Cool.

Were any of them built in a cave from a box of scraps?

Did anyone else get a spyware/fake antivirus from that site?

odd I went back and didn't get it. Must have had a stray click on the page when it was loading.

why does the steam punk iron man get gay music?

oh that's right, it's steam punk

"...none of these mind-blowing homemade Iron Man suits / costumes will not give you super strength..."

sweet, i'd love to have super strength! where do i buy them!?

Jamdug!: The first one was built to be a steam-punk version.
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#6. Every time. (new window)

Those movies are terri-bad... and the costume is meh.

It is unholy and must be purged.

What's the big deal? The movie-version Iron Man costume was homemade too. Tony Stark just happens to have a nicer home workshop than most people.

Didn't the US military deveolpe a prototype power-suit type deal in the 60s but could never get it to run without what basically amounted to a miniature on board nuclear reactor? Or a extension cord which would be...problematic...in service.

Let me guess, at least one of them is steampunk

*checks link*

Yup, first one to boot.

Oh, Anthony Le. You're such a one-trick pony.

liverpoolumd: It is unholy and must be purged.

Is that a costume or a statue? Looks like a statue.

TNel: Did anyone else get a spyware/fake antivirus from that site?

My Eset popped up and blocked the page for me.

Tony Stark gets laid all the time. I bet the guys who made these suits are getting all sorts of action.

Lucky SOBs.

Jamdug!: The first one was built to be a steam-punk version.
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No, it was built to be a movie prop for "Tin Man" and was borrowed and repainted to be a "Steampunk Iron Man" costume.

More like homemade virginity suits, amirite?

Read headline as 'War machine sluts', expected a different story.
What about these guys?

had to go to a halloween party this year, realized 20 hrs beforehand that I didn't have a costume. So, I looked in my box of scrap wires and cardboard and electronics parts, and built an arc reactor and arm that plugged in to it. I integrated the flash from a disposeable camera circuit to enable the repluse blast, came out as pretty sweet.
As a bonus, my costume smelled of booze during and after the party for added authenticity!

liverpoolumd: Those movies are terri-bad... and the costume is meh.

It is unholy and must be purged.
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You are terri-bad.

TNel: Did anyone else get a spyware/fake antivirus from that site?

No.

Noscript is your friend.

I'm still contemplating making a Cyberman costume, but I am not willing to shell out 4k for one. Jesus. Shouldn't aluminum flashing work?

Metaluna Mutant: Didn't the US military deveolpe a prototype power-suit type deal in the 60s but could never get it to run without what basically amounted to a miniature on board nuclear reactor? Or a extension cord which would be...problematic...in service.

nah.. I'm sure a battery pack can last 5 minutes, longer if you go berserker.
All you need is a human soul for power pack.

That steampunk Ironman deserves even less respect.

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Yes, I nearly got hit with the fake antivirus too,

What about the Iron Man costume these guys made?

whizbangthedirtfarmer: I'm still contemplating making a Cyberman costume, but I am not willing to shell out 4k for one. Jesus. Shouldn't aluminum flashing work?

Go old school Cybermen. First or second appearance stuff. Mostly PVC, cheap toy store stuff and silver spray paint. Probably not cost you more than $65.00 total.

Anthony Le is a dickwad.

brigid_fitch: FunkyBlue: Jamdug!: The first one was built to be a steam-punk version.
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#6. Every time. (new window)

LOL--I've never seen that graphic before. Awesome

/Never saw #9 at a con, however. Must be true only for anime/furry cons.
//Never saw #15, but my husband has.

I was at a Wizard World Con in Columbus and saw a steampunk Jedi. Complete with steampunk lightsaber and blaster hanging from his belt. Was secretly wishing the 501st around the corner would mock him like I was in my head.

woodstock827: Metaluna Mutant: Didn't the US military deveolpe a prototype power-suit type deal in the 60s but could never get it to run without what basically amounted to a miniature on board nuclear reactor? Or a extension cord which would be...problematic...in service.

nah.. I'm sure a battery pack can last 5 minutes, longer if you go berserker.
All you need is a human soul for power pack.

Beat me to it.

I'd like to add this one to the list of cool Iron Man replica suits.

Iron Man MK1 Suit (new window)

Grotesk: What about the Iron Man costume these guys made?

whizbangthedirtfarmer: I'm still contemplating making a Cyberman costume, but I am not willing to shell out 4k for one. Jesus. Shouldn't aluminum flashing work?

Go old school Cybermen. First or second appearance stuff. Mostly PVC, cheap toy store stuff and silver spray paint. Probably not cost you more than $65.00 total.

The Mondrian Cybermen seem so ...anticlimactic.

whizbangthedirtfarmer: The Mondrian Cybermen seem so ...anticlimactic.

(Oo, that'd be awesome! Cybermen painted white with bold, black lines forming an irregular grid of squares and rectangles intermittently painted in primary colors...) ;-D

The original Cybermen appearance was a bit less than frightening, just looking at them, especially with the giant spotlight on their head and the boom box/accordion on their stomach, but it's when you see them in action is when they get really creepy. Segmented arms to imply robotics, but real, normal flesh-and-blood human hands at the ends. They're basically just covered in ace bandage masks, but when they talk they just open their mouths and this sing-song voice, meant to sound like one of those synthesizers that can't do inflections right, comes out while the mouth remains just an open, unmoving hole. Likewise, dark, empty eye holes, like there was little more than a skull left underneath a metallic mesh. The original concept for Cybermen was that they'd look like pale, expressionless humans with metal skullcaps, a few external wires and gearing and mechanicals visible through their skin at the joints. Like a corpse that had been wired with robotic parts to animate it and only a dim remainder of a human mind left, screaming in horror within.

Yeah, it involved a bit more imagination to get creeped out by the old Cybermen, but they were a lot creepier than the later versions with the smug posturing and shiny, shiny suits and talking-into-a-trashcan voices saying "Eeexellent!" and fainting at the sight of a Ferrero Rocher wrapper. The newer ones were kind of the same way, what with the Art Deco design covering up the body-horror idea of vivisected brains being extracted while conscious, but the design itself wasn't creepy so much as intimidating, up until the zombie Cyberman sentry in The Pandorica Opens when the creepiness factor jumped up again. Not unlike the Space Suit Zombies from Silence In The Library/Forest Of The Dead.

But y'know, you can have a really cheap Cyberman costume if you get one of these.