indiefilmgeek
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Great Job! I love the simple but effective color & b/w copies giving the arc reactor the detail. I am DEFINITELY going to keep that trick handy on my next builds! 
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WIP first Iron Man Mark III (plastic-coated) foam build: Getting a bit pic heavy
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Kurtis876
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Hey bud,
Thanks so much for the compliments! Sorry I haven't been on here in a little while. The lines were done with a hot knife with a "pen" type attachment. It's a "versa tool" by walnut hollow. I think you can find it on amazon.com or craft stores.
you basically carefully draw the lines on the foam, heat the knife up nice and hot, and CAREFULLY trace your lines about 2mm into the foam. It's a delicate process that you can really screw up if you don't practice ahead of time
but you can always try to make mistakes look like battle damage hahaI luckily didn't have really any problems with it
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Kurtis876
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Thanks dude! I'm very pleased with the results. I've learned a TON from this project too. I think I'll be going for the mark VII next.
Kurtis876
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Great Job! I love the simple but effective color & b/w copies giving the arc reactor the detail. I am DEFINITELY going to keep that trick handy on my next builds!
Thanks so much man. Also many many thanks for your great input on the helmet! your magnet scheme worked out awesome! I pretty much obtained the exact magnets you mentioned and they worked perfectly. Thank you for your help man, looking forward to what you might cook up in the future
Kurtis876
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cheers for the reply mate sorry about the non use of full stops lol interesting stuff much apprechiated
No problem man... I'm looking into docholiday's method for my next build. The plastic coating makes for a great finish, but if I can do it more simply I'd love to.
ExTERmINATION
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I'm very impressed by the clean cuts and look that you put into the Mark III.
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Kurtis876
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Thanks very much! I took my time with the cuts definitely. I know what to do better next time too. As it sits in my room you really can't tell it's foam. Pretty cool
Kurtis876
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The mark iii is my fave so I appreciate your feedback. The only thing I'd redo is a little bit of scaling and I'd finish up the shoulders. Overall very pleased though. Thank you!
BigBearWayne
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What kind of foam are you using?
Kurtis876
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several sizes: 6mm, 4mm, 3mm, and 2mm eva foam sheets
the 6 and 4mm were from "wandy_foam" on ebay, and I found every size except 4mm in Darice "Foamies" from Joann fabrics. The foam from wandy foam seemed to be a better quality, easier to cut than the Foamies, but it's a tad more expensive.
Joann has sales all the time, so I got about 60 (9x12 inch) sheets from their website for 20$ at one point. hope that helps
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very interesting to know your work with this material but that plan did
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very interesting to know your work with this material but that plan did
if you can hand it to me at my e-mail: rvfrancisco@hotmail.es
ironman wanabee
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excellent work
holidaystyles44
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whoa very clean work...i hope when i start my little project it comes out like yours
Kurtis876
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hi there, I'm sorry I'm not sure what you're asking for... most all of my information is in this thread on an earlier page though!
Kurtis876
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Kurtis876
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lol @ "little" project. Good luck I hope it goes well. PATIENCE is a virtue... keep that in mind! The only way to make it right is to take your time
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rob 2fast4u
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Do you have any pics with the back of the suit with the flaps ? I might of missed it in this thread but I seen a couple of the back but it didn't have the flaps attached thanks.
Kurtis876
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sorry bud i do not. I skipped them due to time constraints
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