Sandbagger's Iron-Man builds - Now in STEEL

[YounSummerProps]

Ohhhh boooy that shoulder bell is looking mighty fiiine. Awesome work!!

 

[YounSummerProps]

I wanted to ask, is the boot's sole bare or is it covered on the underside as well? cheers

 

[sandbagger]

Hey Sandbagger, as an alternative to a plate you may want to look into a adjustable abs system. I don't recall who did it but it's here somewhere...GM
Here is one:
http://www.therpf.com/f78/iron-man-...arm-vids-added-170785/?highlight=flexible+abs
I hope this helps. I thought with metal that the rigidity would comprimise the mobility. But i just love this build...GM

Thanks mate. I've been accepting for a long time of at least a certain amount of limited mobility. That's what you get when you try to make a completely fictional costume into a real thing.

I'll look at that collapsible idea. Thanks.

SB

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I wanted to ask, is the boot's sole bare or is it covered on the underside as well? cheers

As the pep file stands, no it doesn't have a bottom in it. However, I am sure my meagre skills will be able to solve this.

SB

 

[sandbagger]

GAHHH!! I must be exhausted. I spent most of the day in the hot sun on a cabless tractor.


I think it effected my concentration....


This afternoon I got all the way through the second shoulder bell only to realise at the end that I have made half of it the same as the opposite shoulder bell.... got to cut, bend, fold and weld another one all over again! What a waste..


There's the bit at the back that should have been made the other way around.....

 

[YounSummerProps]

ahh i see, i just thought if it was closed it would be soo cool because of the clanking sound of metal hitting the floor haha!

 

[sandbagger]

ahh i see, i just thought if it was closed it would be soo cool because of the clanking sound of metal hitting the floor haha!

Once I weld a bottom on it, I will be fixing a rubber sole under it, to protect the polished hospital floors.

 

[sandbagger]

Re-cut and re-made the second shoulder bell today.

 

[Murdoch]

Stunning work man...GM

 

[Peejfro]

woooooooooooow! this is mint!:thumbsup

 

[halopepakura]

Just curious, what are you using to grind the welds down?

 

[Radigast]

This is absolutely amazing!
Once the construction phase is done, what will you have to do to prep for paint?
Would powder coating be an option?

 

[joberg]

Man this is marvy and F.A.B at the same time:cool Keep up the great work!

 

[sandbagger]

Thanks guys.

To grind the welds down I am using an angle grinder with a 40 grit flap disk and a die-grinder with carbide burs. After that it's good old elbow grease, files and sandpaper.

To prep for painting I have some more beating to do, maybe some heating with oxy-acetylene torch then more sanding, some filler and primer.

None of that will happen until I have the whole thing fitted to my body completely, moving parts sorted out and lighting. Finishing and painting will be LAST.

 

[Palmo]

Dude I'm in awe at your awesomeness, Have you considered using mechinised visor that lifts up and closes like in the movies? its very basic ☺

 

[sandbagger]

Dude I'm in awe at your awesomeness, Have you considered using mechinised visor that lifts up and closes like in the movies? its very basic ☺

I did it in the last one, so it's old hat now. Yes, it will be done.

 

[sandbagger]

I thought I'd pull a bit of a marathon tonight so I stayed in the workshop until 11pm, welding.


Back armour all assembled and welded up.

 

[Jmen]

its just avesome.yes, im sure)))

 

[TBONE2402]

Loving this build SB! I check every night for updates. I have a quick question, I saw in another post that you said you were 186cm tall, I am the same and was wondering what scale you used for your helmet. I need to build a new one to allow room for the face plate mechanism inside. Cheers

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[Palmo]

Like I said you are awesome!!!

 

[sandbagger]

Loving this build SB! I check every night for updates. I have a quick question, I saw in another post that you said you were 186cm tall, I am the same and was wondering what scale you used for your helmet. I need to build a new one to allow room for the face plate mechanism inside. Cheers

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Thanks gang!

TBONE, For the suit, I'm using robo3687's Iron Man MK4 - JFcustom's foam version at the default scale. I have to do some minor adjustments to the waist and cod, but the rest of it fits perfectly. For the helmet, I'm using Sharkhead7854-ironman-helmet-foam-unfold-by-JFcustom and increased it by about 10% I think from memory. If you track back through my thread to where I was making it in cardboard, it's in there somewhere.

SB

EDIT: Found it way back in the thread. I added 15mm to the scale as the default scale was a tight fit with some parts splitting. That 15mm gave me the room I need. I didn't want to add too much otherwise I would look like one of those bobble-heads. (Big head on a small body.)