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Mk 45 collars. It is actually better to make a backpack or a rig to hang on your shoulders.

Forearms are pretty straight forward. The lights you see are EL wire, I’ll use them much more later in the suit. They are AC powered which adds some fun to your wire harness.

I started to just make the gloves that came with the suit but mine weren’t comfortable. I found a video Frank had explaining the palms he uses. https://youtu.be/wmahlhs6iQU I tried my hand at smoothing them in Blender first without moving any edge vertices.

While we’re talking about Iron Man gloves, this is a good time to show my newer hinge setup. Making Rescue Mk 49 gloves.

Iron Man cosplay armor gloves are the hardest part to scale. Be ready to spend time on these. You may make several sets before you are happy.

My Iron Man Cosplay Armor Upper Body Test

There were no references for harnesses. Here you see my integrated harness system. There are better ways that I have learned about since (2017). There is a better H harness you can make.

Don’t skip the abs. Iron Man Mk 45 ab plate.

My Iron Man back plate.

The original arc reactor and under sized chest plate. I changes my mind and wanted a newer looking (at the time) reactor. It’s yours, make it what you want, not what others tell you.

My Iron Man Cosplay Armor Chest.