Iron man mk III from Chile

[cabezadetuerca7]

Hi guys!!...i’m new in this forum and I want introduce myself. I’m Marco, i live in Chile so I have to say that my english is not that good, but i’ll try to do the best I can.
since i was a kid i'm a big fan of iron man, so when the movie came out i decided to build an armor replica, but i had no time due to university, now i'm graduated so i started to build it a couple of month ago.
i joined to this forum searching information about how to do it, i was thinking in clay modeling, but it needs a tons of it!!! jejeje ...and i had no money....so i found pepakura..and was amazing...my mind was opened to an infinite world of posibilities...i thought: wow!!..i can make a car with this program!!! (i'm mechanical engineer)
in this forum there's a lot of amazing costume builders, i have been watching all of their threads and i think they are extremely good and an inspiration for all of us.
This is what I got so far, I hope you like it and can give me your opinion
i used dancing_fool's files (thanks by the way)

 

[WardenTorBaaL]

Welcome Marco, you're off to a great start! Looking forward to seeing what you come up with! What are you using to cover the helmet with?

 

[cabezadetuerca7]

thanks for the welcome wardentorbaal, what i used to cover the helmet is "magic putty", it would be "bondo" for you. I used this to fix cars also.
i hope to post more pics over the week, i'm working on the gloves and legs.

 

[Maulfett]

Bienvenido, It looks greats, keep it up.

 

[epilepticsquirl]

Hi! It's good to see another Chilean on the boards! You're Iron Man is off to a great start and looks like you've got the pepakura figured out pretty well. Welcome to the boards!

 

[Leander]

Hehe good luck on your project..

I am an industrial engineer, was also very interested in making some models with Pepakura for my automotive classes..!

I actually found a way out to import my Solidworks models into pepakura..

since then been experimenting a lot

 

[Starktech]

very good, very clean work. and that last pose and picture is epic i love it!!!!

 

[cabezadetuerca7]

Thanks guys for taking time for comments!!...this is my first proyect and very important also.

@Maulfett:
Thanks!!..i really appreciate your opinion, I've been watching your work and is really incredible.


@Epilepticsquirl:
Thanks for your comment!!...by the way, is there another Chilean in the forum?

@Leander:
Thanks for wishing me luck!!..i'm sure that i'm going to need it!!!...my goal is finish the armor before halloween!!.
I use sketchup to import models into pepakura, just basic models.

@Starktech:
i'm glad you like this. i had to make a mannequin on pepakura, fill it with foam , stuck it into a stand and add pvc pipes for arms. that way looks better!!.

Today sculpted the palms of the hands. I used clay

 

[epilepticsquirl]

T@Epilepticsquirl:
Thanks for your comment!!...by the way, is there another Chilean in the forum?

why me of course half chilean on my mothers side. Though I don't live there, I've got the pic of the earthquake flag on my desk. :thumbsup

what's even funnier is I have almost the exact piston from my Great Grandfathers truck that he drove in chile. We use it as an ash tray for the new year cigars.

 

[cabezadetuerca7]

ever came to chile? ... Here all is well, the most important news are: the earthquake in the south and the trapped miners in the north.

what a coincidence! .. I also use the piston as an ashtray !!!... and it was from a mercedes benz truck.

I want to share some pictures of the mannequin I built to put the pieces of armor.
I used a pep files I found on the net, and I do not really know who to thank for that file.
I'm sure those who are building an iron man costume will be very useful
here's the link: Armor Files - SoullessSin
perhaps the author is Ryan Bartoletti, so thanks for the file

 

[propologist]

i love chile...i want some now with cheese and cracker....hummmm chili

 

[cabezadetuerca7]

Hi guys!, i just found a way to make the inner (between) parts of the fingers

and maybe it works for the whole inner parts of the gloves, elbows, back of knees, etc...
i really don´t know if someone already did this, perhaps with silicone or something like that, but i think is a really functional and cheap idea.

i used alginate (dental material)

here's the thing:
I found a flexible hose from a car engine part that is pretty similar to inner parts gloves shown in the movie.

so what i did was take a mold of it, and get a negative:

then i fill the negative to get a copy from the original hose.

to finaly get a copy from the original hose:

this is the alginate:

The idea is put this inside of the entirely fingers. the good thing of this is that you can make it thinner or thicker, according to your gloves.
like 8 dollars total....

Do you understand well what I said?...right?.."my english is not very good looking"

hehehhhe......
please tell me what you guys think..

best regards

 

[vitacura]

That's coming along quite nicely!
Any guesses as to where in Santiago I am from?

 

[cabezadetuerca7]

That's coming along quite nicely!
Any guesses as to where in Santiago I am from?

Thanks!!..mmmmmmmm....i think i know where you are from....hahahhaa..."vitacura"...nice place!!...are you really there right now?

 

[vitacura]

No longer there, I am in the U.S. now. I lived in Vitacura from 1987-97. Sure miss alot of friends down there!
Look forward to more progress shots from your Iron Man suit!

 

[Pandemic]

Nice work on the fingers! i might have to hop on board with the alginate!

 

[Red Shirt David]

Pretty amazing work!

 

[gungriffonbr]

wow amazing i making a very slow build of war machine armor hehehe your iron man armor

 

[cabezadetuerca7]

thanks guys!!...i´ll probably post more updates over the week, i have to complete a few things like this:

still needs a lot of sanding!!...but it's a start...

best regards

 

[Maulfett]

thanks guys!!...i´ll probably post more updates over the week, i have to complete a few things like this:

still needs a lot of sanding!!...but it's a start...

best regards

Muy bien, nice!!:thumbsup