Print, Mold and Roto-casted Iron Man Mark 45

[TKCC71]

Molding progress, I decided to make this helmet a split mold due to the undercuts in the vents on the ears and forehead. Will hopefully make the seperation much easier.

 

[TKCC71]

First pull from the mold,
didn’t come out to bad. More defects then I would prefer, but nothing a little bondo won’t fix.

 

[wannabe]

It's starting to come to life. So much post finishing to do.

Looks like you're going to be finished before me. I hate you. :devil

 

[TKCC71]

Looks like you're going to be finished before me. I hate you. :devil

Lol, I don’t know, this molding process is somewhat new. Unfortunately I had to remake the helmet and might just resort back to fiberglassing the inside. Had some issues cutting the molded helmet apart and created more work than I want to deal with. Will be slowing down a bit more on this to really think things through and make it right.

 

[Jabril77]

Do you like the silicone better then the Eva foam? And do you have any updated pics ?

 

[TKCC71]

EVA is easy to work with and great for wear but just doesn’t have the same realism I try to achieve. As far as this suit goes the only silicone will be the gap fillers in the undersuit. Progress has been pretty slow, was just able to add a little gold to the helmet.

 

[TKCC71]

Tested the first coat of red today on my test peice. This stuff is amazing. (House of Colors KBC11) I would have to say that this almost an exact match for the Mark 48. Cant wait to see how its gonna look with a nice clearcoat on it.

 

[TKCC71]

Painted the rest of the helmet and tested the clear coat. Needs some touch up and I plan to wet sand and buff out the helmet after 48 hr cure. Loving the red.

 

[wannabe]

Nice job bru. Great colour choice. I'd be interested to see how it compares against my own Cherry Red Crystal. Also I'm reminded that I really need to get on with mine.

 

[jamesheneghan]

Dude you are killing it I love your work now I want to do a mk 45 and i still havent finished mk 46 [emoji14] are these files do3d too? Do you use spray cans or airbrush? Also would love to see tutorial vids from you about your casting and painting methods

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