Turbo sausage - IRON MAN MK 7 (WIP)

[Turbo Sausage]

Hi all,

I just wanted to share the progress of my IRON MAN MK7 helmet so far. It did start out as a MK6 using pep files from Sharkhead/Sharkmark, but halfway through I decided that I wanted to do a MK7 suit. As you will see from the pictures I then used Darkside501st's files to add the MK7 chin and finish it off. I'll add more details at a later date, for now here are some pics.

 

[JWMines]

Re: Turbo sausage's IRON MAN MK 7 helmet (WIP)

Looks great man.

 

[Turbo Sausage]

Re: Turbo sausage's IRON MAN MK 7 helmet (WIP)

Thanks JWMines




Hi guys, as you can see I have now pepped the neck (Omarbou's), but I'm not sure how to go about fibre glassing it, I think it would be easier to make it one piece that splits in half and re-joins with magnets but I'm not sure if that would be too uncomfortable to wear? has anybody managed to join the separate layers together in a way that they still have some movement?

I know a lot of people go with foam for the neck so I may resort to that eventually but at the moment I think I can get a better look with pep so want to try and make it work.

Thanks, TS

 

[Turbo Sausage]

Re: Turbo sausage's IRON MAN MK 7 helmet (WIP)

Made some progress on the ears recently.


pepped ears covered inside and out in resin, then used as a template to cut out some fibreglass cloth


fibreglass cloth placed in ear


More resin added


Added filler and sanded ready for the first coat of primer. Quite happy with how they turned out but I'm starting to get real jealous of the 3D printed parts people are producing!

 

[omarbou1]

Re: Turbo sausage's IRON MAN MK 7 helmet (WIP)

Made some progress on the ears recently.

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pepped ears covered inside and out in resin, then used as a template to cut out some fibreglass cloth

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fibreglass cloth placed in ear

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More resin added

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Added filler and sanded ready for the first coat of primer. Quite happy with how they turned out but I'm starting to get real jealous of the 3D printed parts people are producing!

WOW ! awesome progress !
u nailed the filler stage man

 

[Turbo Sausage]

Re: Turbo sausage's IRON MAN MK 7 helmet (WIP)

WOW ! awesome progress !
u nailed the filler stage man

Thanks Omarbou, it's nice to get some positive feedback after spending so long sanding these parts down. I'll probably be adding filler to your neck next and hopefully that will turn out well, still haven't quite decided wether I'm going to split it into three parts, I may just take the easy option and keep it one piece. I'll update when I've made some progress

Cheers TS

 

[Turbo Sausage]

Re: Turbo sausage's IRON MAN MK 7 (WIP - Pic heavy)

Update:

Finally cut the back piece and faceplate off, relieved to find that it fits


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[Turbo Sausage]

 

[syph013]

Re: Turbo sausage's IRON MAN MK 7 (WIP - Pic heavy)

I'm doing the same helmet, on the filler stage and really wanted to see this pic but it's not showing - Great work btw

Update:

Finally cut the back piece and faceplate off, relieved to find that it fits


View attachment 236656

 

[omarbou1]

AWESOME !!!
cant wait to see more !

 

[syph013]

How's it going? I had to amend the ear pieces to make mine fit

 

[Turbo Sausage]

How's it going? I had to amend the ear pieces to make mine fit

I havn't done much recently, think I burnt out working on the helmet for so long. Got distracted playing gta5 but now I'm back on the build. Started omarbous chest and it's given me new motivation.

I haven't attached the ears yet, I guess yours had to be widened? My helmets slightly on the large side do hopefully won't have that problem

 

[syph013]

I ended up hacking the ears off, I'm not going for overly movie accurate so I plan to not have them set in so much

 

[Turbo Sausage]

Hey just a quick update, got back into the build lately and made some progress. Built the chest only to find out that it's too small!, ah well it was good practice:wacko.

Also attached the rear helmet piece with magnets, glued on the ears and started work on the faceplate hinges..

 

[Turbo Sausage]

 

[syph013]

Anything new? mine took a back seat when the winter came so back on now

 

[Turbo Sausage]

Anything new? mine took a back seat when the winter came so back on now

Hey syph013,

Mine took a back seat too, I have bought some servos and a controller but I've been side tracked with other things over the last few months. I do still pick it up now and then and really want to finish it, just not enough days in the week right now.