Hey Kids,
So you want to be a superhero? ‘How to Iron Man’ is a blog that will give you all the tips you need to make your own Iron Man costume. Here are some of the tips that will help you.
1. Get the most important part of your costume: The Mask! I can’t stress this enough, but getting the mask on is crucial. Try to get it on as soon as possible. You won’t be able to move otherwise!
2. Get a wig and/or a hat for your hair. It will help conceal your identity. Your hair can be curly or straight, but make sure it doesn’t stick out too much.
3. Make some gloves with duct tape or something similar if you don’t have gloves already. These will help protect your hands from heat when wearing an iron man suit. And they’ll keep them warm in cold weather!
4. Wear shoes that are comfortable but also look like they belong with an iron man costume! I would suggest something like combat boots or sneakers because they’ll go well together without being too bulky on your feet while wearing all that heavy armor 😉 The last thing we need here are sore feet making things difficult
If you are a fan of the Iron Man films, you probably want to wear your own Iron Man Costume. If that’s the case, you need to know how to Iron Man costume is made and what to look for when designing or buying an Iron Man costume. In this blog post, I will give you some tips about wearing an Iron Man suit for your next Comic Con or Halloween party.
Iron Man Costume: The Basics
There are two main types of Iron Man costumes: the Mark I and Mark II suits. The Mark I Suit is a hulking mass of metal and wires with a large round head piece. It looks more like a robot than the sleek armor we see in the movie. The Mark II Suit has a sleeker design and is more recognizable as the Iron Man armor.
Welcome to the How to Iron Man blog! We’re a team of designers, engineers, and artists that have come together to share tips on how to make your very own Iron Man costume. We’ll post new tutorials and information every week.
It’s been a few months since we released our original Iron Man tutorial video and things have really taken off. We’ve had over 5 million views so far and it even got us an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! It’s been nuts.
We’ve gotten a ton of emails asking for more information on how to make the costume, so we thought it would be fun to start this blog as a space where we could share all of that.
One of the things we have learned over the past few months is that this is a huge project. The amount of time and effort needed to put one of these costumes together is definitely not trivial (it took us about 4 months working 2-3 hours per night) but I don’t think that should be a showstopper for anyone who wants to do it. For those who do want to get started, we’ll be posting tutorials in the coming weeks for each part of the body – starting with the helmet, then moving down through the chest
Our Iron Man costume is the best on the market, so naturally we get a lot of questions regarding the best way to put it on and wear it. Below are some tips to help you look like Iron Man.
1. Go to a gym or a place with a mirror where you can see yourself from head-to-toe. This will help you make sure your costume looks symmetrical and that nothing is bunching up or sticking out in an unflattering way. If you’re going to wear something for hours and hours, you want to make sure it’s comfortable.
2. We recommend wearing clothes under our skin-tight costumes. It’s a lot easier and more comfortable to put our costumes on over leggings and t-shirts than it is to try and figure out how to get them on without any clothes underneath. When getting dressed, feel free to use body oil or baby powder, which will make getting into the suit easier. Just don’t use too much!
3. Once you have your outfit on and are ready for action, give yourself a good look over in the mirror! Make sure your mask is perfectly centered on your face, nothing has shifted while putting the costume on, and that everything looks as snazzy as possible before leaving
Wearing an Iron Man costume can be a hassle. But it’s not that big of a deal if you’ve got the right gear, and are careful about how you put it on.
The suit is three parts: the gauntlet, the boots, and the rest of it. For each part, there’s a fiberglass shell you put on first, then a layer of foam padding, then more fiberglass over that for strength. Then you stick on some red plastic plates for decoration.
The fiberglass comes in two kinds. They use the same kind for the plates as they do for everything else; it’s just extra thick. The kind they use for everything else they call “gelcoat.” This is basically just white paint in liquid form, which hardens into a smooth surface when exposed to air.
The gelcoat has two components: resin and hardener. You mix them together in batches small enough that you can use them up before they harden (about ten minutes). The proportions are important: too much resin makes your fiberglass soft and weak; too much hardener makes it brittle and prone to cracking or breaking off in chunks.
Now that Iron Man 2 is out (and better than the first), you can bet that there will be an influx of people wanting to dress as him. Here’s some tips:
Iron Man 2 is out and of course, everyone wants to be Tony Stark! So much so, when I was at a party store last week, one employee started talking about how she was going to dress up for the big release. She said she had her costume down but what she couldn’t figure out was how to make a mask.
Well, we’ve got the answer for you! We’ve found some DIY instructions on how to make your own Iron Man mask and a few other bits and pieces too.
Here are the links in order of how they should be used:
Instructables – Iron Man Mask
Instructables – Making Iron Man Repulsor (The palm blast thing)
YouTube – How-To Make Iron Mans Repulsor… Quickly
Making Your Own Arc Reactor (The chest piece)
True, Tony Stark has a genius level intellect and an unlimited budget, but you can become Iron Man too!
It’s a tough process, and there are many ways to go about it. But we’re going to focus on the three most important steps:
1. Think like Iron Man.
2. Look like Iron Man.
3. Act like Iron Man.
Let’s get started!