Iron Man's Eyes?

[Jediwannabe]

I bought the Windlass Iron Man Mark II. I know, I know, many people panned it here. I think it is pretty cool regardless of not being screen accurate.

In any event, I want to finish the helmet by installing the eyes. I am thinking this would require LED lights. Any comments or suggestions from the pros would be appreciated. I'd love to know if anyone has data on what was actually used?

Regards,
-Jediwannabe

 

[XRobots]

This is what I did for mine:

It's a clear acrylic visor that I formed in my oven, covered with silver window tint, then with some fabric from a wedding dress veil. The white strips are about 5 layers of 0.5mm stryene superglued together which also hold 10 white LEDs in place along the bottom edge.

You can see out, but you can't see in, even with the lights on - although it's a bit like looking through a net curtain while shining a flash light at it so if it's dark outside you can't see at all.

I believe that the movie version had a flat white light in the eyes (like EL sheet) with a thin slit to look out of underneath - but then they didn't have to do much looking as it was fiction etc.

The rest of the project is here: http://www.xrobots.co.uk/ironmancostume/

 

[Sean Bradley]

Thats a gorgeous solution for the eyes. Well done sir.

 

[Jediwannabe]

Yes, very well done indeed. Thank you.

 

[RussellSculpts]

I used a lite strip from e-lite technologies. e-lite.com. It's flat, 1/2 x6" powered by nine volt. If you call ask for Tim, I've sent several people his way for these. Realitvely cheap $25 plus shipping, a little more for a longer cord. You cannot see through it, you have to place it just right to leave a space under it to see through the eye slit. The one pictured is me wearing it with the strip installed and on with no problems seeing.

 

[Aquaman]

i thought in the movie the did cgi for the eyes.

 

[TK648]

I used a lite strip from e-lite technologies. e-lite.com. It's flat, 1/2 x6" powered by nine volt. If you call ask for Tim, I've sent several people his way for these. Realitvely cheap $25 plus shipping, a little more for a longer cord. You cannot see through it, you have to place it just right to leave a space under it to see through the eye slit. The one pictured is me wearing it with the strip installed and on with no problems seeing.

Thats very cool, I have an iron man helmet I just want to display
so there is no need to see out of it. Do they have a power supply
that runs off house current.

This also gives me and idea for signage for my car
for my business.

 

[PadawanLearner]

if it runs off a 9v you should be able to get a universal adapter and plug it up to the 9v connector.

 

[TMP]

This is what one of our customer for the TMP ironman armor did for his helmets eyes.

http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=34519&page=72


The good thing with how he does it, is that the glare is only outside still making you have good visibility. If you also get glare inside the eyes then in dark rooms or enviroment you wont se because the light lights up you eyes and you loose your night vision. If you got a visor glass you also get problem on the inside if you also have light there. Because the light will reflect of the visor glass and inwards making sight out very hard.

The soution in the link above is what i think is todays best solution.

 

[Jedifyfe]

I used a lite strip from e-lite technologies. e-lite.com. It's flat, 1/2 x6" powered by nine volt. If you call ask for Tim, I've sent several people his way for these. Realitvely cheap $25 plus shipping, a little more for a longer cord. You cannot see through it, you have to place it just right to leave a space under it to see through the eye slit. The one pictured is me wearing it with the strip installed and on with no problems seeing.

I've always wanted to post this pic I did since I saw this pic a while back...