Fan Spends 14 Months Building Awesome Iron Man Suit Out of Cardboard and Fiberglass

Mark Pearson , a 44 - year -old repairman who wants a comic book , has spent 14 months of his life to creating an almost perfect replica of the Iron Man suit Tony Stark , from sheets of cardboard fiberglass range .

Perason is certainly not the first one to build a replica of the famous Iron man suit , but she is actually one of the most realistic looking , regardless of the material during the build . " I do not know why I did it " , the repairman from Bradford , West Yorkshire , saying , " I guess this is just a moment of madness . I decided on making the helmet then I said to my partner - I'm going to make the whole suit " the comics fan bought himself a 12ft cardboard model of Robert Downey Jr. in his iconic superhero suit , began work on helmet . but just can not stop . He downloaded the template from the Internet , and made ​​them into cardboard molds . Once all that is created , he is able to create fiberglass parts of his impressive Iron Man suit .

" He told me ' you're 44 , what are you doing making a model of a man from comic books ? " Remember the repairman , but when he finally saw it done and the reactions it provoked all in their homeland , he delighted . But the strangest thing about the Iron Man suit particular it helps to NOT fit its own maker . Mark only 5ft 6in , so she had to find a suitable man Tony Stark type to put his creation fiberglass . He was able to convince 24 - year -old Darren Higgins , a local supermarket manager , to put on the armor and stand in front of Bradford theater , film goers waving attending a screening of The Avengers .

The Iron Man suit made ​​by Mark Pearson started as a range of 400 sheets of cardboard that he became a 3D structure , and later in a fiberglass copy . It has some nice touch , such as flashing lights for eyes , hands and chest , but Pearson said he also used quite a few household items . For example , the art reactor in the chest started off as an ordinary ashtray . He said the suit is still a work in progress , and he has some cool ideas about what to add to it later . " All it's missing is the ability to fly - but that can become quite confusing . Actually I would have needed superpowers myself you made that possible ," says Mark .

Asked why he chose Iron Man suit , the repairman English said "I'm not sure why I chose Iron Man . I'ma big fan and I think I like the fact that he is not really a superhero , he is a man just with a flying suit . Yet what a suit - it's the Ferrari of superhero suit " I'd have to agree with him on that one . . About the new Avengers movie , he really enjoyed it , especially to see what it can do the new Iron Man suit , and said " it looked almost as good as mine " .