Iron Man Armor Tech Thread

[SraiderL]

Well I'm looking to making an Iron Man suit for say halloween 2011? I want to go all out and make a suit I can be proud of so I've been scouring the internet for tutorials on how to do it and have come across quite a few interesting tech ideas for the suit. I like to organize things so I thought why not make a thread showing all the tech ideas people have come up with for their Iron Man suit and of course tutorials to build these awesome contraptions. I have to laugh because I'm not to familiar with the rules so I'm crossing my finger hoping someone isn't like oh look its this thread again.



Arc Reactor

Now I have seen so many different tutorials on how to make this and they come in a wide range of difficulties and aesthetic quality of the final product. I personally like the easier one of the two I found on instructables.com but here is the links for both



Here is what I consider to be the easier one

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-an-Iron-Man-Arc-Reactor/



Here is the more difficult looking one

http://www.instructables.com/id/Make_an_Iron_Man_Arc_Reactor/



Here is a video tutorial for a arc reactor

I haven't really found anything about mounting the arc reactor to the chest in the armor most are just to wear under your shirt so if anyone has any insight on this please speak up



Repulsor

Repulsors are awesome and I believe a key component of an Iron Man armor. Repulors are another thing I have found a million tutorials on and most of them are for the mark I repulsor (when Stark is just wearing the glove).



This is a pretty easy tutorial and it looks alright. I'm sure you could take the tap light apart to make it smaller and the glove he makes doesn't look half bad.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Make_an_Iron_Man_Arc_Reactor/



What this guy did was really interesting the light actually gets brighter the more you bend your wrist.

http://hackedgadgets.com/2008/06/29/iron-man-repulsor-light/



Helmet

first some led eyes!

I keep finding such useful stuff on instructables. (The led eyes are all the way at the end of the tutroial)

http://www.instructables.com/id/Iron-Man-Helmet/step9/Lighting-Up-The-Eyes/



Here is a video that helpful and points out some things

My personal favorite the motorized face plate

Thread here in 405th that seems to have the best info on motorizing the faceplate

http://405th.com/forums/index.php?s...motorized faceplate&fromsearch=1&#entry394028



Do you have loved ones you need to protect while you're out being Iron man and being awesome? well a voice changer may be just what you need. I just found a thread that low and behold is like mine but hopefully I can put up some new things so this thread helps but this thread killed two birds with one stone it has the video I was gonna put up ad even some diagrams.

http://405th.com/forums/index.php?s...n man voice changer&fromsearch=1&#entry395783



Other tech

Now this isn't tech necessarily but I mean who doesn't want a HUD inside that helmet amirite? This isn't really a tutorial but he gives a really awesome reference for anyone who wants to do this.

I saw somewhere around here someone talking about hooking up his cell to his helmet so he could answer calls. I can't find it right now but if someone else does throw it up because that is just too awesome of an idea to stay hidden.



I knew this individual would come up sooner or later in this and while I don't hold a very high opinion of him he certainly deserves credit for his work. I have not been able to find work similar to the things he has done and I think it would be awesome if we could crack his secrets so everyone can enjoy being Iron Man



Here is his missile gauntlet ( DO WANT ) please someone figure this out

and here is a video of him in his awesome Warmachine armor displaying the mini gun and forearm cannons war machine has

References



Here is a video of the Hot toys Iron man figure that displays some of the features of the suit

Pictures of the Hot toys Iron man

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shaunwong/sets/72157622364961642/



Stuff I haven't really seen /explained

- Mounting the Arc reactor into the chest.

- Fans in a helm

- How to organize all those wires and switches and where would be some good places to place them so you can control all your cool gadgets

- Mark 3 forearm shield anthonyle said he was working on one but haven't seen anyone actually make it



details

well thats all I've found so far if you have ideas put em up or have something thats more in depth than what I have or something I missed help out post. I hope this is helpful to you guys I welcome anyone to put up their progress on any ironman tech they have on this thread. Please do not post pictures/ progress of anything else but tech

 

[ClintonH]

Wow you have allot planed for a guy too busy to build a few parts to scale em. Good luck though it sounds like it'll be cool if you get it done, hope to see some progress. :cool

 

[DesertFare]

lol, my thread is linked in here! i like that you posted it, it kinda died out on me, lol.

 

[DesertFare]

- Mark 3 forearm shield anthonyle said he was working on one but haven't seen anyone actually make it

well, ho ho buddy. guess whos really working on one?

 

[llinformerll]

Well. Arent you a busy-bee. Nice finds, and you can put the wires in the back.

 

[DesertFare]

well, ho ho buddy. guess whos really working on one?

i dont wanna thread-jack, but like i said, heres a quick tip from me on making opening forearms, use technic legos and make composite pieces. ill post a pic of what i mean in my build topic

 

[SraiderL]

Wow you have allot planed for a guy too busy to build a few parts to scale em. Good luck though it sounds like it'll be cool if you get it done, hope to see some progress. :cool

haha ya I told myself that right after I did this and I'm trying to think of ways to speed it up but one of the main things is I'm 3 hours away from home where all my materials are made or can be had but I'll prob get alot done during the summer when I get home



@ IroniumCostuming don't worry man you're not thread jacking you're doing exactly what I made the thread for

 

[ArktosPendragon]

An easy way to mount the arc reactor is to glue it to a belt then just strap it to your chest.

 

[DesertFare]

phew, good, heres what i mean btw, im gonna stuff this painted silver into my opening arm, sorry for the crappy webcam pics

 

[SraiderL]

phew, good, heres what i mean btw, im gonna stuff this painted silver into my opening arm, sorry for the crappy webcam pics

looks good, looks like I'm gonna have to drag my lego trunk out of my attic when I get home and collect some parts

 

[llinformerll]

phew, good, heres what i mean btw, im gonna stuff this painted silver into my opening arm, sorry for the crappy webcam pics

How does it work? Can you post a vid?

 

[The King Cobra]

This thread is extemely helpful. Thanks so much!

 

[iron mang]

hey do you have any information on how to mount a hinge system inside the helmet without the use of motors and whatnot? Or do you have any pictures and what it is called? I want to go to home depot, but they have a billion different hinges, and it would really narrow it down if I had a part number or a name of the hinge or whatever

 

[iron mang]

Go to here http://405th.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=20273&hl=starx files&st=40 its starx MK III build and he is doing something with a hinge and a spring mechanism hope that is along the lines of what you are looking for.

yup that is exactly what i'm looking for, someone here posted a Part number for that hinge before, but I forgot where it went. anyways, i plan on using that, along with some spring mechanism that will allow it to open and close, without the use of motors. i guess i'll ask starx more about it

 

[SraiderL]

Iron Mang don't be afraid to post any of your work on the hinge system when you get working on it. I'm happy you found this helpful king cobra thats what I made it for . Ironlum is the legos for the missile or shield? Also would you like to put any tech progress you make on your suit on this thread so we can keep ideas centralized for everyone?

 

[llinformerll]

http://marvel.com/flashjunk/iron.html



I think this will help a lot of people who want to make their suit the most accurate. Also, how should the Iron Man helmet fit? Tight? Kinda roomy?

 

[CaptainImpactor]

http://marvel.com/flashjunk/iron.html



I think this will help a lot of people who want to make their suit the most accurate. Also, how should the Iron Man helmet fit? Tight? Kinda roomy?

The helmet should be kinda tight and huggy, and that makes it very tough to get right first time. I've just finished glassing my MkIII helm, and I'm trying to work out if I'm ever going to fit in it - it's gonna be a fun few days.

 

[DYSTORTED INC]

my best advice on getting the scaling right, would be to find a picture of the suit, straight frontal (trust me they're out there), rescale the pic to 12" from head to toe. Then measure the items, and properly scale them to your height.

 

[llinformerll]

Thanks for the info. Looks like Im back to pepping.... for the third time.

 

[Foxw]

I'm Actually working on a alternative lighting method using EL, when its done & tested, I'll post a full schematic & parts list so anyone can do it.

End result over the led method should be a more consistent glow with no hot spots & minimal eye strain (for the helmet) but all being powered by 2AAA & a pair of cell (watch) batteries