—Comic-Con Masquerade Contest—

Frankly Built 

—Costume Name—

Iron Man Mark 85

—Costume Description—

I would like to present to you my 3D Printed Iron Man Cosplay from Avengers Endgame. This is a highly detailed recreation of Tony Stark’s Final Iron Man armor. My late father took me to see the first Iron man in 2008 when i was about 16 years old and ever since then i’ve been hooked on the MCU and specifically Iron Man. I always dreamed of having my own armor. I mean what kid wouldn’t? But it was always this impractical goal and i had no idea how to use EVA foam or Papercraft. Years went by and eventually i felt it was time to try my hand at a Cosplay after watching Avengers Endgame and being blown away with the MK85 Armor! It was time to make my first Cosplay. Enter 3D Printing.

The entire Armor was 3D Printed using 2 Creality CR-10S Printers. It’s printed completely out of PLA+ Plastic filament and took about 14 rolls to complete!

Once all of the pieces were printed, now came the real hard part! Fitting everything to by body! Scaling 3D Printed (or really any Cosplay armor) can be a real nightmare with proportions, fitment, movement, wearing everything and even taking it off! 

So now everything was fitted (or so i thought) i moved onto the next stage that has a very bad image in the 3D Printing realm; Sanding! 

But now came the real challenge! How do i PAINT a bunch of PLASTIC, Too look like METAL that was only ever a CGI model in a movie in sub-par lighting conditions? So i went to work testing colors.

And if i’m being honest? I think i did a pretty good job! The red still wasn’t quite dark enough but this was easily adjusted depending on the lighting of said images. 

It was starting to come to life! I’ve been told this image looks like an action figure a child ripped the legs off of; which is a compliment I think!

But what about the electronics? What good is an Iron Man Cosplay without the bells and whistles? My next goal was to have all of the typical features of an Iron Man Costume; Motorized Opening Faceplate, Wrist Activated Palm Repulsors, Body panel LED lights and even a “Snap” Sensitive Infinity Gauntlet!

The suit was fitted, the paint was dry, the electronics were done, and i have no words to describe how amazing this first “suit up” felt after months of hard work. 

This was it. The moment I had been prepping for. Months of work. Sleepless nights. Long days of frustration. But it was finally here. The finished product. 

Thank you so much for viewing!

—Bio—

Hey everyone! I’m Frank! I’m 29 and can’t get enough of Prop making and this wonderful world of Cosplay! I’ve been living abroad with the US Air Force for about 8 years now with my wife and 2 puppers. I was initially stationed and living in Okinawa Japan for 4 years and now my career has taken me to the United Kingdom! Traveling the world with my family has been such an amazing opportunity! The Military is filled with way more nerds than people think and being around many like minded people (and of course the wealth that is the internet) has continuously fueled my passion for all things “Nerd”. From Dragon Ball Z to Gundam. Marvel to DC. Metroid Prime to Call of Duty I’ve embraced it all and love talking about it! Aside from my new found love of Props, Cosplay, and Printing; I’ve began my own Youtube Channel dedicated to documenting and sharing everything i’ve learned! From 3D Printing Tutorials, To Cosplay guides, Products reviews and even giveaways! I’m trying my best to give back to the same community that has helped me achieve so much in so little time! Thank you so much to everyone who has supported me along the way and helped me reach goals i never imagined possible! I’m very excited to see what the future brings!

-Frank

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Hey fam! I’m selling this only-been-tried-on-but-never-actually-worn Bucky arm! It’s made from rubber, hand-painted and sealed. There is NO scent and the insides have a smooth glitter sealing because Bucky is fab (also for easy on and off action for you!). The green in the last picture is from my hoodie, I wanted to show you how reflective the material can be and how deep the detailing is! AKA, this arm is awesome for cosplay photoshoots!

My asking price is 150 USD + shipping. Because you pay for shipping, I’m willing to send internationally. Message me if you would like to purchase or have questions! 

Bucky, slowly starting to remember..

The Covenant (2006) Commentary Renny Harlin (director)

THIRST AID KIT | S2E09 | KISSING SEBASTIAN STAN

Look, we just wanna [REDACTED] Sebastian Stan all day long. And thrice on Sundays.

In this episode, we talk about Sebastian Stan, the man with a big lust footprint, which is to say that he leaves a mark on you, and you may accidentally catch some detritus in the magnetic sweep of his all-consuming sex appeal… Gather round, thirst-buckets, and let us take you on a journey that will traverse the source of Seb’s undeniable desirability.

Between fits of lustful giggling, we came up with some theories.

Looking for the answer to what dat mouf do? we found an answer of sorts, via a compilation fanvid. See if you can pick a fave liplock (there are so many!):

Now let’s go back to another excellent weapon in his arsenal — that pretty, wilfully blank douchebag face he has the audacity to carry around all nonchalantly. Here it is, put to perfect use in Logan Lucky:

We also discussed Sebastian’s fairly slim CV to date, but how he really seems to be growing as an artist — from turns in TV shows like Gossip Girl, Kings, Political Animals and Once Upon A Time to gritty and (even more) interesting character studies in movies  like I, Tonya via The Bronze and the Marvel movies (where he gives performances that runs the gamut, emotions-wise). But also, look at this murder-strut from Captain America: The Winter Soldier, combined with that waterfall of freshly pressed hair. 

HE KNOWS HE’S FABULOUS. (and like Nichole says in the ep, he really does “throw” his thighs out when he walks! 😋)

We also covered Sebastian’s role choices i.e. going for indie work that might pull him away from traditional roles set aside for men who look like him, and how he seems to be this funny guy who is happy to tell jokes and do his work and just be hot in peace. We can fuck with that, Seb.

Listen: it was a very thirsty episode, OK? Gird your loins and secure your wig with extra bobby pins cos Fanfic Wars was A Lot this week. Nichole did a full torso blush, and it was everything!

You can listen to the whole episode RIGHT HERE  (more links to listen are down below).

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I don’t even know what to say to this 👀

dacre really went from “billy’s dead, guys” to smiling and being cheeky and saying “i can’t say anything about stranger things 4” during an interview tonight.

Spread this around; remind the world that for every Nazi, there’s an entire train full of sensible people capable of basic moral behaviour. 

Remember, hand sanitizer removes sharpie, and good hearted people remove hate

Reasons why Billy is the American

this one goes out to all my fellow clowns 🤡

1. this pic right here (like why would they make this for no reason???)

2. this pic right here too (coincidence? i think not.)

3. Hopper is in the upside down (he jumped through the gate we all know this by now) so Billy would be the american in the cell so they’re BOTH ALIVE!!! <3

4. American Pie was playing at the end of episode 3 when him and Heather attacked her parents (maybe a stretch but every little detail counts)

5. Hopper being the American would be too predictable. It’s very predictable he’s alive, which he most likely is, but Billy being the American would be more of a shock factor.

6. If the Russians have enough money and equipment to open a gate to another dimension then i’m almost certain they have enough money and equipment to revive someone they deem useful in giving them information about the other dimension they were trying to get to in the first place.

7. He never got a proper farewell/ending, therefore hinting that his story isn’t over.

8. Dacre’s fucking beard (I’m wet) because whether billy is in the upside down or a prison cell i’m sure he wouldn’t have access to a razor to shave.

9. Dacre doesn’t have any projects (that i’m aware of) during the time they start shooting 👁👁

10. If a show where monsters and other dimensions and girls with superpowers exist, it wouldn’t be too hard to believe that someone believed to have died, didn’t. Besides, stranger things have happened.

My clown self agrees.

frenemies

The Addams Family (1991), dir. Barry Sonnenfeld

When the entire cast of Stranger Things tease the new season apart from Dacre 🥺

while i was crying my eyes out, this bitch was looking at beach ball

LoL!