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Published: 2014-04-03 07:32:12 +0000 UTC; Views: 2265; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 18
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Ironman Mark VII activated!
Hello papercrafters!
Now we show the finish of this [:IRONMAN:] Mark VII designed by Julius Perdana from Paper-Replika .
You can build your own Iron man:
Mark VII Part 1
Mark VII Part 2
Mark VII Part 3
We finished this model in April 2013 (WOW a year ago!)
The model is about 22 cm due to the size reduction we did, is fully articulated and illuminated with LED lights and improved in the joints.
This is built mostly with cardboard and hardened with fiberglass resin, sanded, polished, painted and varnished by hand
.Your you missed any progress? You can see it here step by step:
IRONMAN Mark VII WIP1: first assembly
IRONMAN Mark VII WIP2: Led testing
IRONMAN Mark VII WIP3: hardening and sculpting
IRONMAN Mark VII WIP4: painting in progress
IRONMAN Mark VII WIP5: Final mounting
Questions or comments will be welcomed! We would like to know your opinion.
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Comments: 13
Wow! there is reason to be proud of this! It is astonishing how you can take cardboard and make a model that looks like it is made up of some alloy! The colors are spot on and the addition of the led is fantastic. Then you add in the articulation and you got yourself a mini action figure! I really like how on the heart that it looks like there are the different chambers just like the real character. Tell you what others may design these but you make them work.
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Thank you so much Anita!
It was a challenge to harden, paint and accommodate all the parts for the model to have movement joints, nor say of the circuitry for the LEDs. Still it has some fragile pieces, but still looks like an action figure.
Yes, you shoot on the spot! I like to take full potential of the figures designed by others
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Looking at this, I would never have guessed that the base component is cardboard! That's astonishing, honestly. It looks very much like it would be one of the official toys. Superb craftsmanship on this, truly!
I love the sheen in the paint as that definitely makes it look like it's more metallic than a form of paper, and the way that the light reflects off of the surfaces adds to that quality quite nicely.
I also quite like the way that you've shown this here, with the various angles and poses, as well as displaying it both in darkness and in a lighter setting to get the full effect of the LED lights you put in. Those are a very nice touch indeed, I must say.
I looked at the progression pieces, and you do a great job of explaining the process to show how this was achieved - and to be honest it still blows my mind a bit. You have certainly earned a round of applause for this piece, to be sure! 
The only thing that I think you might consider doing differently is in the presentation; the black edging added on top of the pictures obscures some of the images along the second row. It's just a personal preference on my part for the cleaner photos, though I admit that the edging adds a bit of character.
Truly wonderful work - thanks so much for sharing it!
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I told you not believe what your eyes see , they can fool you 
I've been experimenting for years with this way of making papercraft models to be as close to a collectible toy or figure 
Oh yes the picture , I was still trying to do something with the slide show (and I still try to improve it), but I learned that the photos don't need as invasive edges 
Thank you very much for taking the time to review my work 
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You did indeed, and you're so very welcome! You've done a brilliant job developing this technique of yours, so I don't think I'd call it a curse; more just acknowledging the fact that people will assume they know what they're seeing because we trust our eyes so very much.
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Well, that's why I call it a curse 
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Wow! It seems, that nothing is impossible for you)) Awesome job, awesome build quality. Respect, dude...
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Haha 
Thanks for your kind words, I really appreciate it.
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Yey, it was quite challenging but in the end I succeeded that he could move very fluidly as action figure
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I told you, you were not gonna disappoint
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