Hi Everyone,
Ive been floating about viewing this site ever since I decided I wanted to build my own Iron Man suit, just soaking up all the knowledge that people are happy to share about pepakura and costuming in general. Since ive now started to make some progress on my build i figured id better show everyone what I am up to and help others where I can.
So after starting a foam mk 42 build some time in January I realised that foam was not what I wanted, you cant get as good a finish as I would like and the durability is not as good. So after a lot of deliberation I decided that using foam patterns and corrugated card I could make it rigid with polyester resin and fibreglass scrim tape and then begin the fun task of body filler and sanding, I have done vintage motorcycle restoration in the past so i was fairly well versed in the endless sanding necessary.
As you can see its not a faithful reproduction of the Mark 7 arm as I have done away with a lot of the detail and gone for overall smoothness. This piece has also only just been sprayed and still needs tidying and obviously some form of weathering, i have also done away with that single joint at the elbow and replaced it with compression articulated joint. Not only does it cover that centre bit in the arm but also allows more flexibility ( i can almost touch my nose and can definitely drink a beer while wearing, high priority stuff), i do need to add in a piece at the back to cover the gap between the elbow armour and the back of the bicep.
Ill try to keep the thread updated as I build, but the progress is fairly slow due to the renovation of our house as well as work and a few other projects.
Thanks for viewing.
Ive been floating about viewing this site ever since I decided I wanted to build my own Iron Man suit, just soaking up all the knowledge that people are happy to share about pepakura and costuming in general. Since ive now started to make some progress on my build i figured id better show everyone what I am up to and help others where I can.
So after starting a foam mk 42 build some time in January I realised that foam was not what I wanted, you cant get as good a finish as I would like and the durability is not as good. So after a lot of deliberation I decided that using foam patterns and corrugated card I could make it rigid with polyester resin and fibreglass scrim tape and then begin the fun task of body filler and sanding, I have done vintage motorcycle restoration in the past so i was fairly well versed in the endless sanding necessary.
As you can see its not a faithful reproduction of the Mark 7 arm as I have done away with a lot of the detail and gone for overall smoothness. This piece has also only just been sprayed and still needs tidying and obviously some form of weathering, i have also done away with that single joint at the elbow and replaced it with compression articulated joint. Not only does it cover that centre bit in the arm but also allows more flexibility ( i can almost touch my nose and can definitely drink a beer while wearing, high priority stuff), i do need to add in a piece at the back to cover the gap between the elbow armour and the back of the bicep.
Ill try to keep the thread updated as I build, but the progress is fairly slow due to the renovation of our house as well as work and a few other projects.
Thanks for viewing.