Iron-Panther coming to a close

[DarkJester]

im kinda bummed my daemon prince is on indefinate hold until i can either gain 80lb of solid muuscle and the build of a pref. wrestler, afford a muscle suit, or teach myself to sew well enough to make my own. so i started a project ive been kicking around ever since i first saw the iron bat pictures, so without further ado, im gonna be attempting to create the one of a kind Iron-panther, i figured since iron man and BP are avengers it would make sense for tony to give t'challa a suit in the spirit of diplomatic relations (and stark getting his hands on vibranium for armor upgrades) so im gonna be making my vision of what that would look like heres my proof of concept hemlet using a war machine size tester and sculpted ears (try to not see the batmanness of it, im still trying to figure out the mechanice of making the ears look more cat like without looking like a tiara) anyway heres a few concept/prototype pics of the Iron-Panther Helm 1.0

as always criticism always welcome, and please if anyone has an idea of making the ears look good, please let me know

 

[Jordan spider]

new project Iron-Panther!!!!!!!!

Cool looks devilish

 

[DarkJester]

Re: new project Iron-Panther!!!!!!!!

so came up with another concept using paint, just to see how the placement of the ears would look, i used a cat profile pic as a base for deciding the look i think its good, what about you guy, feel free to yay or nay, give advice, or tell me im wasting my time,

the frontal pic looks heavily batman-ish to me, but the side pic is good i think, ive decided to use the iron patriot helm as a base to work off of, since it has the lines i wanted to use to make the ears already in place, my only decision now is which mark i want to use for the whole suit, im leaning toward the mark 2 or the new one but im still in the air about it, and cant decide, so it looks like it s time for a poll which iron man suit version should i use as a base for my iron panther crossover?

 

[DarkJester]

Re: new project Iron-Panther!!!!!!!!

guess iron man is kinda played its course lol, hopefully i can get some advice from the greats like stealth, thorsoli, darkside, jfcustom, or jackie, i wanna make this work but im kinda stuck for converting the helmet, maybe i need to work on something else and come back to it in a week or so

 

[Cibernite]

Re: new project Iron-Panther!!!!!!!!

Could you make the faceplate more animalistic. More panther like. I think that it would be original and different.

 

[DarkJester]

Re: new project Iron-Panther!!!!!!!!

its definitely something to think about, im trying to stick with the comics look of the more fabric mask, but after finding a few more reference theres definitely a base motif of variants that have a decidedly more panther-ish face, mainly around the nose and mouth area. maybe i can sculpt some more pronounced nostrils and build up the lip area, i dont know, guess ill start by flipping a coin on which style i use, either the flat mask or the more panther-ish one

 

[ShermanTank]

Re: new project Iron-Panther!!!!!!!! asking for help from the masters

Hey,

So I am no expert but i just have a few questions.

There are a couple of ways to make it look more animalistic I think.

I would tone the ears down and have them start from further back.

Also, people may disagree with me hear but I think if you are going for a hybrid you need to decide whether its a Panther build or an Iron man build then adjust design accordingly otherwise you may run the risk of just looking like a half-ass semi attractive girl who thinks putting on cat ears is a halloween costume

I would make the ears more air intake like. Hood scoop or something like that.

Also, you could possibly add a bit more of a cat/panther feel by adding some nose details.

Which may be weird but may actually work in your favor.

Possibly squaring of the tips of the cat ears may work as well. Which would make it feel more air intake like.


Just some thoughts, feel free to tell me to shut up.

Tank

 

[ShermanTank]

Re: new project Iron-Panther!!!!!!!! asking for help from the masters

Something like:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/d2bpqnq2h24dx5d/ironcat.jpg

 

[DarkJester]

Re: new project Iron-Panther!!!!!!!! asking for help from the masters

i actually had already decided that this one was gonna be an iron man build made for the black panther, kind of like the iron batman crossover pics, and finally after all night doing research and looking for pics of black panther, i think ive finally found something that looks enough like a helmet that i can pull it off, and still get the look im going for, here's the helmet basically

and the rest of the armour concept that i will be looking to incorporate into the iron man armour, minus the huge shoulders

ill be modding the hand files to have clawed fingers, and adding in all of the gold accent pieces

of course the iron man armour will of course show prominently enough to be recognized, but the black panther influences have to be done right, or else this will end horribly, challenge accepted

 

[zodiac]

Re: new project Iron-Panther!!!!!!!! asking for help from the masters

Very cool idea, if you could make the Arc glow gold/yellow and illuminate a ring of runes like around the shoulders in the concept pic that would be a cool touch imo.

 

[SpideyMan]

Re: new project Iron-Panther!!!!!!!! asking for help from the masters

Looking good keep it up.

 

[DarkJester]

Re: new project Iron-Panther!!!!!!!! asking for help from the masters

you too bro, watching your thread with interest

 

[DarkJester]

Re: new project Iron-Panther!!!!!!!! asking for help from the masters

since my helmet is giving me tourettes and breathtaking anger management issues, ive decided to look into outsourcing it, and am moving on to the rest of the suit. got the abs pepped, now i just have to figure out how to make them articulated, comfortable-ish to wear and sit down in. next i'll be making the shoulders, neckseal, and not sure about whether to do the gloves after that or the codpiece, hmmm
anyway heres pics of the abs pepped and resined

 

[SpideyMan]

Re: new project Iron-Panther!!!!!!!! asking for help from the masters

You just used a reg Ironman file for the abs right?

 

[DarkJester]

Re: new project Iron-Panther!!!!!!!! asking for help from the masters

You just used a reg Ironman file for the abs right?

yeah i cant remember the mark i used, i'll look it up when im back on my main comp (on tablet right now), looking at them now though im thinking they might be too long top to bottom, and i might have to cut a bit off the bottom in order for them to fit between the chest and cod ( guess i know what pieces im making next, sigh) hopefully i can get them into resin by monday or tuesday, but since im making a suit that is basically a hodgepodge of pieces from mark 2 - mark 8, this may take a bit longer than originally planned, oh well, its not fun if it dont make you hate yourself for doing it(evil pepakura, kills hands worse than a tack hammer to the knuckles) more pics incoming soon

 

[DarkJester]

Re: new project Iron-Panther!!!!!!!! asking for help from the masters

decided to take a step away from teh original iron man look, since this isn't a stark suit. being that the black panther is more of a brawler and melee character than tony stark, i decided to beef up the forearms and shins a bit, (undecided if i want to use the mark 3, 8, iron patriot, or war machine shins). anyway here's a pic of them fresh from the pep table (insomnia sucks but i get more done with no sleep).

gonna add in the missile housing maybe, still not sure it would be used by BP, may scrap that part since i modded the forearms anyway, tomorrow i take a run at the codpiece thighs, and biceps, also gotta figure out a way to keep the interlocking pieces that the iron man suits are so famous for, yet still step far enough away that im not just another iron man suit with a little bit of black panther effects, still tryin to find the proper "meshup" between the two. i think im on the right track, wish i could draw though cause my idea would be easily proven or vetoed if i could get it on paper, oh well. anyway time to hit this with resin and get the thighs printed up. see ya next time

 

[DarkJester]

Re: new project Iron-Panther!!! forearms done cod and thighs next

i just had a novel idea (not really but im an underachiever lol) can the foam files be used with sintra? if not does anyone have files i can use with sintra, i dont wanna pep those small pieces (hand aches just thinking about it, i need to get a silhouette cameo soon for sure), and foam just doesnt have that look that resin casts or plastics have. anyway, let me know if this is feasible or if im barking up the wrong tree

 

[DarkJester]

Re: new project Iron-Panther!!! forearms done cod and thighs next

gotta love insomnia cod done, didnt wanna join the taint area since i plan on losing that in the final assembly, and the forearms are resined, gonna resin the cod and see if i can form the abs and cod into one piece, hope this goes well and if not, hope i dont destroy either piece

 

[FlawlessWrite]

Re: new project Iron-Panther!!! forearms done cod and thighs next

Awesome idea and great job so far. Looking forward to seeing how this turns out.

 

[DarkJester]

Re: new project Iron-Panther!!! forearms done cod and thighs next

boot done, only made one because im gonna order my casting supplies and make 2 of them, i left the toe cap off on purpose since im gonna have to sculpt the front of the boot to have a clawed shape more or less, also started on the thighs (wish there was asymmetrical file i could build only once instead of having to pep/ foam build 2 legs)