Iron Man Costume

Step 3: Abs and Back

The piece of the suit I am most proud of is the abs. I made them to be retractable so that when I sat down, the pieces would collapse into eachother. It's sort of hard to explain but if you look at the photos, you get the idea.

1. Cut four slightly curved slats of cardboard for the abs
2. Overlapped them slightly and attached them all using glue and strips of cloth.
3. Cut the back panels of the armour and attached them in the same manner. 
4. The two parts were attached with simple snaps.
5. Two snaps were also attached to the top of the abs so they could be attached to the base of the chest piece.

(Some of the pictures are of when I made it with three strips but later I added one more to make the torso longer)