Yet another Noob building an Iron Man Mk III

[ArmySurfer]

Hi everybody,
first of all I want to thank everybody here on this board that is so talented and gifted in creating these amazing Pep-Files and 3D models and reference pictures... you are all so great in sharing these with the community.

I have been looking around a bit over the past few months and playing with the idea of building myself an Iron Man Suit... so here I go.
I started out by taking a close look at Stealths Video Tutorials on Youtube and also his site on Facebook. Special Thanks to DancinFool and Sharkhead and JUICE aka StageFiveDrift whose names I copied from Stealths tutorials and whose models I will be using. Just want to give credit to the ppl who deserve it. I am on a tight schedule at the moment, as I want to have my suit ready by Jan. 20th. But I am lucky to have a bit of spare time on my side at the moment and hope I can progress through this as fast as possible.

Here are some pics of my first attempt of an Iron Man Mk III Pep helmet.

I will post the progress of my project here as well as on my Facebook Page I just created for this purpose. The Fb-Page will be held in English and German, as I have many German speaking friends, that I am starting to infect with the virus :lol
Please feel free to take a look and maybe like the Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ArmysurfersModelAndSuitbuilding

 

[closet batfan]

Make sure you add the reinforcement bars before you apply resin. Also the sides of your helm already look crooked, this will increase when you add resin and fibre glass, I suggest you add some thicker card stock to these sections, extra time taken on the pep model will save you days of bondo/filler and sanding later. Good luck

Also strengthen the centre of the helm that slots between the tops of the face mask, this has a tendency to warp.

 

[ArmySurfer]

Thanks for the advice. Will be sure to work nice and slowly on my new helmet.

The pics are from the first try, and I consider it a very valuable lesson and learning process.

As soon as I have the next one done, I will post more pics.

Thanks again

 

[Surreal Studios]

Helmet is looking good, but you have the area around the ears built wrong. It should not stick out like that but be set in,