Project: War Machine!

[TheGreatSatan]

With the upcoming release of the new movie I'm starting my next project. War Machine is the black and white bad ass version of Iron Man. I think the movie version is making him black and silver, so that's the route I'm taking too.

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/warmachine_big.jpg.w300h397.jpg

I'll be using the B2 case provided to me by InWin!

http://www.inwin-style.com/photo/pd_name/images/B2.jpg

[TheGreatSatan]

Here's what he looks like from the movie

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/warmachine.jpg.w300h225.jpg

Here's the case I got from InWin

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It comes with a very detailed and full color instruction sheet

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And stickers to make it look more like a B2

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The first mod I'm doing on the case will be adding Iron Man's mask to it. It's made of a heavy weight acrylic material and weighs at least a pound. I will be painting it to match the War Machine armor first.

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[TheGreatSatan]

So last night at Midnight I saw Iron Man 2!:banana:

I am going to finish this thing already. Time to make a chain gun! I'm going to use this cheap plastic piping that I'm cutting with a regular hand saw

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Into six pieces

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This is how it's going to look. The center will have a shorter version of the same pipe

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For now rubber bands will hold it together

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The base of the gun will be an old hollowed out PSU

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I have this cool mesh from my Project: Framed

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I'll be covering the sides with it

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Now I measure out the hole for the pipes

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The hole saw I have is a little big, but will be addressed afterwards

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Here it is cut out

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And when set on the case

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Before I actually mount it, I must get to the painting

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[TheGreatSatan]

I decided to finish a little more.

I've been experimenting with several round bottles in order to find a base and top cap for the barrel

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Since the base won't be seen anyway I wrapped it in black electrical tape

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And go figure, my spray paint cap was perfect!

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And here it is on top. I'm not done with this effect yet.

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[TheGreatSatan]

Sorry, I'm back on it again. Got that M11x review done and I'm settled into my new job. I'll be finishing in Aug after my 10 day vacation to the Bahamas. I just ordered some inert .50 Cal ammo

http://www.indianaarmysurplus.com/

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[TheGreatSatan]

They arrived! Next to a CD for size comparison

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[StormRider]

They were real bones as part of a "full skeleton" collection for medical students. The private school was going under so they put each arm and each leg and all the rest in appropriate lots and sold them on eBay. I bid for the right arm bones up to $200 where I was finally outbid. Turns out some other group won all of the auctions and thus the whole skeleton

so that's what happened.
It would have been hilarious to see people react then they find out that yes, those are real bones

[TheGreatSatan]

It's actually very hard to find human bones or blood for that matter. Yes, I wanted to use real blood too! In the end I did cut myself (by accident) and then added it to the case. You can say there's a little of me in that mod, literally.

Anyway, back to War Machine. I'm trying to find a clever way of adding the ammo to the case.

[TheGreatSatan]

I separated four of the 50 cal rounds

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I didn't have any primer so I used a flat black instead

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Then I painted on the chrome finish

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They are going here:

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[TheGreatSatan]

The rounds were a little too long so I cut them in half

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Then I slid them in. I just need to make them stay for good

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[TheGreatSatan]

I put the panel back on

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The front and right sides are next

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[TheGreatSatan]

Thnx

Really, all I had to do here was add a basic shroud and attach the 50 cal rounds

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[TheGreatSatan]

Next, I want to have the Arc Reactor on the front of the case, so I bought the $6 toy at Walmart

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I covered up the top piece with the light and painted it

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And here it is all silver

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That's when I realize that it looks nothing like the one from the movie. This one has this gay triangle in the middle and lights up yellow? It looks like the easy way won't be good enough.

I'm going to build my own Arc Reactor!

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[TheGreatSatan]

I saw a few how-to's, but I can't land the parts they used, so.....

I picked up this super-bright LED magnet light for $5

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I then dissected the toy Arc Reactor

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And glued it to a $2 Tub Sprout Ring

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Then I glued the conjoined pieces to the top of the push light

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And there it is!

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As you can see it's far brighter than the old yellow one.

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Next, I'll add it to the front panel .

[TheGreatSatan]

Next, I mark and cut out the hole.
I opted for a dremel instead of a hole saw for better control

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Here it is mounted to the panel. Luckily, I kept it thin enough so that the door could still close just fine

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It's still bright! I just wish I can take a clear photo with the Reactor light still on

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[TheGreatSatan]

Next I add some highlights, starting with stripes on the left

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Remember my Matrix Mod?

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I cut the right panel into several segments

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Then, while wearing gloves, I bent it all back

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Remember that mask in the beginning?

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Then I laid out a coat of flat white spray paint

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Then I used model paint for the mask

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And then I use Silver too

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And that looks great for how little time it took

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Now I just have to make it stay there

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[TheGreatSatan]

Thanks!

I added some mesh around the mask to give it more texture

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Now, to light up the eyes

[TheGreatSatan]

Here's the back of the mask

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I cut out some thin flexible pieces of plastic from the packaging of an 80mm fan

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I then add it to the back of the helmet with some adhesive

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And then attach the LED's with some silicon

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And then I re-attach the side panel

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This Mod is finished!
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