Iron Man Wednesdays – MKV Armour – ‘The Classic’

The Iron Man Mark V armour - markers - Lee Sargent

Wow I almost didn’t make it in time to get this up for Iron Man Wednesday!  I actually got distracted with a mash-up illustration that I’ve been thinking about and of course I know you guys like the mash-ups!

Anyway this is the classic Iron Man armour, if they were to go back to this armour in the comics I’d be a pretty happy man because I actually prefer the old school armours to the Rolex one they have now (I think in recent issues they’ve been digging the old ones up whilst Tony is on the run *sigh remember when they just told superhero stories rather than long drawn out soap operas?).

Again I wanted this to feel a little cartoonish and fun!

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  • it's still wednesday overhere. I guess that's the upside of being Australian, it's hard to be a day late :P
    I like the idea of the pose, but I think Arkonbey is on point with the dynamism.
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  • Rol
    I'm not sure I know the difference between this armour and last week's. That's not a criticism of the art - indeed, last week's had that definite chunky George Tuska style, and this was more reminiscent of the classic Layton period. I just assumed those were the same suit of armour, but drawn by different artists.
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  • Lee
    Sorry Rol - forgot to answer this one - the main differences in the MK IV and the MK V is in the arm join at the shoulder - in the MK IV they are huge, also the tops of the boots and the gloves are also huge. The helmet has larger ear cones in the IV and the MK V has a smoother connection to the red peak on the helmet (at least that's often the impression - it is open to interpretation by each artist I expect).

    LOL I think the difference is more an artform than a science :P
  • I have to say, this lacks the solidity and dynamism of your earlier Iron Men (Mans?).

    Especially compared to This one and especially this one.

    I can kind of see what you were going for, though. Perhaps a look at Darwyn Cooke's work might get some synapses firing.
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