Irishpanda
New Member
So, because I am apparently a glutton for punishment, I've decided my first full suit will be this beauty:
I'm hoping to document my progress here, if for no other reason than to help me keep at it to the end!
Since it's usually the most interesting part, I naturally started with the helmet:
and a little further on:
Those vents were a pain in the ass, by the way. As were those ridges around the eyes and the groove on the helmet, but I got em in!
Now, when I put the faceplate on, it doesn't seem to fit quite right, but that may just be me trying to hold it on with one hand and take a picture with the other:
The plan is to modify the suit once built. Thanks to a horrible pun between my daughter and I, I'm planning on painting the whole thing heavy metal style, with spikes and stuff, and replacing the arc reactor with a speaker (probably with a light ring around the outside). The idea being that we can play some heavy metal music through the speaker...say...Iron Maiden?
Obviously going the paper route, but pondering going the smooth-on route instead of standard resin/glass/bondo. Any thoughts? I have to attach the face plate for hardening, then remove it later...do I just attach with masking tape before hardening? Will the tape being there interfere with the hardening process?
I'm hoping to document my progress here, if for no other reason than to help me keep at it to the end!
Since it's usually the most interesting part, I naturally started with the helmet:
and a little further on:
Those vents were a pain in the ass, by the way. As were those ridges around the eyes and the groove on the helmet, but I got em in!
Now, when I put the faceplate on, it doesn't seem to fit quite right, but that may just be me trying to hold it on with one hand and take a picture with the other:
The plan is to modify the suit once built. Thanks to a horrible pun between my daughter and I, I'm planning on painting the whole thing heavy metal style, with spikes and stuff, and replacing the arc reactor with a speaker (probably with a light ring around the outside). The idea being that we can play some heavy metal music through the speaker...say...Iron Maiden?
Obviously going the paper route, but pondering going the smooth-on route instead of standard resin/glass/bondo. Any thoughts? I have to attach the face plate for hardening, then remove it later...do I just attach with masking tape before hardening? Will the tape being there interfere with the hardening process?