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Adam Savage makes Iron Man armor
06-26-2019, 01:18 PM
Not cosplay-level stuff -- this is 3D-printed titanium that's genuinely bulletproof and even
flies.
CNN article here.
And if you don't want to click the link, here's the 3-minute teaser video that was embedded in that article:
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RE: Adam Savage makes Iron Man armor
06-26-2019, 05:28 PM
(06-26-2019, 01:18 PM)Bob Schroeck Wrote: ... this is 3D-printed titanium ...
So, he didn't make it in a cave? Out of a box of scraps?
Not really Iron Man armor, then...
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RE: Adam Savage makes Iron Man armor
06-27-2019, 06:53 PM
(06-27-2019, 03:45 PM)Ebony Wrote: (06-26-2019, 05:28 PM)robkelk Wrote: (06-26-2019, 01:18 PM)Bob Schroeck Wrote: ... this is 3D-printed titanium ...
So, he didn't make it in a cave? Out of a box of scraps?
Not really Iron Man armor, then...
Did... did you just use "No True Scotsman" to rebut building a fictional battlesuit?
Yep. Feel free to bow before my awesomeness. (Or throw fresh tomatoes at me.)
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RE: Adam Savage makes Iron Man armor
06-28-2019, 07:07 AM
I think now is the ideal time to point out that a vanishingly small percentage of Tony Stark's Iron Man suits were built in a cave with a box of scraps.
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RE: Adam Savage makes Iron Man armor
06-28-2019, 12:37 PM
Excuse me, I'm collecting tomatoes.
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