Fan made Iron Man suit is pretty freakin' great

Man that guys seems like a total jerk now. also explains why he didn't want to share the way he made the suit. Probably the suit has many faults itself but he covered it up or something....

He photoshops the hell out of his pictures

Here you go- http://www.restrainingbolt.com/tutorials/pages/minigun/minigun_tutorial.html

The minigun shouldn't be too hard, in theory you could make most of it in silver painted pvc pipes that are glued together - for the rotation you could use a small DC motor or a servo depending on the rotation type :3

This guy did an amazing job though!

If people listened to everyone who said that we'd still be living in caves hitting each other with sticks.

Yep.

I agree with this point.

"Time is to all people the same but how that person choses to spend it is up to him"

What one man calls a timewaste is another mans hobby.
So this guy wanted to make an ironmansuit and another man wanted to go to church or watch tv or study something they are interested in.

I generrally use this as an argumentation. Most people don't have a good comeback on it. (ofcourse someone is going to prove me wrong and do a great comeback but I look forward to it :D)

That's one comeback i have to remember! I usually just reply with "i did it because i could" it's the ultimate reason.

BZZZT! Wrong answer. I'm not American, and I certainly do not watch 153 hours a month of TV. I have school to worry about...

The sort of person who makes the original comment usually misses the point :-/

It's not making money?! What a waste of time.

Point exactly. It's sorta useless, all you do is wear it. You can't really do anything with it.

But be extremely proud of yourself and he could sell that for n known amounts of money.

There's more to life than money ,money doesn't matter when you're dead.

Your very right Fungus.....he can do alot with that wonderful costume and make what it cost him to build it PLUS more just by going to conventions with contests in them with cash as prizes....who knows someone may also wish to pay him to make them one maybe in another color who knows. But costuming is big money esp if you can produce something with such great detail. Spending your time wisely and doing what you want is how we've gotten the best inventions to make our lives easier.

 I'm afraid that is the same viewpoint that many take about knex projects.  I'm sure there is some Latin phrase to describe this situation.

.  Are you thinking of knexus tempus wastus?

i mean, knex projects don't really take that long and people usually have the pieces already. So virtually the cost is $0 and the time taken is around, 1-2 hours? and the guns actually shoot, some shoot BBs, unlike the gatling on that suit.

"Usually"?  Only if they purchased them.  Oh, wait, sorry, their parents purchased them, so you're right, the cost is zero.  The time taken is a couple of hours, and the result?  Worth exactly what it cost.

still, better than spending 4 grands and a month building this. Would you rather spend that much on a useless suit, or zero dollars and a couple hours on a useless gun? Pretty much they're both toys.

I'm not sure you get the point of creativity and project based solutions. As i see it you only see the end result, which, while pretty impressive probably hasn't been the point all along.
In most cases the evolution of the project is the reward itself, not the goal. This guy has probably learned a lot by doing this and enjoyed every second of it. While it may seem useless to you please think about the following:

I've had a little hobby for electronics for months and i've learned quite a lot by building small funny projects. I never thought i would use it for anything - ever, other than maybe fix a broken tv remote.
Well i couldn't have been more wrong - a few months ago i was about to go down with stress because i couldn't find an internship spot for my education. It was impossible, i couldn't find anything (we kinda have a shortage). Then suddenly a solar cell company was searching for a web developer with, get this, "an interest for electronics and how they work". I got the spot almost immediately and it let to a tight knit collaboration project that not only saved my arse in terms of internship location, but also has future potential (read: money).

I'd really like to stress out that the goal probably wasn't the point of this project to begin with (i don't know the guy, but that's how it usually works). The process itself has given him a shatload og new knowledge that can be put to use in multiple situations (repair, production, services and customizing to name a few).
The goal has given him widespread fame and support, he's helped hospitalized kids and most likely he's won -something- off the cosplay prizes.
The fame itself can be good for him if he's searching for a job, sure no-one is looking to hire a guy dressed in an ironman suit - however just him doing this can make an employer say "damn that guy got patience and creativity and he fits the job description  - just the guy i need i my company).

I suggest you go have fun with your knex gun now, i'm sure someone will be pleased looking at it over webcam :)

 Luke, did you feel that? It seemed like a thousand souls on the Knex homeworld were annihilated and let out a collective *groan*.  

Indeed, even the bucket of them I have forgotten in my closet felt the sting...

Sorry but that suit's so much better than anything you can make out of knex. The only thing that I've seen that comes close it that mitre saw.

Looks like I was right in the first place.  Have a nice day.

.  <snicker>

sure the suit looks a lot better. but no ones willing to pay 4 grands for it (except extreme comic book fans)

.  There is only one suit, how many buyers do there need to be? Seems to me that just one would be enough. I'm guessing that, as long as the money is green, whether or not the buyer likes comic books is unimportant to the seller.

i meant the parts you need to build the suit. No one would pay 4 grand for them, not to mention a month's worth of time gone by.

And I think the seller would care if the buyer was planning to light it on fire and get rid of it once and for all.

As i remember a few months back some nut bought a specially shaped cornflake for more than 5000$ off ebay, flew in and collected it himself.

> No one would pay 4 grand for them, not to mention a month's worth of time gone by.
.  Isn't that stance rather difficult to maintain when someone has done that? Whether or not you or I think the project is worthwhile is unimportant.
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> And I think the seller would care if the buyer was planning to light it on fire...
.  What would lead you to believe that? If, as you speculate, he's not doing it for personal satisfaction, why would he care what the buyer did with it?

ugh. tired of this "thread". Let's just say that you have your views, and i have mine.

.  Woot! You do get it!

See, there's more to life than money. 

.  I think she forgot to append </sarcasm> to her msg. :)  Maybe not.
.  This is a DIY site and most ppl do things for the fun of doing them. Not many here do it for the money (and few of those that do are making a living at it). "Because I can" really is a very common motivator amongst Iblers.
.  I wouldn't spend the time, effort, and money to build the Iron Man suit, but it's still a very cool project and took a considerable amount of creativity and skill to accomplish.

> I think she forgot to append </sarcasm> to her msg. :)
 
Oh! Yeah. Thanks for pointing that out. I'm still not fluent in Stupid.

.  You used to be a nice kid ... until you started hanging around me. :)

>sobs<

 >pats reassuringly on the back
Don't worry, to some of us you will always be nice :D

Then tell us!!!  Please??

Thanks for the correction. I didn't realize the magazine article had been released. I missed that above.
 
It is unfortunate that he did not reveal more information. I agree that sharing an idea is a great way to tell about the dedication it took to create such a masterpiece. I have created costumes myself, not to that degree, but I always enjoyed telling people how I did it as it was a sense of pride for what I accomplished and I loved hearing suggestions to make it better.

I don't see the point in keeping such information private unless you're planning to sell it commercially.  He could immortalize himself by describing the "Anthony Le Method" of armor fabrication.