Date: March 5, 2011
Event: 4th Philippine Cosplay Convention
Location: Robinsons Manila
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As the title says, we just launched Don Robert's version of the Iron Man mk 5 suit for the 4th Philippine Cosplay convention held in Robinson's Manila.
It was an impromptu decision to do the suit because he was not really planning to compete for that event. But a week before the event he changed his mind and started working on the suit as soon as we have finished my costume, the Kamen Rider Den-O.
Scratch build and a few recycled parts of his previous suit.
The chest was originally his prototype mk6 suit, edited to become the mk5.
For this suit he used thin stainless strips to which he cut individually and glued them to the rubber in layers as per the references we got via the internet & his mk5 toy.
Had some battle damaged effect on the chest.
Airbrushed by Cyback.
He also made a suitcase to which he carried around when we arrived at the event venue this morning before ho changed into the suit.
Personally, I think this is one of his best work, I especially love the thighs & legs. I asked him if this was his best suit so far and he actually answered no and said its still the mk4 he considers as his best IM suit. He also said the mk5 is a lot easier to do than the mk4 as its more of a pattern-making based suit which you just glue to the base part.
To top it all, he won the "Best Male" award today for that. Really cool because hardwork paid off with the recognition although we weren't really expecting it.
Here are the photos. Enjoy!
Event: 4th Philippine Cosplay Convention
Location: Robinsons Manila
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As the title says, we just launched Don Robert's version of the Iron Man mk 5 suit for the 4th Philippine Cosplay convention held in Robinson's Manila.
It was an impromptu decision to do the suit because he was not really planning to compete for that event. But a week before the event he changed his mind and started working on the suit as soon as we have finished my costume, the Kamen Rider Den-O.
Scratch build and a few recycled parts of his previous suit.
The chest was originally his prototype mk6 suit, edited to become the mk5.
For this suit he used thin stainless strips to which he cut individually and glued them to the rubber in layers as per the references we got via the internet & his mk5 toy.
Had some battle damaged effect on the chest.
Airbrushed by Cyback.
He also made a suitcase to which he carried around when we arrived at the event venue this morning before ho changed into the suit.
Personally, I think this is one of his best work, I especially love the thighs & legs. I asked him if this was his best suit so far and he actually answered no and said its still the mk4 he considers as his best IM suit. He also said the mk5 is a lot easier to do than the mk4 as its more of a pattern-making based suit which you just glue to the base part.
To top it all, he won the "Best Male" award today for that. Really cool because hardwork paid off with the recognition although we weren't really expecting it.
Here are the photos. Enjoy!
thanks. 
