Sandbagger's Iron-Man builds - Now in STEEL

[sandbagger]

87sf, Thanks man. Carbon fibre? Not that I know of.

JPH, yes I toyed with that idea but the problem is the sizes of aluminium tubing are too generic for all the different thicknesses of fingers. Best fit is custom and especially for hands, the most challenging and difficult part of the entire suit.

dslinc, thanks man.

SB

 

[JPH]

sandbagger, you weld, so, you could cut the flat or curved sides to suit your needs.

The suit looks grand! Whatever method you use, I'ma gunna watch :cool

 

[sandbagger]

sandbagger, you weld, so, you could cut the flat or curved sides to suit your needs.

The suit looks grand! Whatever method you use, I'ma gunna watch :cool

Thanks man.


I'm now preparing for sculpting the Iron Man gauntlets. I need to cover the cast hands in an even layer of clay before sculpting. Made a clay-cutter out of a couple of strips of 3mm thick aluminium, mounted to a smooth lacquered wooden block and screwed to the bench. A couple of pieces of poly-pipe and some fishing line. Should be able to pack clay in then run the wire along to cut exactly 3mm thick plates of clay.

 

[sandbagger]

Today's progress. First time using clay like this. Not ideal clay either, but you work with what you've got huh?

Wrapping entire cast in 3mm of clay.

Hand wrapped.

Under-armour glove details carved in. Drying time then sanding and refine details.

 

[George]

Again...awesome:thumbsup

 

[sandbagger]

Again...awesome:thumbsup

Cheers George.

 

[sandbagger]

Patching up cracks and pits in the clay, a bit more sanding. Tedious, but the more time I spend on these the better the cast will come out.

 

[sandbagger]

Because I have to cast the aluminium armoured plates for the Iron man hands, I cut down this old bushfire-damaged LPG gas bottle and turned it into a home made foundry. Found the plans online. Whipped this up in an hour and a half.


Just got to line it, fill it with BBQ beads and hook up a long pipe and a hair dryer.

 

[Jmen]

Paint it like an R2D2))):thumbsup

 

[sandbagger]

Paint it like an R2D2))):thumbsup

Would be nice but this thing is going to get very rough treatment with grime and heat.


Update:

Latex and dye arrived in the mail today for pouring the Iron Man under-armour gloves.

 

[sandbagger]

Purchased plasticine ready for this weekend to start making the molds for the latex pour.

 

[Jmen]

Purchased plasticine ready for this weekend to start making the molds for the latex pour.


http://i.imgur.com/Sg875My.jpg

12 colours?:lol

 

[sandbagger]

12 colours?:lol

Apparently the 500 gram blocks come in 12 different colours. I just chose a bright one that contrasts the clay.

 

[sandbagger]

Burning the LPG additive pong out of the home-made foundry. Strong stuff. It's been cut open, degreased and left soaking in turps for days and still stinks up the shed and half the property around it.


I looked up the chemical and it seems that household bleach will oxidise it. I'll finish it off with that tomorrow.

Sprayed a smooth coat over the top to stop the next stages sticking to it.

Packing the under-curves with plasticine in preparation for the pouring of the mold.

White Petroleum Jelly (Vaseline) as a barrier cream to stop the plaster from sticking.

First half of the mold - plaster poured. Tomorrow - the reveal!

 

[George]

So cool loving every update for this build

 

[joberg]

Cool update. You're not only a wizard with the steel, but also with sculpt and molds.:cool

 

[sandbagger]

Cheers dudes. I'm just fumbling around but I suppose I'm handy...

Worked well, but there is a tricky bit or two that I've left a little on the low side that might need filling in before I pour the other half.

 

[George]

That hand looks very real and slightly scary

 

[sandbagger]

Tonight's update:


Poured the second half of the left hand mold.

 

[PukkaLemons]

Good work as always, cant wait to see the result.