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Got the boot articulated and ready for aluminium sheet now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSWHxAg-u24
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSWHxAg-u24
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Right shin done. A few mods to do before transferring templates onto aluminium.
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I've had a bit of time at night to get a fair bit done with all this rain.
Funny thing is, I've printed all this off at the default scale for a 6-foot tall male, even though I'm 6'2". All this gym work I've been hard at for the last few months seems to be paying off as the suit is smaller than my last but I seem to fit into it perfectly - especially my midriff which has trimmed down a lot from my middle-aged spread.
Building in cardboard is a brilliant precursor to sheet metal, as it's shaping properties are similar, being semi-rigid and prone to buckling if you do it wrong.
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Today I've been working on the thigh. Perfect fit. Obviously it's cardboard so distortion will always happen when you put it on and move around, but once it's done in aluminium it won't be difficult to get each part aligned permanently.
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So... I've now got a bit of a hybrid prototype happening here. Fibreglass and filled upper, one leg paper hardened with firbreglass, but no filler, some foam for the neck and ribs, paper cod with no fibreglass, one foam boot and a complete leg and boot in cardboard. Looks like the cardboard is a winner for speed, budget and great templates for transferring to an entire aluminium suit.
Last edited by Barry; 05-06-2014, 11:25 PM.Comment
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Cod piece done and added to the rest.
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Cardboard showing me already where I will need to expand, modify or trim a few things before cutting out aluminium templates.
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Back armour almost done. It's nearly 2 am though so it's time for some zzzzzzzzzzz.... I'll see if I can finish it tomorrow.
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For those of you who have been asking how I am going to colour my aluminium Iron Man suit, I won't be painting it - I will be anodising it. Here is a sample.
Back assembled. This was actually way easy to put together. I was dreading it thinking it was going to be complicated.
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Back all painted up. I know it's only cardboard, but will still finish up as a nice statue while I build the aluminium one.
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Neck seal assembled.
Chest and back fitted together with brace and neck seal, collar plates, abs and cod.
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1. All the bits for the helmet cut out ready for folding and gluing.
2. Helmet partially assembled. Too tired to finish it tonight.
3. Helmet assembled and painted the next morning.
4. Faceplate assembled.
5. Faceplate and helmet. I've got some shaping to do to make it all symmetrical.
6. Helmet on torso.
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