darkestknight
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After seeing all the great Iron Man builds online, I had to give it a go. I originally intended on making a Mark IV suit, but as I was planning, I was looking closely at pics of the Mark V, and decided to do both. I figured I could build one, and learn from it, and make the next one even better.
I chose to go with eva foam as a base, as it's cheap and I can afford to make mistakes and simply get more. I intend on coating it in PVA glue and plastic later, but for now I want to get used to building a whole suit from scratch. I've never used pepakura or anything like that, so I'm free handing this build using photos of the suit from the movie, and from the Hot Toys Mark V 1/4 bust and 1/6 figure as reference. I often rewatch the scene in IM2 looking for details not seen before and whatnot.
I draw out the pieces on a4 paper as I see them fitting together (except the gloves, which I got from JoWe's thread), and when satisfied I cut them out and trace them onto eva foam of varying thickness. At this stage I'm using 2mm, 5mm and 10mm foam sheets, and contact cement. The contact cement works really well. I'm a bit hesitant to use a hot glue gun in case it melts any part of the foam.
Starting with the reactor piece, then working around the chest/bust, I used the 5mm and 10mm foam to get the base shape, and then added a layer of 2mm foam, as appropriate, for additional detail. My intent is to use more foam between the exterior layers, almost like hinges, to allow flexibility when it eventually takes shape.
I had to do both forearms twice, on my first attempt I didn't allow for glueing space, and they were too narrow to get past my wrist. The photos here show the forearms only partially completed, I'll add more detail to both ends, add the elbow joint and clean up the wrists.
Also, the reactor here is only temporary, I threw that together to see if I could do it. The next one will be neater :lol
I want to give a huge amount of thanks to sjorsjo91, when I saw his build I knew I could do something like that. After looking at how he was making everything from scratch, I couldn't just watch anymore. Honestly if I didn't see his thread, I would still be figuring out where to start :thumbsup
I'll keep adding photos and updates as I go, I hope you enjoy :cool
I chose to go with eva foam as a base, as it's cheap and I can afford to make mistakes and simply get more. I intend on coating it in PVA glue and plastic later, but for now I want to get used to building a whole suit from scratch. I've never used pepakura or anything like that, so I'm free handing this build using photos of the suit from the movie, and from the Hot Toys Mark V 1/4 bust and 1/6 figure as reference. I often rewatch the scene in IM2 looking for details not seen before and whatnot.
I draw out the pieces on a4 paper as I see them fitting together (except the gloves, which I got from JoWe's thread), and when satisfied I cut them out and trace them onto eva foam of varying thickness. At this stage I'm using 2mm, 5mm and 10mm foam sheets, and contact cement. The contact cement works really well. I'm a bit hesitant to use a hot glue gun in case it melts any part of the foam.
Starting with the reactor piece, then working around the chest/bust, I used the 5mm and 10mm foam to get the base shape, and then added a layer of 2mm foam, as appropriate, for additional detail. My intent is to use more foam between the exterior layers, almost like hinges, to allow flexibility when it eventually takes shape.
I had to do both forearms twice, on my first attempt I didn't allow for glueing space, and they were too narrow to get past my wrist. The photos here show the forearms only partially completed, I'll add more detail to both ends, add the elbow joint and clean up the wrists.
Also, the reactor here is only temporary, I threw that together to see if I could do it. The next one will be neater :lol
I want to give a huge amount of thanks to sjorsjo91, when I saw his build I knew I could do something like that. After looking at how he was making everything from scratch, I couldn't just watch anymore. Honestly if I didn't see his thread, I would still be figuring out where to start :thumbsup
I'll keep adding photos and updates as I go, I hope you enjoy :cool
