Bazza's Iron-Man suit build

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Night-time project - Iron Man's arms. preparing to cut all the parts out of 23 sheets of 200gsm card-stock per arm, before folding, gluing and hardening.

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Here's over 8 hours work last night and today. Upper arm/bicep and shoulder-bells for right arm constructed from card-stock ready for resin hardening. Fits my arm nicely.

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Right arm assembled, ready for hardening with resin.

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Hope you can complete your project before Iron Man 3. :)

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Trial fit. Looking alright so far....

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Looking good. Can't imagine how complex it was. But in the movie, what can't be done in hardware can be done in CGI.
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Had a friend come over yesterday. I bogged up the torso while he applied resin to all the arm components. Today I filled each piece with a 4:1 slush-mix of car-body-filler and fibreglass resin. Rock solid on the inside now, ready for fibreglass matt on the inside then filler on the outside for sanding and detailing.
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Checking for proportions, this thing is looking MEEEAANNN! Can't wait to put it on!
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Seems someone was spying on my top-secret project with an iPhone..... ;)

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Fitting finished pieces together is proving quite difficult. The pepakura files show you how to make the pieces, but not how to fit them together.

I've now filled each arm-piece with slush-cast, but not yet reinforced them with fibreglass mat. I wanted to check for fit first.

I put the shoulder bell on, upper arm, forearm and wrist with the elbow pivot plate in between. Bent my elbow and promptly broke the pivot plate. I think I might make one (temporary template) out of cardboard, fit it and get it working, then make one out of aluminium plate.

It fits well though. Nice and snug with just a little room for padding inside.

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Just having some fun with the phone camera.

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