Iron Man MkIII suit animatronics

[wilee98]

Well still looks awesome, but I was wondering what was used for your padding and are you releasing a how to and step by step on the electronics. Thanks

 

[Nomakai]

I forgot- as far as any forthcoming kits, etc. are concerned I'll be doing a full tutorial when I'm finished with this and have everything dialed in perfect. All of the code will be posted along with a complete parts list. I'm going to be working on designing some new boards after this project is done and those will be for sale. The tutorial will probably be up by Halloween since that is our completion date and any new boards will be after that. No idea on pricing at this time...

I'll have a chart posted soon that shows how all the suit systems are linked regarding control inputs, etc.

Dude, this is awesome!! can't wait to see tutorial. This will make my build 1000 times easier. :thumbsup

 

[soxbaseball0802]

Could you go a little more in depth into how the steel rods are being connected to the faceplate/ chin? Still learning the ropes to all this. Just ordered some servos for my helmet and just wanna make sure i get everything i need.

Hope i get this done by halloween

Thanks in advance

 

[Honus]

Could you go a little more in depth into how the steel rods are being connected to the faceplate/ chin?/QUOTE]

Could you be more specific? The photo that shows the linkage system in the helmet makes it pretty clear as to how it works. Do you have a specific question as to how it was constructed?

 

[Honus]

So here's some more pics- been working like crazy on this. After nearly filling up an entire sketchbook with around thirty designs for the shoulder rockets I finally have something that should work pretty well. There's no way to make it exactly like what you seen on screen- there isn't enough room and I would have to completely cut apart the torso to do it. If I was to build the torso from scratch with separate plates I think I could get pretty close to what you see on screen.

I did however figure out a way to make the gauntlet missile open up like what is seen on screen- that made me pretty happy. The back flaps will also move so I made some hinges for them and bonded them to the flaps.

 

[soxbaseball0802]

i guess im just trying to figure out your whole schematic for the swivel links and rods. Its pretty late...

Where did you get your swivel links from?

Just like Lowes or Hobby Lobby?

 

[soxbaseball0802]

That's awesome.

Keep up the good work man.

Already subscribed and can't wait to see how this turns out.

 

[Honus]

i guess im just trying to figure out your whole schematic for the swivel links and rods. Its pretty late...

Where did you get your swivel links from?

Just like Lowes or Hobby Lobby?

Servocity.com sells them but you can find them at some hobby shops.

For people trying to figure out their own helmet linkages there's a cool free app by Autodesk that you can use if you have an iPhone/iPad/Android device -it's called ForceEffect Motion. Definitely worth checking out.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/autodesk-forceeffect-motion/id512045820?mt=8

 

[Ruprekt]

Inspiring work! The owner of this suit is really going to have a show piece when it's done. This will make "master lee" amd his iron dwarf suit look like crap! I have Finhead's suit as well, and never really thought about doing all this animatronics stuff until right now. You've got me thinking for sure..... Any more videos coming up?

 

[Slythenperior]

This is looking amazing. Though the helmet doesn't look very comfortable. Are you going to be ok wearing this for an entire day?

 

[Honus]

This is looking amazing. Though the helmet doesn't look very comfortable. Are you going to be ok wearing this for an entire day?

The helmet's owner says it fits him great so I'm not worried about it.

I'll have more videos in a few days.

 

[soxbaseball0802]

I was looking for insight on a minor question for anyone with experience with el panels and wire.

If i cut a 6 inch strip in half and so i had two 3 inch strips, would it still work?

Also, if i drilled tiny holes in each of those strips, would they still work as well?

If you haven't guessed, I'm thinking about using el panels for the eyes in my helmet and was curious if anyone had any experience with them to know the answer.

 

[Honus]

I was looking for insight on a minor question for anyone with experience with el panels and wire.

If i cut a 6 inch strip in half and so i had two 3 inch strips, would it still work?

Also, if i drilled tiny holes in each of those strips, would they still work as well?

If you haven't guessed, I'm thinking about using el panels for the eyes in my helmet and was curious if anyone had any experience with them to know the answer.

You can cut EL panels/strip no problem. Soldering connectors to it can be a real PITA though. I don't know of anyone that has drilled holes in it but in theory it should work- provided you don't destroy it during drilling.

 

[soxbaseball0802]

Thanks, ill give it a whirl

 

[soxbaseball0802]

Also. Due to time constraints, I was just thinking of having my servos activate via push-button.

You know... push faceplate goes up, push again and the faceplate goes down. I was gonna put the button right behind my jaw.

Any suggestions as how I should set that up?

 

[Honus]

Also. Due to time constraints, I was just thinking of having my servos activate via push-button.

You know... push faceplate goes up, push again and the faceplate goes down. I was gonna put the button right behind my jaw.

Any suggestions as how I should set that up?

You can do a simple setup like that using a microcontroller with a push button. Read through this tutorial about switches-
Arduino Tutorial - Lesson 5

You could also set it up so when you push a button it opens for a defined time period and then automatically closes.

 

[TryChick]

Cool build. Hope I get to the point where I can do all the electronics stuff with ease...

 

[InCOGnito B2TE]

This is a beautiful design. I love it, I would love to get my hands on some of these as I don't think I could do them any better and programming the servos is a little daunting... :confused

 

[AH studio]

Great tutorial!

Thanks!

 

[Ciano930]

this is an awesome build dude good job! really cool to see a well designed animatronic suit, seems only master le247 has one and its not like he was ever gonna share the design!