Iron Man Armour from sheet steel

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mikeot

New Member

• May 9, 2013

• #1

I've been thinking of making an Iron man suit from thin sheet steel and was wondering if anybody else had tried this.
Any tips or ideas would be appreciated, I work in a machine shop so I have access to a wide range of tools and equipment.
I think this would be really amazing if I can pull it off, I'm going to start with the helmet as a trial.

 

Murdoch

Sr Member

• May 9, 2013

• #2

Check out Samurai 169 he has an awesome build from steel...GM

 

SmilingOtter

Master Member

• May 9, 2013

• #3

Welcome aboard! It can be done, because it has been done:
http://www.therpf.com/f24/iron-man-unique-design-real-metal-119556/

 

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Propsjonnyb

Well-Known Member

• May 9, 2013

• #4

It is certanly possible , if you keep the material thin enough, say 1mm, I calculate a suit made in sheet Aluminium would weigh for someone 6ft tall about 20 kg. 44lb appx , steel would probably double the weight and unfortunately it then becomes heavy and difficult to walk, let alone stand up in.
if anything we must learn form history , a suit of armour in the 12th to 14th Century, weighed in at anything from basic armour at 45lb to full battle armour at 65 lb on average., then they had to fight in it ! so they would have been very muscular, well built , fit extremely so and would be used to wearing a basic set of light armour 12 hours a day - I complain about wearing a 35lb foam costume at a 3 hour convention !!!

 

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mikeot

New Member

• May 10, 2013

• #5

Thanks for all the info, I'm thinking aluminium is definitely the way to go. I'm thinking I'll just copy the pep files stuff on to alu and see how it comes out.

 

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Propsjonnyb

Well-Known Member

• May 10, 2013

• #6

That should work , remember though you'll need a harness or some other method of fixing the armour , I'd suggest a torso body shell , you could then hang the chest, cod, arm etc ., off that and add brace straps for the legs.

 

eightyfour

New Member

• May 10, 2013

• #7

Here's a steel Iron Man armor build thread. Most ambitious projects, these, but it certainly can be done with the right tools and knowledge.

 

DocOxide

New Member

• May 10, 2013

• #8

I must say, making an Iron Man suit out of steel sounds pretty...metal...


I'll get my coat...

 

ASOEdevo

Active Member

• Nov 25, 2013

• #9

I just started this a few weeks ago... http://www.therpf.com/f78/iron-man-...oe-project-torso-build-26-gauge-steel-200542/