Getting Iron-Man's boots right.

[sandbagger]

I have a few questions about the boot in regards to pep/fibreglass/bondo building.

As you can see, the pep file shows the boot in three pieces - the toe, heel and main shoe. The main shoe looks like it may be two-piece. Is it? What are the two extra circles for?


Obviously I have to find a shoe to fit inside the main pep shoe and measure it from toe to heel to scale it properly.


A couple of things have been bugging me.


Is the toe part supposed to swivel/articulate to aid in walking movement? If so, how?


Surely a fibreglass and bondo outer show would crack and break with the full weight of a person in it? I can't see how this would support a person without breaking.


Any links or suggestions as to how this has been done in the past would be appreciated.


Sandbagger.

 

[LuciousFox]

cut out the bottom and mount it to an old shoe so that the shoe takes the strain and not the boot think of it as the boot being a shoe cover

 

[sandbagger]

cut out the bottom and mount it to an old shoe so that the shoe takes the strain and not the boot think of it as the boot being a shoe cover

Oh I see. Thanks, that was painless.

Sandbagger.

 

[LuciousFox]

Oh I see. Thanks, that was painless.

Sandbagger.

Glad that helped how far you got with your build ?
im starting my forarms next week ive finished my card helmet

 

[sandbagger]

Glad that helped how far you got with your build ?
im starting my forarms next week ive finished my card helmet

My build thread is pretty much up-to date, but today I resined the left thigh and shin in the shed. Not much point photographing that yet.

 

[LuciousFox]

My build thread is pretty much up-to date, but today I resined the left thigh and shin in the shed. Not much point photographing that yet.

How tall are you ? also how did you scale your chest ?

 

[sandbagger]

How tall are you ? also how did you scale your chest ?

186cm. I used a scale factor of around 27 on the Robo pep files.