Iron Man glove/gauntlet/hand build - 3D Print

[blickfangQ2]

Hello everyone,
I recently bought my first 3D Printer and now started a small project. I’ll post updates now and then and we’ll see how it goes

 

[blickfangQ2]

I needed to reprint the hand, size was off. Now I modified the file to fit a hinge. I modeled the hinge in Fusion360 and it fits perfectly. For the rod I took a standard needle and melted the top.

 

[Shakeitdavey]

Looks great, good work with the hinge. What 3D Printer did you go for if you don't mind me asking?

 

[DrCyanide]

Looks great, good work with the hinge. What 3D Printer did you go for if you don't mind me asking?

Just from the logo in the pictures I can tell it's an Artillery 3D printer, but I don't know if he went with the Sidewinder X1 (300x300x400mm) or the Genius (220x220x250mm).

I just got the Sidewinder X1 for myself (found it on sale at Gearbest for $380), and considering my printer before this was the Monoprice Select Mini (120x120x120mm) it's a massive printer! It's also super quiet, to the point where you can't tell if it's finished or not by just listening. For something that'll be printing almost non-stop like a suit I'm glad that it's so quiet, it means I can run it without it being a nuisance to the whole family.

 

[blickfangQ2]

Looks great, good work with the hinge. What 3D Printer did you go for if you don't mind me asking?

Thanks, I print on a Sidewinder X1, I’m absolutely new to 3D Printing so I still have to learn a lot. Fortunately modeling is not a problem

 

[blickfangQ2]

I started grinding lately. Huh PLA is harder to grind than I thought.
I also cut away the finger gaps since I’m aiming for more comfort.

1. 80 grid Sandpaper
2. 120 grid Sandpaper
3. Next... first SprayFiller

 

[blickfangQ2]

First coat of spray filler and a little more sanding

 

[blickfangQ2]

I’ve modeled a simple repulsor and did a test print. It could work if I make the whole piece thinner so more light can shine through.
View attachment 1298552

 

[blickfangQ2]

Today I sanded the rest of the fingers.
Since sanding by hand is so much work, I decided to test some power tools. Unfortunately ABS melts pretty quickly so I needed to find a good compromise between speed and sandpaper grid.

1. My belt/disc sander has just one speed I/0 and that was too fast and the ABS melted.

2. My sheet sander is way to large and the wobble makes it almost impossible to hold anything against it

3. I was successful with a Dremel 4000 set to 11 and 120 grid sandpaper:

After that, I quickly sanded it with a 220 grid sandpaper by hand

I then cleaned everything in water

...and fixed the pieces with some duct tape on large toothpicks

 

[blickfangQ2]

Some more sanding and a second coat:

For the best effect, I always paint my parts silver first. That way the red and gold have a much better metal look later.

 

[blickfangQ2]

So that was a successful day:

1. I sanded the fingertips with 400 grid paper before applying the first coat of Silver

2. Now I recognized that I missed some detail... I should have printed detail lines for the finger joints... so now I had to add them manually with a file:

3. after fixing some errors I decided I can apply some color

The red is Multona 0412

 

[blickfangQ2]

Some progress:

1. I superglued a fishing line to the finger

But it didn’t work as expected so I switched to plan B.

I don’t like the shiny look so I used steel wool to make it more dull:

Just like my mk3 helmet:

Glued in the hinge and connected the rest

Now I only need a better glove

 

[Picard1471]

Awesome what type of lights are you going to fit

 

[blickfangQ2]

Awesome what type of lights are you going to fit

I’m not sure yet... I’ll post updates when I know.

Meanwhile I worked on the gloves:

 

[dariang]

Amazing work! What kind of glove did you end up getting?

 

[XZERO]

Do you still have the files for the hand and hinge? I really like how you separated the top of the hand and the hinge would make it alot easier to use.

 

[gregday]

I am also looking for a ribbed texture glove like that for my gauntlet build if anyone has a resource to share.

 

[gregday]

FYI I am using these gloves for my build:

Briers Ribbed Smart Grips Gardening Gloves | eBay

Any light-duty gardening tasks. Price is for one pair of gloves. Liner material: 100% polyester. Palm Water resistant.

www.ebay.com