Edwardsryan1987
New Member
Hello all,
This is my first time posting on the site. Mostly I just look at posts and get jealous how awesome everyone is at this. I decided to start my first ever attempt at a build. My son wanted to be Iron Man so I'm trying to build him a costume. I wanted to use foam, but money is tight right now since we just moved and I'm paying on two houses right now. I decided to go with cardboard since I have a TON of it from moving. Not sure it will actually get done for Halloween. I got slowed down trying to re-scale pep files to fit him. I He's only 3 so it's going to be pretty small. I'm happy with how it's turning out and welcome feedback and suggestions for future builds.
I am also not sure how I'm going to finish it off. I was thinking of thin layers of fiberglass resin to stiffen the cardboard and set the shape, then thin layers of Bondo so I can sand and prep it for painting. Any thoughts of how this might work? Has anyone tried anything else with success? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
This is my first time posting on the site. Mostly I just look at posts and get jealous how awesome everyone is at this. I decided to start my first ever attempt at a build. My son wanted to be Iron Man so I'm trying to build him a costume. I wanted to use foam, but money is tight right now since we just moved and I'm paying on two houses right now. I decided to go with cardboard since I have a TON of it from moving. Not sure it will actually get done for Halloween. I got slowed down trying to re-scale pep files to fit him. I He's only 3 so it's going to be pretty small. I'm happy with how it's turning out and welcome feedback and suggestions for future builds.
I am also not sure how I'm going to finish it off. I was thinking of thin layers of fiberglass resin to stiffen the cardboard and set the shape, then thin layers of Bondo so I can sand and prep it for painting. Any thoughts of how this might work? Has anyone tried anything else with success? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
