx]

went to the armour page on facebook its cool posted my war machine pic thanks for that

always good to have a new member mate love your suit its very impressive

 

[ieccoi]

thanks alot mate hoping to have mk 4 suite ready in the next 3 weeks will post

 

[firebapx]

thanks alot mate hoping to have mk 4 suite ready in the next 3 weeks will post

we look forawrd to it the members always love to see a new suit

 

[ieccoi]

just got my bike brake cables today and glued them to the roof of my helmet and hinge sys it works great hope the servo will be strong enough to pull the cable tho any sugestions onwhat type of servo i need the cables pritty stiff :confused