Sandbagger's Iron Man builds - Now in STEEL.

BuildsByBaz

Sr Member

Australian Regiment

• Dec 22, 2013

• #481

Another shot with Riddick on the suit's first night out.

 

thorn696

Sr Member

Midwest Regiment

• Jan 2, 2014

• #482

Looks Awesome my friend.

 

BuildsByBaz

Sr Member

Australian Regiment

• Feb 14, 2014

• #483

Nice little write-up in the Canberra times on my Iron Man suit.

Article here.

 

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Aramoorn

Jr Member

Mountain Regiment

• Feb 14, 2014

• #484

That is AMAZING! I loved seeing all the stages. Iron Man's helmet was my first build. It never made it to resin as the kids fell on it lol And a huge CONGRATULATIONS on the article. I had hoped someone in my area would come dressed up to our premier but we got the guy in jammies instead lol

 

BuildsByBaz

Sr Member

Australian Regiment

• Feb 16, 2014

• #485

Aramoorn said:

That is AMAZING! I loved seeing all the stages. Iron Man's helmet was my first build. It never made it to resin as the kids fell on it lol And a huge CONGRATULATIONS on the article. I had hoped someone in my area would come dressed up to our premier but we got the guy in jammies instead lol

Click to expand...

Thanks mate. :cool

 

BuildsByBaz

Sr Member

Australian Regiment

• Feb 21, 2014

• #486

Two minutes of fun with the camera and Iron Man's new ride.

 

SquishyShoes

Well-Known Member

Australian Regiment

• Feb 24, 2014

• #487

Haha, nice ride mate. Love the first pic especially.

 

BuildsByBaz

Sr Member

Australian Regiment

• Mar 1, 2014

• #488

Bazza's Iron Man suit makes it's debut film appearance....

 

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BuildsByBaz

Sr Member

Australian Regiment

• Mar 7, 2014

• #489

Finally made a start on my new METAL Iron Man suit. Found an old aluminium sign about 2mm thick. Tracing up templates now.

The plan is to fit card templates over what I have built so far, then flatten them out and trace them onto sheet metal. Cut slots into key points in the sheet to facilitate the most curve, weld them shut, then use an egg-mallet and other shaping tools and hammers to fashion the shape better.

Getting ready to transfer templates to the next gen of Bazza's Iron Man build onto metal plate armour.

Ready to start cutting and shaping. Insert mad scientist manic laughter here...

Next cardboard template to be traced onto sheet metal. Anyone in Canberra got a TIG welder?

 

BuildsByBaz

Sr Member

Australian Regiment

• Mar 8, 2014

• #490

1. Metal cut out and ready to beat to death with a peening hammer. This will be fun. I've done all kinds of metalwork before, but this is new to me. Let's see how we go.

2. A few minutes with the peening hammer on a wooden block.

3. 1/2 an hour of metalshaping and it's looking promising. Certainly a lot quicker than the pepakura/bondo/fibreglass method.

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Looks OK. In hindsight, I would not cut the slots to help shape the crown. Aluminium is malleable enough to form a bowl on it's own. The hazards of learning for yourself.

 

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ARCsaber987

Jr Member

• Mar 9, 2014

• #491

Nothing helpful to say, but this thread is a treasure trove of ideas, absolutely loving it. Whenever I hear someone say they're going to do a metal suit it's normally over in a couple of days, but you already look like you know what your doing so best of luck!

 

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JayOneSeven

Jr Member

• Mar 9, 2014

• #492

Holy cow... you're actually doing the alluminium build...
I'm gonna need more popcorn! Keep up the great work SB!

 

thorn696

Sr Member

Midwest Regiment

• Mar 11, 2014

• #493

Looking great my friend. And this time when I say great, I mean better than most of us could ever dream of doing. :cool

 

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Dorvack

Jr Member

• Mar 11, 2014

• #494

Looking good, but I do prefer the paper one. The original helmet turned out so well...

 

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Mr Wilson

New Member

• Mar 11, 2014

• #495

This is exciting that you are taking on metal I do chainmail and hopefully will be working up to plate armor as well. Cold forming can be crazy but it is doable, def. subscribed to see what you learn! Good work on the suit, I am excited to see your progress!

 

BuildsByBaz

Sr Member

Australian Regiment

• Mar 13, 2014

• #496

Thanks guys. I'm just putting the feelers out now on social media to see if anyone of my local friends has a TIG welder. I've welded ARC and MIG plenty, but never touched aluminium welding. I pick that sort of stuff up fairly quickly so here's hoping someone I know owns one.

Already got friends feeding me scrap aluminium plate so I can start on other parts soon.

 

RYNO 666

Well-Known Member

• Mar 13, 2014

• #497

They make some mini TIG attachments for and ARC welder. You could easily convert it for around $50. I use one quite a bit on my rig.

 

BuildsByBaz

Sr Member

Australian Regiment

• Mar 21, 2014

• #498

Thanks Ryno.

Printer software installed - about to print off all new templates to transfer onto sheetmetal and get ready to build MkII of my MK IV Iron Man suit. Now all I need is time!

 

BuildsByBaz

Sr Member

Australian Regiment

• Mar 23, 2014

• #499

New templates cut out for the Iron Man boot and abs. Transferring onto cardboard then once I've trimmed and adjusted it all, then transfer onto sheetmetal and start shaping.

 

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Mano

New Member

• Mar 23, 2014

• #500

I started this I was ...