Tonight was a quick session, but I wanted to get to the forearm since that’s the piece that’s been giving me the most trouble, as well as the piece that I need to make sure the elbow-to-hand scale is right. The Iron Man helmet needs to be pretty sleek and slim compared to the rest of the suit so it doesn’t seem bobble-head-ish, so I’ll need to take this one down to 110% as well, but it’s still really cool to wear around the house and freak the dog out. So what would any self respecting fan do when he has a helmet big enough to fit over his head…Īs it turns out, as cool as it is, it’s actually a bit too big. This one is certainly big enough, and it’s got me really excited.
Well it was quite a bit too small, so I thought it time for an upgrade. If you remember back to the beginning of the build, the helmet was the first thing I started on because I couldn’t wait to see that helmet scowl. I figure I’ll need a few thicknesses for the different pieces and the detail work, so I’ll see what I’m running through quickest and order some more. I ended up ordering 10 sheets of 6mm, 1o sheets of 4mm and 20 sheets of 2mm to start out with. She emailed me back and had the order shipped within an hour of my purchase.
I ordered from an ebay seller called wandy-foam ( ) and she was great, I must say. On second though, and a recommendation from a friend, I decided to go with individual foam sheets. I ran by Sears to see if they had they EVA foam mat that I saw on some other builds but they only had it on special order. While I was finishing up the leg pieces, I decided to order my foam. The thigh is good, but I’ll have to scale the shin down to 110%. When connected to the thigh, it comes down a bit too far on my foot and would overlap the boot too far. It fits great, but the shin is a bit long. This piece will probably have to be pretty precise since it’ll link the boot with the thigh, with not much room for error. I slid this on and had enough room for it to go over my jeans, which is good because when I transfer this to foam, it’ll be a bit thicker. This is the side view of the shin piece at 115%. These are all the pieces that go into one shin piece, so as you can see, things are going to slow down a bit going forward. The leg pieces have about twice the pieces, and most of which are a lot smaller, which means a lot more tape, and a lot more time. Compared to the leg pieces, the arm pieces are a cakewalk.
With the arm pretty much finished, I’m starting to keep a log of the parts I’ve got finished, and the ones I need to reprint and rescale.
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