Iron Man Heavy Artillery Armor

Iron Man Heavy Artillery Armor is a Iron Man suit I feel fits my body very well. Im a big guy that loves Iron Man, and I really want to make a Iron Man Costume, but I know that the Mark 3 suit wont look right on me due to my size. I found a Iron Man toy at Target. I just had to buy it. It was the Heavy Artillery Armor. The suit looks so cool. I felt like it would make the perfect Iron Man suit for me. So I started to make it into a costume.

Im making this suit for Anime Expo and Comic Con in July of 09. So I have lots of time. I want to post pix to show my progress. Please Let me know what you think.

Im making it out of cardboard, Foam board, bondo, and fiberglass

that is impressive!! great start!!

Keep up the great work, it's gonna look killer!!

That's an awesome start! It's sure to look the biz when it's all done

Looks great. Very reminicent of the Crimson Dynamo

Great work mate! Please keep us posted on the progress. Are you shooting for as much flexibility as you can get or concentrating on accuracy? I know it's often a tough split.

WOW!! Thats totally awesome!! amazing start!


If you dont mind sharing, did you make the helm/chest plate from a template or from eyeballing them? If from template, where did you find it?

I really love the "shoulder pads". How did you attach them? They limit mobility any? Im just curious because I was planning similar shoulder pads for my own custom mando armor. It is planned to be a "heavy artillery" model as well!

Can't wait to see more! Please keep us updated.

See now this is what I love to see! I've always been a huge fan of the cartoon series toys that all have special tribute's like the hulk buster, stealth, or space suit and this totally reminds me of them. Love to see the final product.

Thank You everyone for the positive comments. I never used Bondo before I am happy that my costume is coming out as good as it is. I dont think Ill make the gun cannon on the back. This armor have very limted maneuverability, and I think it will be very hard to walk around in a crowd of people. I am going to put this on at comic con. Plus Im also making War Machine And I got A big Gathling gun on that. Here is a pic of the War Machine im making

Hi Darth!

Very awesome building start! The big weapon on your back is the best!

The heavy armor fits very well to your body! Is that your arm who is coming out of the chest armor or is it your thigh?!

You are spending much time with fitness equipment - right?

Eric

Originally Posted by Darth_Sean

Thank You everyone for the positive comments. I never used Bondo before I am happy that my costume is coming out as good as it is. I dont think Ill make the gun cannon on the back. This armor have very limted maneuverability, and I think it will be very hard to walk around in a crowd of people. I am going to put this on at comic con. Plus Im also making War Machine And I got A big Gathling gun on that. Here is a pic of the War Machine im making

Very impressive work !!! One of the best new Iron man builds I've seen in some time.

Very very impressive! This will be awesome when you're done! Can't wait to see it!

*** it..it..it's sooo beautiful. Well now I believe you deserve a trophy or at least a medal of some kind for both of thoughs. Congrats!

The apple dont fall to far from the tree

Awesome work Sean! Can't wait to see it at Comic Con 09!

That is one seriously cool Iron Man suit, the figure you posted. I love how you found one that fits your body size, so you can still be Iron Man! I'll keep watching your progress thread with interest!

nice job...wonder what it will be Boba Fett vs Iron Man...??...nahhh
Keep it going mate.

Mega Iron Man! That's something I cant wait to see completed !

Keep up the good work.

P.S.: How much will this thing weigh after it is complete?

Ok everyone its been almost two weeks of cold and rain out here in Los Angeles. There was only two days of some what warm weather. So I had to do what ever I can do in those two days. I got both of my arms done and I took some pix. Tell me what u think.

P.S. Today is my B-Day

Happy Birtday Sean!

Lookin forward to the progress and finished product.

That's looking great so far! Oh, and happy belated B-day!

wow, unbelievable. great start, can't wait to see the finished product

Outstanding!! You're off to a smashing start!!

wow! very impressed. It's coming out great.

I did a Battle Damage paint job on one of my Gauntlet tell me what u think.

I like it mate, this is going to be one Bad A** IM suit!

I love the look. I have been thinking of doing my own suit based on the 200th issue red and silver armor. keep up the awesome work.

Why when I post up pix they come out small

*Most forums automatically resize images so that it's easier for computers to load them.

Looks really cool so far. I'm always impressed with full body armour. That takes alot of patience. What's more this is from scratch!
Looks like the action figure has come to life.

I love that War Machine gun, that thing is huge!

Very Cool, Its not easy getting to stuff fit when you have arms that size. I have the same problem. Keep up the awesome work.

Ok everyone I got alot of updates and pix, I hope everyone will like. First I got some Bad News. My War Machine costume broke. My house was broken into and everything was jacked up. I walked in the house while it was happening. One guy is in the hospital and soon after jail the other guy is going to be in a wheel chair for life. So thats it for War Machine. I still got the Huge Gun. I might think about making a new War Machine costume.

I know I do got big arms. What can I say im a big guy. I did lose 20LB since the pic but I do got a lot of muscle my arms are not going down any time soon. I play lots of football.

Ok everyone thank you for your support

And now it is time for update pix

i will start on the legs this weekend

Wow, the costume looks really good

Dang, sorry to hear about the break in! What a shame. If you have the gun though, I say make a new one.

This costume is looking great. The colors are very nice.

Great job on the armor. I'm just curious, what exactly did you do to the robbers??

Someone sould do a Hulk Buster Iron Man !
Btw good job on the armor

Dude that shoulder gun is nuts!

Very impressive costume. Looking forward to seeing more progress.

Hello everyone. I have been gone for a while. Its been kinda hard finding time to work on my costume, working and taking care of a baby. Some of you know how that is. Its not easy. Comic Con is coming up fast and I do want to enter the Masquerade. I hope I do win. I think TMP was there last year. and he won a cash money prize. I hope I can Beat him. If not, I dont care my costume is kick ***.

Ok I got one of my shins done. It took me like a week. But this is only a rough draft. Im going to redo it with foam board. As you can see in the pic im standing on some wood. When I make my shoe im going to put a small block of wood in it to make me taller. Im about 6 foot even in my costume ill be about 6'5. Well let me know what you think.

I just wanted to say your work so far looks amazing... I mean WOW!!! Can't wait to see it when its all done.

Ok the toe guard that I have been posting up was just a prototype. Here is the finish product.

looks killer too me! Awesome work!

Nice boots! Great for stepping on things.

Please everyone. Dont hate on my sexy Iron Legs lol

Amazing! You're doing really well on this bro!

nice build! any finished pics?