Somebody stop me! O.O

Quickie update...

95% done the back... just need to fill in one of the shoulder support-thingees... and then 'tape' it into a shape that will sit properly on my body.
Then apply the flaps (see previous post).

Going to finish the boots tonight as well... leaving me free and clear to start on the gloves on the weekend...

That said... I went out today... and made a purchase of something that may take my armor in a different direction.

Hoo-boy...

"Toronto Iron Man" - this is all your fault!  =)

I will do a test-run tomorrow of a small piece - probably hand-plates and/or hip pods again... and if it works as I hope it will... then I'll do the chest.

Then spend the weekend going bananas.  LOL

Flap flap flap!

Quick and dirty update...

FLAPS!

Nothing fancy... I SHOULD be at the gym right now... but a minor pull in my lower back has me sitting on the couch, Netflix on the television... and a small cutting board on my lap.

All that's left to do currently is the rest of the back, bits of the boots and the gauntlets.

Oh... and the elbow and knee and hip joints...   =)

Stay tuned!

Adriaaaaaan!

Quick update... 

I not only finished the thighs (and spent a day or so hammering through the shins) but got the first (of three) layers of the 'sealant' white glue layers onto them.

Layer #2 happens this afternoon, layer #3 probably on Sunday.

I've finished cutting/pasting probably 50% worth on the boots... still haven't figured out where some of the pieces go... but that was a thing from even BEFORE I started with the foam.

So all that's really left to do is the back (and the thruster flaps) and the gloves.
Still haven't gotten to the urethane, truth be told... I shall bite the proverbial bullet and do a small sample today. Probably the hip pods and hand plates... as they are fast and easy to replace if I wreck them. =)

"Uh, yo well, uh, maybe I'll fight Apollo, uh, maybe I won't, you know?"

Also... my elbow/knee and hip joints?I have an idea... instead of using pop rivets and sheet metal, I'm going to try cutting the pieces out of thinner foam and 'plastic-ing' them like I am the rest of the armor... then assembling them (layered like before) with an elastic strap instead of pop rivets. Theoretically the pieces/layers should be connected to each other and move as units, one atop the other... so 'hot glue + strap' should be no less effective than 'drilled hole + pop rivet'. The trick, i think would be to cut them layer by layer... an easier task, I'm wagering, if I don't have to calculate extra length due to edge-folding and stabilization due to material and rivet strength.


I just wish I had figured this stuff out BEFORE making all the mistakes. /sigh
Ah well...

"I fight so you don't have to fight." ~ Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) "Rocky IV"
P.S. Don't ask why I'm quoting Rocky. I don't know. It's just THAT kind of day.

Yeesh!

Apparently I need a reminder or something...

Seriously... how do people find crap to talk about every single day they do a blog?

I'm of the mindset that if I have nothing to report... you don't want to come to the blog just too see me say 'Erm... nothing to report'... THAT would be lame.

That said,  I (finally) have a little to report...
Sorta...

Got the white glue coats on the following pieces:
- chest
- upper forearm (2)
- lower forearm (2)
- upper arm (2)
- abs/torso
- cod
- hip pod (2)
- hand plate (2)
- upper shoulder (2)
- lower shoulder (2)

The thighs are 90% complete in terms of foam and hot glue... they will then undergo the white glue undercoat before I urethane THEM as I will be (likely) urethaning the above pieces tomorrow.
ALl but the abs, at any rate... for some reason, I decided to assemble them BEFORE I solidified them... so the glue application has been - to say the least - interesting...

Does this outfit make me look fat?

Still have the shins, boots and back to do with the thicker foam... I should be able to accomplish them (at very least the shins) by the end of next week.
I'm going to then tackle the gloves with some slightly-thinner craft foam I picked up at Michael's (it's a chain store for crafting people - mostly nick-knacks and hobby stuff, but occasionally I can find suff of use to me)

I met a guy on Facebook from Toronto who did the foam pattern from the MkVI suit and then hotglued sheet metal (he says 1/16") cut into identical slices right onto the foam.
I have to admit, I'm sorely tempted. He says it (the whole suit) weighs around 20 lbs.
I can live with that... it won't get done for Hallowe'en this year, but I'm thinking I'll do it for convention season 2013.