Lord Magneto
Sr Member
damn man that came out really good all considering your time crunch.
Iron Man Mk II (wearable) Arc Reactor and Faceplate
Ha with all the planning to get the parts done the assembly was really half-assed honestly. I tried industrial strength velcro (it fell off). Then finally I said screw it, and used 2 in gaff tape to go from the inner edge to about 3" beyond the arc reactor in three places, then taped it to my body in three strips of tape. This is all while the first waves of kids were coming for trick'or'treating so I was in a rush and honestly wouldn't recommend it unless you are smooth chested asian, or shave your chest. Ha. I couldn't fit the assembled thing into housing, so in a pinch I used a biscuit cutter from my set, and it was about 1/2" too tall, but it also gave me some room to play with the tape and the batteries (I used 3 cr2032 batteries in a series). I've seen guys who made a harness out of what looks like suspenders and then put the **** over it. That seemed to work pretty well. and is easy to take off when you get sick of it (from walking around comikaze for three hours with something strapped to your chest). Do you have any pics of yours? I'd love to see how it turned out.
Cor
Ha thanks man. Now the real fun begins to clean it up and make it look good (maybe figure out how to make a mold of this thing once it's cleaned up) and add LED eyes (I'm thinking a tweaked, cheap solar panel charger would be awesome for a display version). Unfortunately I'm back on set almost full time right now, so I won't have much time but where I can grab an hour here and there.
You should start yours! An hour at a time would certainly have helped my sanity (and overall quality and ease if I'm honest) than the huge 4-5 hour stretches I was on when I was off work.
I'll be on the look out for your build thread!
Cor
Well, mine definitely was not nearly as movie accurate as yours. I had been working on a full Mark VI foam suit but didn't get it finished in time.....so I quickly built an arc reactor and repulsor arm frame in under 2 days. They actually came out pretty well.
I'll put more detailed pictures of me wearing everything on halloween next to my suit in my build thread in a few days. Discovered a new technique I would like to share with everyone.
Mordecai2112
New Member
IN A CAVE!!!! WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!!!-Jeff Bridges, Iron man 2008
"Well I'm sorry. I'm not Tony Stark."
The long feared day has arrive. I have returned to finish what I've started. I'll post up some pics of the assembling process for the arc reactor, but I've stripped the mask of paint and am going to try to really finish the mask up to where I want. Stay tuned...cor
The long feared day has arrive. I have returned to finish what I've started. I'll post up some pics of the assembling process for the arc reactor, but I've stripped the mask of paint and am going to try to really finish the mask up to where I want. Stay tuned...cor
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