Iron Man Mk3 foam suit fitting issues. (WIP pic heavy)

[ThatPhoenixGuy]

I think he meant Dominic Monaghan. Gimli would be me

 

[Dagibbon]

That is a great looking suit Psych, especially for a first attempt! Well done mate. Looking forward to seeing some paint on it. :thumbsup

 

[Psych007]

That is a great looking suit Psych, especially for a first attempt! Well done mate. Looking forward to seeing some paint on it. :thumbsup

Thanks alot man, love the concept of your project! Subscribed..

 

[Psych007]

Done a small update on the chest for the arc reactor, looks a bit gluey but I'll clean that up a bit later.
Now I will be off for two weeks so no updates in a while I'm afraid. Itchy fingers already..

 

[Kolin86]

Dude, don't know how I missed this thread before, but great job so far, keep it up!

 

[xpst500]

Nice job! Where can you buy this foam in the USA?

 

[Striker]

Thanks man, yeah trial and error really is needed to get better at it.

And thanks for the compliment!
Dunno who you refer to in Lost but I guess you mean Gimli in LOTR.

You nailed it lol

 

[Psych007]

Nice job! Where can you buy this foam in the USA?

Thanks!
I don't know if you have this precise kind of foam in the U.S, but I do know that you have the alot cheaper anti fatigue mats bought in a hardwarestore or Wallmart(?). And It's the same thickness and I would say that you get the same result with it as with the kind I'm using.
I've been looking all over for that foam here in Sweden but I haven't found any yet so I buy this expensive foam.

 

[JaySee1983]

Awesome job Stefan. :thumbsup Where did you read up on the foam tips and trix? Could you provide a link? I'm just starting my Iron Man costume and I have been running into some of the same problems. Thanks

 

[Psych007]

Thanks JaySee!
I didn't remember at first but I did some searching and found it again, it was Drack's tutorials i've checked out, very informative when you already have the foundation of foam-building. And the suits he's doing are pretty sweet!
http://www.therpf.com/f24/dracks-ironman-mk-vi-build-helmet-update-159992/ first page, tube-videos..

 

[JaySee1983]

Thanks for the info Psych.

 

[JaySee1983]

OK then time for an update!
Alot have happened since I started the thread, since I didn't get any answer I just continued building more pieces to get the overall look and it looks pretty good.

I made a duct tape-mannequin to get something to attach all the pieces to and get a better look how they will fit on me and with eachother. Thanks Stealth for the tube-tutorial!
[url]http://i1353.photobucket.com/albums/q668/StefanLindstrom/B2F83EAD-6B23-4D95-BE10-41B6AB566BD4-15061-00001F79F3030EBD_zps793456c1.jpg[/URL]

A few peices fitted on to try it out, my new foam helmet didn't fit since I have a piece of foam glued in it for holding shape until I can get it covered in Smooth-on 65D for a rigid shape.
[url]http://i1353.photobucket.com/albums/q668/StefanLindstrom/A7274202-48A5-4142-A535-7A18855AB59C-15061-00001F79E40EE482_zps4542f2cf.jpg[/URL]

I had to remake the neck a few times to get it the right size, practice makes perfect. ^^
Made in 2mm foamies.
[url]http://i1353.photobucket.com/albums/q668/StefanLindstrom/82478828-2833-4686-9370-7BF208674CDC-15061-00001F7A100CF391_zps168e2be3.jpg[/URL]

The shoes are Robo3867's templates.
[url]http://i1353.photobucket.com/albums/q668/StefanLindstrom/2DFCC575-9A9F-40CC-B3AE-2E4FAFFC1E23-15061-00001F7B06D72A08_zpsf95d7ce6.jpg[/URL]

My sneakers fit pretty good in them.
I'm planning to find a solution to get em to fit better to them tho, in worst case I'll just take an old pair of sneakers and glue em.
[url]http://i1353.photobucket.com/albums/q668/StefanLindstrom/EE628480-F6F8-42B5-9D97-7DDAD85D989E-15061-00001F7A1893BBA6_zps22c6d69b.jpg[/URL]

I made a new helmet of foam instead of pep and I like this one much better but there's always space for improvement.
I'm searching for something to use for getting the helmet top in the round shape in one piece by heating (Saw an tutorial by using two toy helmets). Haven't found anything useful around here yet tho.
[url]http://i1353.photobucket.com/albums/q668/StefanLindstrom/80F0E6DA-907F-404C-9439-6ECF774F7979-15061-00001F7A05DDC38D_zps945e489e.jpg[/URL]
[url]http://i1353.photobucket.com/albums/q668/StefanLindstrom/D73C4DEB-96F6-4E1E-A9B1-D8796890B776-15061-00001F7A0AB99BDE_zps605ca99d.jpg[/URL]

Got the shoulders done but I'm probably gonna redo em and trying getting a more rounded shape. Not really happy with em.
[url]http://i1353.photobucket.com/albums/q668/StefanLindstrom/5DBCE2F6-7912-41F8-A0D6-A354F9D10646-15061-00001F7A00EE1685_zps5fc27044.jpg[/URL]

Cod-piece. It didn't take long before I cut off the piece connecting between the legs.
[url]http://i1353.photobucket.com/albums/q668/StefanLindstrom/8AEA5B11-B143-40D1-BF7E-E6A081E456C4-15061-00001F79FC353450_zps91575794.jpg[/URL]

The spine connected to the back of the abs. Hadn't got the abs fully done on this picture.
[url]http://i1353.photobucket.com/albums/q668/StefanLindstrom/46AE0338-9981-41C6-9454-AD0969DEFE60-15061-00001F79EE559261_zps25060c20.jpg[/URL]

Front of abs.
[url]http://i1353.photobucket.com/albums/q668/StefanLindstrom/7537CE18-8A7A-4DB2-8917-A91BBA59F3D1-15061-00001F79E89A4E61_zps5f37a53a.jpg[/URL]

I also made 2 hip-dongles of foam. The first idea was to make it in something else or buy a set of em but I'm pretty happy with the result.
[url]http://i1353.photobucket.com/albums/q668/StefanLindstrom/D99B0E90-967E-44D1-8693-51DFDD9134E9-15061-00001F79DFA50402_zpsc2d2b1bf.jpg[/URL]

The two thigh-pieces. I have some shaping to do so they'll look and fit better.
[url]http://i1353.photobucket.com/albums/q668/StefanLindstrom/A94F8827-C617-4F54-986D-B98985B34CBC-15061-00001F79C93EAD40_zpsaeb6247e.jpg[/URL]

And I just finished the calves a few hours ago. Didn't really get the right bend on the upper back-flap but I'm happy with the result.
And I must say that the thighs and calves were ALOT harder to do than I thought.
[url]http://i1353.photobucket.com/albums/q668/StefanLindstrom/C9178985-B98D-4B9B-9BAA-7C64BD82558B-15061-00001F79DA0471B0_zps66d46f8a-1_zps7d43b7d6.jpg[/URL]

I'm sorry for the long and pic-heavy post!
Now I'm off to do some fitting, adjusting and then I'll start with the hands unless I start with some PVA-glue painting, sounds like fun. ^^
Peace out!

What are the numbers for on the pieces? Is this a paint by number type thing or is it just a way to know which piece goes where?

 

[Psych007]

I cut out and made both left and right of every piece at the same time so I used 1's and 2's to separate em from mixing.

 

[JaySee1983]

Ah...gotcha

 

[Psych007]

A small update after some time without being able to work on the suit, have had alot to do at work. But I'm still alive!

I put 2 coats of PVA on the inside of the helmet before coating it with Smooth-cast 65D, I put on one layer of the coating hoping that it would be enough to hold the faceplate in the right shape. Sadly it didn't, two coats might have done the trick.


So I've put in two supports to keep it in the right shape and next step will be to put PVA and 65D on the outside..



I have alot to tidy up on it before it's time to coat the outside and soon enough I hope I can get a whole day to work on it again.

Anyone know of any good patterns or similar for the pieces in between the forearm/bicep and lower leg/thigh?
I would like to show off as little as possible of the morphsuit that I'll have underneath.

And just for fun, I stopped shaving when I started this project but now it's getting a bit out of hand and my colleges can't stop complaining so it'll be coming off tomorrow. Have mixed feelings sbout it tho..



Keep up all the excellent work guys!

 

[Peejfro]

suit looks nice bro!

 

[Psych007]

Thanks alot man..

 

[Psych007]

Ok time for an update!
Life and the job have kept me busy for a while so I haven't been able to take the time to work on the suit as much as I have wanted to.
But in 2 days it's about to be worn on a superhero/villain-themed party so I've been working like hell this last week since my vacation started..
I actually bought an 3d-printer that I was about to do some small parts + fingers with but after 10 hours of assembling it it smellt burnt and it didn't work so I'm extra stressed now to make some small parts in foam and get it painted etc..
Since I've stressed so much the result won't be as good as i hoped it to be, the mask for example, wasn't that used to smooth-on and didn't have time to do alot of trial and error so no smooth lines on my mask right now..
I've gotten most of the parts painted red and will do the gold tomorrow, still have some touch ups on the hands and just finished up the fingers in foam this evening.

This is how it looks right now.


And just a question I have about the paintjob on the inner thigh of Dancin_fool's mk3. I can't tell where I should paint red and where to spray gold.. Any help? :S


Hopefully I will be all suited up on the next update.

Take care all.

 

[GoldenAvenger]

My God, this looks fantastic. I can't believe the amount of detail you're achieving with foam. Subscribed!

 

[Psych007]

Thanks alot GoldenAvenger!

And btw I have another Iron Man project going on, there's just not that much work from my part needed..