Iron Man Mark 15 aka Sneaky foam scratch build

[Danlex9]

This Iron man suit is one of the many seen in the final act of Iron man 3. It can be seen trying to catch tony during a fall and breaking up into pieces as he hits everything on his way down. I'm treating this one much the same as I did my mark 41 bones suit build (theres a thread on that one too) but with the single difference of IM trying to finish it in a month. Started this project officially on May 3rd now 19 days in I want to show off my progress. Purchased the hottoys figure for this project last year and I am using that as my only reference.

Pictured is the front and back of the figure for starters. The next few posts will show how I've going about this build.

 

[George]

Awesome choice and good luck with this project !
Maybe this link can be of assistance (kudos to member Balmung):

[Iron Man 3 armors] 3D models release(For reference or Foundation)

This weekend I was trying to extract models of mobile game iron man 3, I finally managed to extract them. The models are low-poly but may be useful as a reference or foundation for 3d/Clay modellers, or for those who just want an 1:1 papercraft Iron man: The 3d files: IM3 armor.rar IM...

www.therpf.com

 

[Danlex9]

Awesome choice and good luck with this project !
Maybe this link can be of assistance (kudos to member Balmung):

[Iron Man 3 armors] 3D models release(For reference or Foundation)

This weekend I was trying to extract models of mobile game iron man 3, I finally managed to extract them. The models are low-poly but may be useful as a reference or foundation for 3d/Clay modellers, or for those who just want an 1:1 papercraft Iron man: The 3d files: IM3 armor.rar IM...

www.therpf.com

Thanks but I’m actually about 70-80% complete with this suit as I will soon post.

 

[Danlex9]

So jumping right in, started this same as when I started my mk 41. Taped drawing paper to my wall, drew my body’s outline, pin pointed where I needed the arc reactor and began hand drawing all the flat front facing sections of the armor.

 

[Danlex9]

Once I had the front and back flat pieces drawn I pinned them to a duck tape body form to start drawing the sides. I also taped 1/2 inch foam to the body foam to take in account the thickness of the foam I’d be building with and some free room so it wasn’t resting tight around my body when finished.
When I pinned the front and back to the form I made sure they were equal distant on both left and right side for symmetry.
I also cut the front sternum piece mostly loose so it could be slightly enlarged and made into a more rounded feature.

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[Danlex9]

The chest and back were made directly after the torso. Because the figure is 6th scale every part I measure on it I then multiplied by 6.08 (little extra tolerance for my human body).
Because of the 117 nighthawk stealth fighter esq design of this suit making most of the big sections was an exercise in straight edge and compass linear drawing. Tedious but still fun.

 

[Danlex9]

As far as cutting these parts out and piecing them together I have been using almost exclusively my band saw due to the fact that I can change the angle of the saws table surface and consistently cut the same angles.
This made cutting out the shoulder plates a breeze and they came out fantastic, hope you agree.

 

[Danlex9]

Once I had the chest back and mid section all together I was able make the pattern for the rib cage sections.
At this point I’ve used a combination of 2,4,6, and 10mm thickness foams.
The vast majority is 6mm with wing and waist sections being made of 10mm for strength.
2 and 4mm have been used for filling in gap sections between parts and used to construct the boots in order to keep their size down.

 

[Danlex9]

Once the torso was mostly finished I began drawing out the leg portions. Still all done using digital caliper to measure a straight edge and compass to make and mark all the nice sharp lines.
Shout out to this iron man design for bringing back bell bottoms, even if I’m the only one wearing them lol.

 

[Danlex9]

Over this past weekend I took a moment to try everything on. Thighs will need to be secured to my undersuit to keep them from falling as in pics but otherwise good.
Also shoulder pads are just painters taped into place, that’s not how they will sit when finished.
Cod and bum pieces will also be connected with elastic for comfort as I walk.

 

[Danlex9]

Now technically I started this project last year as I made a comfort cosplay of tony in aim shirt from the end of Iron Man were he seen still wearing the left arm of the mark 15.
As he says “...I got nothing”

So the left arm is basically 100% done. This at least gives me the patterns for the bicep and elbow as the forearms are both different on this suit.

Colors chosen are a metallic pewter, molotow liquid chrome($$ I know right), and a pale grey for the outlining.

Lighting use in glove are adafruits led blue sequins, very small like a tic-tac but very bright. Also low power like .02mA I think.

 

[Danlex9]

For the helmet I have a pepakura file from Maxcrft shop via Etsy. And the neck will be I think a mark 8 modified neck pepakura file. Everything else is straight hand craft.

Also the silver/white lines are where I’ve already cut the surface of the foam. They’ll spread open and form the panel lines when I hear treat the foam.

 

[George]

Awesome and labour-intensive project so far.I love the blue leds !

 

[DeltaStryker000]

I've never seen this technique for creating iron man suits before. Did you come up with it or was the idea borrowed from somewhere? This is awesome work you've done in just 19 days, great job man! I've never seen Sneaky done before so this'll be a great suit to see when its finished.

 

[Danlex9]

I've never seen this technique for creating iron man suits before. Did you come up with it or was the idea borrowed from somewhere? This is awesome work you've done in just 19 days, great job man! I've never seen Sneaky done before so this'll be a great suit to see when its finished.

Same method I used to create my Bones suit just streamlined a bit. Probably not the first to do this but I think I’m just being creative with my drawing abilities is all. You can see the mk41 build below.

My Iron man MK41 bones build

Currently making a mark 41 bones cosplay suit from a hand drawn sketch and a pepakura file for the helmet. I mostly post pics and details of my builds on Instagram but I have finally decided to start contributing to the rpf. This suit is being made from 2mm and 6mm craft foam, 3D printed...

www.therpf.com

 

[Danlex9]

Awesome and labour-intensive project so far.I love the blue leds !

Thanks, I’ll be using adafruits white leds for the arc for this one too.

 

[Danlex9]

Just whipped up the boots. Built onto a pair of cushy sketchers. For my boots I contact cement an elastic band around the sole of the shoe but only every few inches. I then glue the foam to the elastic that isn’t glued down. This gives a flex point to keep walking stress from tearing and cracking the foam.

Built with 6mm around the sole for depth, 2mm covering the shoe and 4mm for the top piece to cover the laces.

 

[TKRalph]

Looking great! How are you going to seal the suit and what brand paint are you going to use?

 

[Danlex9]

Looking great! How are you going to seal the suit and what brand paint are you going to use?

Paint is just craft store acrylic but I think I’m going to thin them down and use my spray gun. Haven’t decided on my sealer yet, I have mod podge on hand but I may use an acrylic clear coat through my spray gun as well.

 

[TKRalph]

Are you going to be using metallic red?