Work In Progress WIP

HI everyone.

10 weeks ago i bought the

excellent MK85 file and think its time to show my progress so far.

this was printed using:

sunlu S8 printer (for its price, its awesome)

hobbyking & giantarm PLA at layer height of mostly 0.28mm. (12kg used not including reprints)

fingers and arc reactor/lens cover printed out of resin on voxelab proxima

i wanted to keep proportions as much as possible to 100% to look right so decided to squeeze myself into the suit. im 11.5stone 5ft8 and have to strap my gut in to stay inside but no pain no gain right?

i used 3dbuilder in windows to shring the legs to match my own and to stretch the forearms to match mine

although the helmet just fits with some tweaks, i have decided that im going to reprint at 105% to allow the motors to work without rubbing on my face

i also really really wanted the thigh toppers but that limits mobility so a toss of a coin between mobility and visuals landed on looking good as this thing will be a statue for most of its life

the arc reactor and other lights are usb LED'S (cheap, easy to solder to and 5v while being super bright)

the helmet is motorized and lit using (look on ebay for batman eyes) and an arduino nano in accordance with crashworks motorization kit files found on thingiverse

the paint is as follows

spray putty (lots of it)

simonize red oxide primer

the following paint scheme is thanks to frankly built who i think anyone thinking of building any cosplay suit should look up as his videos and writeups are exceptional

rustoleum elegant gold

rustoleum metallic red

rustoleum grey sky

rustoleum automotive lacquer

its by no means perfect and my eyes are drawn to every imperfection that i know is there but for a project such as this its quite an acheivement that im proud of so far

ill add what photos and videos i can when ive finished this bad boy and do a bit more of a write up but just thought it was time to share as im taking taking it slow now to have a rest

i really thought this would take me longer than it has considering i work on it after my day job

and at weekends so am really happy with how this is going :)

left fingers will be printed by the weekend and then all i need to do is add the remaining lights, wire the relays and reed switches and as soon as the helmet is re-done try it on one last time before standing it up in wait for conventions in august/september

again, if you havent already, watch as much of franks videos as possible. truly a wealth of information