Iron Man Mark VII build

[JonAdkins]

Hello everyone,

I received my Max Kit just before the holiday's and thanks to the great manual and help from the forums I've managed to get everything running.

Thus far I've printed off some parts for a friends sink and some things for my 2 year old son but my real project is going to be a full sized Iron Man Mark VII suit.

I was initially inspired by a co-worker that does life-sized papercraft suits for Halloween. I was tempted to do this as traditional papercraft with fibreglass, however, being a professional 3D Artist for the past 20 years I figured that with the amount 3D Printing has come along now would be the time to try it out, and this would be the project.

While waiting for my printer I modeled up a modular suit with pieces that would fit the Rostock Max's build platform. I'm sure by the time I'm finished I would have probably remodeled the entire thing based on learnings. Here is a screenshot of the model:

As it stands now there are over 130 individual pieces that make up the suit.

I think I'm going to tackle the helmet first, specifically the faceplate. I was initially tempted to start working on parts that would be easier to print as it would allow me to learn the software, hardware and process, however, the helmet is just too cool to not dig into right away. After seeing the stellar support that's on these forums I feel confident that should I have any problems I'll be able to get the answers from all of you wonderful print-masters

I plan on using LED's, servos and delving into the world of Arduino programming to make the helmet mechanically functional. I'll post more details as I get into the various parts. For now here's a close-up of the head model:

I'm was planning on using PLA because it seems easiest to print with, although I do have a spool of ABS. If anyone thinks that ABS might be better I wouldn't mind knowing why you feel that way.

I'll be posting some new stuff soon.

-jon

[Eaglezsoar]

That is one cool project that should keep you busy for a long time.
Good luck with it and perhaps a video later as you get further along.

[dpmacri]

At this point, I prefer ABS. My reason is simple: I printed a bunch of stuff early on using PLA. Then went over to my mother-in-laws for swimming and had the items outside (I had brought them to show off). All of the items are now warped/melted .

The suit idea looks cool! There was another thread about an iron man hand here: http://forum.seemecnc.com/viewtopic.php ... ron#p21339.

[wildideas1]

Totally Awesome R u willing to share the helmet stl. files so others might give it a try on their printers, Hint Hint welcome to the forum and have fun my 11yr old and 1st started with the H-1 as a father son project we now have 2 H-1 units the one he and i built is now his and the other is for me for small items and then we built the Rostock couple months ago and its been a kick.
Ian

[Lochemage]

I'd be very interested in printing the entire suit as well. Although, I might have to modify things for my own dimensions.

[JonAdkins]

Hey there,

Thanks for the interest so far in the thread. As far as sharing the files, as much as I would love to put them up there unfortunately I can't as they were originally created for a commercial client and they gave me permission to use them for this purpose.

I'm going to be starting the faceplate tonight and if all goes well I'll have an update within the next day.

-jon

[Eaglezsoar]

Hey there,

Thanks for the interest so far in the thread. As far as sharing the files, as much as I would love to put them up there unfortunately I can't as they were originally created for a commercial client and they gave me permission to use them for this purpose.

I'm going to be starting the faceplate tonight and if all goes well I'll have an update within the next day.

-jon

The fact that you won't give out the files shows that you have character. Cherish that because it is a trait that is seen less and less of these days.

[Orenfor]

if anyone want something similar ....
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:27823/#made