Iron Man War Machine Suit Wearable Armor Costume R&D Full History
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Pre-Order Ultra-Realistic Wearable War Machine Suit Costume
We are now taking pre-orders for the Wearable War Machine Suit. The earlier you pre-order, the larger the discount you will receive!
This is pretty exciting for all of us because this is the most advanced Iron Man suit we have ever built. We will keep posting updates on our development progress until we officially release the suit on February 18th, 2015.
8 Things you need to know before you pre-order the Ultra-Realistic Wearable War Machine Suit Costume
What features will the wearable War Machine suit have exactly?
Fibreglass helmet - Ultra-realistic in its presentation and detail.95% ABS engineering plastic coated surface - This unique feature makes the wearable War Machine suit significantly stronger than ABS alone and gives the suit a tough look and feel.
Auto-adjustable articulated joints for bendable belly & crotch, hip joints, knee joints, elbow joints - These articulated mechanisms and flexible structures connect almost all the armor pieces together and can help to make the suit react significantly better and faster with your movement along with the wearing system.
Retractable M134 mini-gun (Advanced Version) - The iconic M134 mini-gun is retracted in the back by default. When activated it will point to the direction you are looking by taking advantage of the 2 dimensional direction control mechanism and position sensor installed in the helmet. Two rotation limiter will prevent the min-gun from colliding with your helmet.
M134 mini-gun (Basic Version) - This simplified version does not have the 2 dimensional direction control mechanism so the mini-gun cannot retracted or move with your head.
Ex-Wife Missile - We designed a 3-step open and close mechanism for the famous Ex-Wife Missile. After you 'fire' the missile, the front cover of the shoulder weapon compartment will open first then the top cover will lift up to give enough room for the missile supporting structure to lift up and point forward. Finally, the missile will move forward to simulate the launch effect. The deactivation process proceeds in reverse sequence.
Cannons on the forearm - When activated, the cannon gun head will continuously move forward and backward to simulate recoil effect during continuous firing.
Laser plasma on the forearm - When activated, the rectangular protector on the forearm will open and then the laser plasma will lift and activate a 10mW red laser.
Voice changer - With this feature you can now talk in metallic voice.
Other basic add-ons - The wearable War Machine suit is compatible to all the base add-ons, including motorized face plate, eye lights, chest light, arc reactor cover, hand lights/ repulsors with sound effect. One difference is the eye lights and chest lights of the War Machine suit can grow red just like that in the movie.
Finger gesture control - This powerful control allows you to have instant access to a certain single weapon or multiple weapons simultaneously.
How much is the price, advance deposit and discount?
total price- base price, 2,399 USD.
- price of add-ons & accessories, around 3,000 USD for top configuration.
- oversize fee, depends on your measurement, around 100 USD in most cases.
- shipping fee, around 300 USD, depending on your country.
advance deposit, 2,000 USD
Initial Discount, 500 USD, will decrease with time.
The amount you need to pay equals the total price minus the advance deposit and the discount.
Why should I place my pre-order earlier?
If you place pre-order now you will get a larger discount.When will you start to produce my War Machine suit?
The official release date of the wearable War Machine suit is February 18th, 2015. We will then notify you to pay the due amount. And once you pay in full our website will automatically calculate the expected shipping date.It will take about 30-40 working days to build a wearable War Machine suit depending on how many add-ons you required. We will send you photo status report every week until we finish it.
Can I cancel my pre-order anytime and get full refund of my advance deposit?
You can cancel your pre-order anytime before we start to produce your War Machine suit. Once you confirm the cancellation we will refund your full deposit within 1 working day.How long should I wait after you ship the suit?
After we get everything ready we will use DHL or FedEx ?air express to ship your War Machine suit. It usually takes the carrier about 3 working days to deliver the wood boxes to your shipping address. We will send you the tracking number after the carrier pick up your wood boxes. -
Prototype Torso of the Wearable War Machine Suit Costume Mounted With the M134 Mini-gun
We have finished the torso part of the wearable War Machine suit costume and designed an aluminum alloy supporting framework for the direction control mechanism and the main body of the 6 gun-barrels. The aluminum supporting base are mounted to the back armor by four M5*14 screws and a balance structure. The mini-gun can be installed to or removed from the supporting base within 10 seconds with a motor screw-driver. The weight of the entire mini gun and the supporting structure will be around 1 kilogram.
The decoration layer of the M134 Mini-gun was not shown in the photos.
What's coming next
In the next post we will show you the entire finished prototype wearable War Machine suit costume along with some of the finished add-ons.About pre-order
We will start to take preorder this week. There will be discount for pre-orders. The earlier you place your pre-order the more discount you will get. Get prepared!Official release date
It seems the official release date of the wearable War Machine suit will be delayed one or two weeks but we will manage to ship the first suit by the end of January 2015.
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Prototype of the War Machine Costume Suit
Let's examine some of the exciting features under-development for our wearable War Machine suit!
Prototype of the M134 mini-gun
We designed a 2 dimensional rotation platform for the iconic M134 mini-gun mounted on the shoulder back of the War Machine suit. The direction of the mini-gun is controlled by the turning of your head, or more simply, it points to the direction you are looking at. However, the mini-gun does have a rotation range limit -- about 45 degree up and 45 degree horizontal from left to right without running into your head. And the shooting, rotating of the six barrels, is controlled by your voice commend or your finger gesture.
In this video only one dimension of the platform rotation and the 6 barrels rotation was shown.
Prototype of the Ex-Wife Missile
We designed a 3-step open and close mechanism for the War Machine suit's famous Ex-Wife Missile developed by the Hammer Industry. The front cover of the shoulder weapon compartment opens then the top cover of the Ex-Wife Missile lifts up to give enough room for the supporting structure of the missile lift forward.
In this video we did not installed the missile on its supporting structure but you can clearly see all the open and close sequences.
Prototype of the articulated bendable waist & crotch armor
As we have mentioned in our recent post 'Road Map Before the End of 2014', 95% surface of the War Machine suit will be covered by ABS. We designed articulated structure for each segment of the waist and crotch armor so you can do almost all the natural movement your waist or crotch can do -- bend forward or backward or to left or to right or rotate.
In this video we shown all the simulated movement your waist or crotch can do and we make these movements fast to show the structure's reaction and reliability.
