N00b Iron Man Mark 42 Partial Build Adventure

CelestialArtist

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So I'm pretty much a complete noob when it comes to foam armor and more certainly one when it comes to pepakura, but I'm not letting that stop me. Rather than building the entire Mark 42 suit as a first project, I decided to do the gauntlet and boot that Tony has after being captured by the Mandarin. I've been scouring the forums and getting some wonderful advice, tips, and overall tutorials to study the hell out of, so hopefully I can avoid some common pitfalls, but we'll see.

I'll be periodically editing this to add photos of the build. Let's do this!

27 April, 2017:
Health has been **** lately, so I haven't gotten as much done as I was hoping, but I've gotten the initial foam boot base constructed. The scaling mostly worked, although the sole of the heel ended up being too narrow, so some scabbing in of extra foam was needed.
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21 April, 2017:
So, first time working with pepakura and I knew enough to do a test piece just out of paper before going to my foam base. Good thing too, look at that scaling! That boot dwarfs my poor diminutive foot. I've scaled things down and I'll try this again. I'm a tad jealous of all the guys making their suits who, you know, have the right body proportions.
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If you're using Pepakura designer, it has an option to measure the distance between two points on the 3D model. Can help with scaling everything easily.
 
Nice start !! But yes, you have to scale it down.
Thanks.

If you're using Pepakura designer, it has an option to measure the distance between two points on the 3D model. Can help with scaling everything easily.
Ah, good to know. I found one scaling option that worked reasonably well, although I ended up with the sole of the heel being too narrow. Perhaps because I'm using tennis shoes (trainers) as my shoe base.

Here's the latest progress shots. Going to start the paper model for the shin/calf portion of the boot in the next few days. I feel like my gluing could have been cleaner, but I'm also not committing myself to having this be the final boot. If this ends up being just a practice boot, that's fine too. I might try using Barge rather than hot glue, but I do like that I can heat hot glue back up and take it apart if needed (such as when I attached one piece of the sole upside down).
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