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How to build your own massive Eddie!

By on August 2, 2012

One of our loyal readers  helped build the gigantic Eddie that graced Iron Maiden‘s ‘The Final Frontier’ World Tour. And well, if you have enough materials and manpower, why not give it a try yourself, eh?

 

 

A sculpture is scanned and worked on digitally. The file was then sent to a company that used a cnc process to mill out the polystyrene seen in the picture above.

 

After sticking the differnt sections of the head together we carved and tidied it up before first painting it and then covering it in silicone. Over this we applied a number of coats of fibreglass.

 

After the fibreglass had cured the styrene is pulled out creating an open shell. This is pretty much as far as my involvement went with the project.

 

These are the fingers which were later rigged with animatronics to make them move on the stage show.

 

And here’s the man of the hour.

Iron Maiden are currently trekking the Maiden England tour across the US. You can read our review of their Calgary show here.

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