Ironman Costume for 5yr old - LINKS on PAGE 1 - tips & important bits

[3jack]

Re: WIP Ironman Costume for 5yr old - Reworking the repulsor plans

Firstly, just wanted to say thats some amazing work you've done so far, keep up the good work man.

Secondly, thanks for being an inspiration, not only in building this suit but also in life in general, I know a bit about fostering and that and I know that it takes a truely SPECIAL person to help others like that :thumbsup

Also, this thread has inspired me to start a build for my 4 year old son, just need to get him into Iron man and away from Spiderman now lol.

Thanks again

 

[indiefilmgeek]

Re: WIP Ironman Costume for 5yr old - Reworking the repulsor plans

I love this build, and love the fact that you are ditching parts because of your son, like you said it is his costume. Save it for another costume. Sometimes it is all to easy to get carried away and forget why and who we are making some costumes for. Have a good day.

Amen, brother. Priorities are important. I always have said that quality time with your kids isn't spending time in your shop building them stuff - it's spending time with them. So, I try to not only build Mikey's costume in a way that he can wear it, but also to construct it without losing valuable father-son time.

After all, this is my hobby... not his. :lol

...I know a bit about fostering and that and I know that it takes a truly SPECIAL person to help others like that :thumbsup

Sometimes it takes more 'special' than I feel like I have to give. This weekend has been especially rough. :confused

Luckily we love him to the moon and back.


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Cookout tonight with friends (if we don't have another major melt-downs) so the suit and building stuff is all put away. Here's a pic of what the suit looks like on July 4th, 2011.

 

[blf]

Re: WIP Ironman Costume for 5yr old - Reworking the repulsor plans

Sometimes it takes more 'special' than I feel like I have to give. This weekend has been especially rough.

Luckily we love him to the moon and back.

Hey - you are human (even if these phenomenal builds make ups believe otherwise!) And even if you have a moment or two -- you're good moments far outweigh the maybe less than stellar ones

Hang in there and enjoy your family today

 

[VariablePenguin]

Re: WIP Ironman Costume for 5yr old - Reworking the repulsor plans

This is an astounding build. One of the best kid builds I've seen in ages.

 

[indiefilmgeek]

Re: WIP Ironman Costume for 5yr old - Reworking the repulsor plans

Minor update...

After taking the electronics out of the handplates, I've finished them up (paint and weathering). These are foam built and hardened with epoxy before being painted (no plasti-dip on these since they were 100% coated in epoxy). I've also now mounted them on the wrist armor.

Now, I'm working on the Shoulder Bells. I haven't decided if I'm fiberglassing these or building them in foam....

I'm not 'behind' schedule, but I'm certainly not ahead anymore. I'm hoping to make up some time this week.

 

[WarPig]

Re: WIP Ironman Costume for 5yr old - Reworking the repulsor plans

I've been following this for awhile and as others have said, it's absolutely amazing!

Question - might you share the source of those $3 arc reactors? I'd like to pick up a few just to play around with. Seeing how you're building the sound effect right into the hand gives me some ideas for my build (which I'm sad to say has *still* not started!).

 

[indiefilmgeek]

Re: WIP Ironman Costume for 5yr old - Reworking the repulsor plans

I've been following this for awhile and as others have said, it's absolutely amazing!

Question - might you share the source of those $3 arc reactors? I'd like to pick up a few just to play around with. Seeing how you're building the sound effect right into the hand gives me some ideas for my build (which I'm sad to say has *still* not started!).

I used the triangular version, but the set up would be the same for the circular one. I got mine at Wal-Mart. Here's a site that connected a $3 coupon with this price to make your total cost 50 cents! (no promises on the coupon still being good though -- it was posted in April).

 

[MightyJohn]

Re: WIP Ironman Costume for 5yr old - Reworking the repulsor plans

I'm not 'behind' schedule, but I'm certainly not ahead anymore. I'm hoping to make up some time this week.

If you need any help, I will drop what I'm doing. This build is to epic to fall short. Give me a pep size for something and I'll get it glassed, smoothed and primed. No worries!!

 

[indiefilmgeek]

Re: WIP Ironman Costume for 5yr old - Reworking the repulsor plans

If you need any help, I will drop what I'm doing. This build is to epic to fall short. Give me a pep size for something and I'll get it glassed, smoothed and primed. No worries!!

Wow, I'm overwhelmed by your offer. You've been a huge supporter of my first build here and your work on RPF is a personal inspiration. I really appreciate your offer and your encouragement.

I sat down two weeks ago and mapped out a schedule (I'll post it just for kicks and giggles) that would get me to completion by mid-Oct. It really helped me to see what milestones I need to hit in order to get it all done on time.

I'm currently 'on-pace' with what I wrote up and we have a nice long time until Halloween; however, if I fall terribly behind for some reason I'll definitely reach out!

Again... thanks. RPF has been a fantastic forum experience for me and I hope to be around and building stuff for long time to come!


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P.S. On a personal note... My wife and I just finalized our adoption of our 3yr old foster son today! He's been in our family for over a year now, but it's nice to have him officially join his 'forever family!'

He's also in line to get a REALLY cool hand-me-down Ironman costume in another year or so. :thumbsup

 

[Graphic Jordan]

Re: WIP Ironman Costume for 5yr old - Reworking the repulsor plans

Congrats Jon! And as I've mentioned earlier to you via IM... I'd be glady to make some of the foam pieces for you.

GJ

Wow, I'm overwhelmed by your offer. You've been a huge supporter of my first build here and your work on RPF is a personal inspiration. I really appreciate your offer and your encouragement.

I sat down two weeks ago and mapped out a schedule (I'll post it just for kicks and giggles) that would get me to completion by mid-Oct. It really helped me to see what milestones I need to hit in order to get it all done on time.

I'm currently 'on-pace' with what I wrote up and we have a nice long time until Halloween; however, if I fall terribly behind for some reason I'll definitely reach out!

Again... thanks. RPF has been a fantastic forum experience for me and I hope to be around and building stuff for long time to come!


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P.S. On a personal note... My wife and I just finalized our adoption of our 3yr old foster son today! He's been in our family for over a year now, but it's nice to have him officially join his 'forever family!'

He's also in line to get a REALLY cool hand-me-down Ironman costume in another year or so. :thumbsup

 

[edusdvd]

Re: WIP Ironman Costume for 5yr old - handplates done

excelente

 

[edusdvd]

Re: WIP Ironman Costume for 5yr old - handplates done

es buenísimo

 

[edusdvd]

Re: WIP Ironman Costume for 5yr old - handplates done

es buenísiimooo realmente

 

[indiefilmgeek]

Re: WIP Ironman Costume for 5yr old - handplates done

Congrats Jon! And as I've mentioned earlier to you via IM... I'd be glad to make some of the foam pieces for you.

Thanks, Jordan. It's been a blast exchanging build tips and info. I really hope we can work together on some projects!

es buenísiimooo realmente

Thanks, edusdvd. You're IM chest pep is coming along nicely!


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Both shoulder bells are pepped.

I had originally planned on them being hardened (fiberglass/bondo) so they would be nice and rounded. But now I'm debating a move to foam for them. The foam would give Mikey a little bit more flex, but I just don't know if I can get very nice rounded smooth curves with the foam.

...I'm still thinking about it. :unsure

 

[Graphic Jordan]

Re: WIP Ironman Costume for 5yr old - handplates done

Go the foam route. CHeck out my thread JOn. The shoulder bells can be smooth when done in foam.

P.S. I would like to thank Jon.. aka IndieFilmGeek for giving me the idea to use magnets as closure points on parts of my suit. My thread shows how successful this has been.

Great work on Mikey's build.

Thanks, Jordan. It's been a blast exchanging build tips and info. I really hope we can work together on some projects!



Thanks, edusdvd. You're IM chest pep is coming along nicely!


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Both shoulder bells are pepped.

I had originally planned on them being hardened (fiberglass/bondo) so they would be nice and rounded. But now I'm debating a move to foam for them. The foam would give Mikey a little bit more flex, but I just don't know if I can get very nice rounded smooth curves with the foam.

...I'm still thinking about it. :unsure

 

[payton paison]

Re: WIP Ironman Costume for 5yr old - handplates done

Been following buddy keep up the great work

 

[indiefilmgeek]

Re: WIP Ironman Costume for 5yr old - handplates done

P.S. I would like to thank Jon.. aka IndieFilmGeek for giving me the idea to use magnets as closure points on parts of my suit. My thread shows how successful this has been.

No problem. I originally wanted very FAST release connection points for Mikey, so I used these on the neck seal. I'll be honest, while they worked great you found an AWESOME way to sink the magnets into the foam (via the stone dremel bits).

It's good enough, anyone interested in using this connection idea should swing over to Jordan's post HERE and check it out! :thumbsup

 

[Scandvoice]

Re: WIP Ironman Costume for 5yr old - handplates done

Here's a big round of applause from a noobie from Sweden! I stumbled across this build while surfing the net for pep files, and was stuck. Completely stuck and in awe. This is without a doubt the coolest build on the entire site. Every other detail-obsessed project just fades in comparison. Not only have you supplied this forum with some great tips and tricks along the way, but you have also gotten us all rooting for a kid named Mikey and his upcoming Halloween party! You, Sir, have my deepest respect. ;-)

 

[indiefilmgeek]

Re: WIP Ironman Costume for 5yr old - handplates done

Here's a big round of applause from a noobie from Sweden! I stumbled across this build while surfing the net for pep files, and was stuck. Completely stuck and in awe. This is without a doubt the coolest build on the entire site. Every other detail-obsessed project just fades in comparison. Not only have you supplied this forum with some great tips and tricks along the way, but you have also gotten us all rooting for a kid named Mikey and his upcoming Halloween party! You, Sir, have my deepest respect. ;-)

Welcome to the family, Scandvoice! And thanks for the incredibly kind words. :$

Here's a brief update as well...

Last week Jordan talked me into working up at least one foam shoulder bell (originally I was thinking these would be hardened -- fiberglass/bondo).

Since I'm not very proficient in Pepakura Designer (see STEALTH's Tutorial for a MUCH easier way to do this), I usually make my foam templates manually...

That means I build the stupid paper pep piece and then mark it up and cut it into 'foam-friendly' pieces. I then use these as my templates (for right and left side).

Here's the dissected Left Shoulder Bell... now my foam shoulder bell template. (the larger shoulder bell in the picture is from my first full-arm pep I created to get scale -- which was WAY off!)

From here I cut out my foam pieces and glued them together to get this...

Now, it's not perfect... and it WILL be a bit more 'blocky' than a bondo-smoothed fiberglassed piece, but the upside here is comfort via flexibility.

I not entirely sold on this... I think I'll plasti-dip and paint this up to see what it looks like before building up the Right one.


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If it seems like my costuming work has slowed, I have a very good excuse! Last week included three nights of 4-5 hours on the phone with my brother walking through troubleshooting and calibration of our 3D printer (Prusa Mendel from MakerGear). We're not done yet, but we're getting closer!

Here is a look a couple test prints we did yesterday... You print these to make sure things are calibrated correctly. These small squares shapes are made of printed walls no wider than 1mm. The smoother we get them, the more precise our 3D printer gets!

It might not seem like much, but once we get this thing dialed in I'll be a printing-fool!!! Anything that we have 3D object files for can be printed -- provided it's no larger than 6" x 6" x 4". But that opens up all kinds of cool stuff (costuming-related and otherwise) that can be created from 3D models.

I'm almost drooling just thinking about the possibilities! :thumbsup

 

[Venjix]

Re: WIP Ironman Costume for 5yr old - Shoulder Bell Work

Coolest build I've seen. You have such great talent. Cannot wait to see the final thing!