Custom Iron Man Action Fig WIP

[ZaahnJanson]

Thanks to Red 3183 for inspiring this little project, this is truly a joy to try i encourage all of you to give it a whirl...

anyways heres what i got so far, my "guideline" that i am using is a cross between the Extremis and Movie Armor with the Techno/organic under armor he gains in the Extremis story line....

comments and crits welcome!

BTW this is a personal challenge and not for any profit or anything...

http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/8197/ironman1578vy7.jpg
Front

http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/779/ironman1579es8.jpg
Back

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/9789/ironman1580pm7.jpg
Hip Rotation for the skeptics, it does move!

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/9152/ironman1581yh9.jpg
Starting the Face and Head...

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/9366/ironman1584se5.jpg
Side View...

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/1967/ironman1585wu9.jpg
Why Hello Mr. Stark...

http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/2682/ironman1587vx0.jpg
It doesn't really look like it but i did use a pic of Robert Downey Jr. to "inspire" his face...

I'll post more Pics as i can :)

[Red 3183]

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[Red 3183]

Good Start!

But what are you using for the ball joints? Looks like Sculpey. If it is, I don't thing they will last. They might eventually wear down or break.

Sorry for the double post... something screwy happened.

[Gonzossm]

WOW!. ive been wanting to make a action figur for a while after i saw reds samus, can you explain how to make the joints and what to use to make them.

[CastorFiber]

Fun sculpt, I have to agree with red though - if you are going to make the joints with sculpey you're in for a hard time, don't see that working.

[ZaahnJanson]

I was worried about sculpey breaking too, but i think i've handled that, what i've done is used thin gauge armature wire in the shaft of the joint and then when i am sculpting the joining appendage i cover the ball with Tin Foil that way there isn't sculpey on sclulpey action *snicker*, not too mention this is a trial run if it doesn't work...oh well back to the drawing board...

[ZaahnJanson]

WOW!. ive been wanting to make a action figur for a while after i saw reds samus, can you explain how to make the joints and what to use to make them.

Basically i found an action figure i already had and mad a cast mold of one of its joints and then went on a molding spree i think i made like twenty of them... this is a great deal of help in mass production: http://www.dickblick.com/zz339/00/

the burn marks are from a Heat Gun i used at first, you can see it takes a bit to get used to it....

[lilalex]

Looks like a good start, ZJ - but I agree with the others about those joints.
If you plan on press-fitting the parts that correspond to those ball joints, one or the other is bound to break. Once baked, Sculpy really has no elasticity and actually becomes quite brittle in time.

For action figs, I've seen lot's of guys simply taking an existing action figure and either Dremel'ing all the detail down to a rough skeletal base on which to sculpt, or simply chopping out and using the joints - material-wise, it seems that most use either wax or a self-hardening material like a epoxy putty.

But again, nice start - good luck, and I look forward to updates.
la

[ZaahnJanson]

Well i tried continuing with the sculpey joints for the arms and legs and it was Less then desirable.... so thanks to Red again, i've ordered dome premade figure joints from http://www.hlj.com/product/YLS09303 i'll post pics as soon as they arrive.

cheers!