Iron Man Costume On A Budget

[MooCriket]

Did a search, but could'nt find anything on this. I realize this was done for the first Iron Man film, but I thought it was cool non the less and someone could do the same for the new film!

A poster board Iron Man!

http://kotaku.com/386416/iron-man-lives-again

 

[jaymay023]

This is a Masterle Suit, I like the comic book type appearance of this, very cool.

 

[tk1055]

That was Materle's first suit I believe. Jaymay beat me to it LOL

 

[MooCriket]

Ahhh, right you are. Just saw his pic attached to the same web site. Is there anything he can't build?

Very cool.

 

[MasterLe]

@MooCriket

Yes, that was my first suit ^^, i built it out of foam board, bondo, and fiber glass. I only had a week before the movie came out and made that. It was wayyyyy before any tutorials. This was my foundation of armor building. If i started from that, and my armors now, you can do the same!

if you got question on a budget build let me know

 

[mez7]

......:lol

 

[Jawafive]

I don't think there's a real way to get a 'budget' iron-man to look the part. The pepakura methods are the cheapest IMO for getting it right, but you're going to put in a lot of time and work unless you're just amazing with it. I really feel like it's one of those "you get what you pay for" situations.

 

[Dancin_Fool]

You can get some very high quality results using the pepakura method. I've created models for most of the parts which a lot of the latest Iron Man costumes are using. They're fairly close to movie quality and depending on what you use to harden the pieces, they can be made on a fairly tight budget.

http://405th.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=23537&st=0&p=376278&#entry376278