How To Make An Iron Man Costume: A DIY blog on making your own iron man costume.
The first step is to work out what you need for your Iron Man costume. There are a few ways to create your Mark 4 / 6 armour, but the most common way is using fiberglass. The following list of materials and tools will help you get started, but be warned that it’s not an exhaustive list and you may find yourself needing a few more things along the way.
Materials
– Fiberglass resin
– Fiberglass matting
– Polyester body filler (Bondo)
– Spray putty
– Sand paper – various grades
Tools
– Vacuum former (or access to one) or thermoforming plastic (more information below)
– Air compressor and a spray gun (or access to one)
– Jigsaw with fiberglass cutting blade, or dremmel with fiberglass cutting wheel, or rasp and sandpaper.
I have been getting a few requests on how to make an Iron Man costume. To be honest, I don’t know because I have never made one before. But I have the next best thing… a DIY blog that shows you step-by-step instructions on how to make a Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) Mark 4 & 6 suit from Iron Man 2 movie.
First off, you will need to buy a foam/flexible material since it is light and can be easily molded into shape. The armor pieces are then covered with a hardening agent like fiberglass. The hardening agent turned the flexible piece of foam into something more rigid and stronger.
I am not sure if there are any commercially available iron man suits, but if there is, the DIY version is way cheaper than buying one.
There are several steps in making your own Iron Man costume and I will let the blog author explain it all for you.
Welcome to our blog on making your own Iron Man suit. We have been working with various materials, such as paper mache and bondo, in order to make our own suits. This blog will show you how to build your own costume, as well as show you the trials and tribulations we went through while trying to make our own.
This blog is intended to help people who want to make their own Iron Man costume. This is a practical DIY guide to building your own suit, with a budget of about $1,000.
The main focus here is on the build, so there won’t be much discussion about the character (though it goes without saying that I am a huge fan of Iron Man). The blog will be updated with lots of pictures and video as I go along.
In the past, I’ve made a DIY Thor costume, so this year I decided to make an Iron Man costume for my son. The process is similar, but there are some differences. This was my first project using Worbla which was fun.
I decided to make my own helmet pattern because I wanted something more accurate than the pre-made templates out there. This turned out to be a good decision because I was able to make a few adjustments after taking measurements on my son’s head.
Supplies:
Helmet:
– Worbla
– Cardboard (cereal boxes work great)
Chest and Back:
– EVA foam floor mats (from Home Depot or Amazon)
– 2mm craft foam – red, yellow, silver and black
– Heat gun
Gloves:
– Foam baseball batting gloves (Walmart)
Leg pieces:
– White tights (Walmart)
Lenses:
– Red acrylic plastic (Home Depot or Amazon)
Now that you have the basic shape cut out, you will need to cut the front face plate. This is the same material that we used for the back piece. It needs to be cut in a similar fashion, except it needs to be slightly larger. The reason for this is because it will overlap the back piece and once glued together, it will form a hollow shell. You should also cut out two small rectangles for the eyes and make them slightly smaller. This will allow you to see from inside the helmet.
Once all of your cutting is complete, you will need to sand down all of the edges so that they are smooth and flush with each other. If there are any sharp edges or jagged areas, it could compromise the overall strength of your Iron Man Helmet. Once everything is sanded smooth, it’s time to glue all of your pieces together. We used an industrial strength adhesive that was designed specifically for bonding plastic sheets together. However, any type of super glue should do just fine as long as it bonds well with plastic material.