AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR Concept Art Sees Bucky Sport An Arm Inspired By Black Panther's Costume

Avengers: Infinity War saw the "White Wolf" come out of retirement to help Earth's Mightiest Heroes battle Thanos' Outriders, and this concept art reveals a Black Panther-inspired take on Bucky's arm...

By JoshWilding - Aug 26, 2020 11:08 AM EST

Filed Under: Avengers: Infinity War

Avengers: Infinity War gave Bucky a small but pivotal role in the fight against Thanos' Outriders, though he was unfortunately among those dusted by the Mad Titan at the end of the movie.

In some ways, that was probably for the best, because Bucky being around probably would have stopped Captain America and Iron Man ever putting their differences to one side. The hero will make his return in The Falcon and The Winter Soldier...somewhere down the line.

Now, thanks to concept artist Rodney Fuentebella, we have another alternate take on Bucky's arm from the 2018 movie, and it's clear this one is inspired directly by the costume T'Challa wears. In fact, it looks exactly like the Black Panther costume, and might have been fun to see in action.

Ultimately, Marvel Studios went down a different route, though the Wakandan influence was still clear.

Check out the artwork in the Instagram post below:

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Here is a concept I did of Winter Soldier for Avengers Infinity War. I wanted to play with the idea of subtle Black Panther design lines with a Winter Soldier look. Enjoy! - @marvelstudios #avengers #avengersendgame #avengersinfinitywar #buckybarnes #hero #costume #conceptart #wintersoldier #conceptdesign #characterdesign #digitalart #digitalillustration #marvel @rodneyimages

A post shared by Rodney Fuentebella (@rodneyimages) on Aug 25, 2020 at 4:23pm PDT

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34 Comments

Origame - 8/26/2020, 11:25 AM

Kinda nitpicky, but i wish the arm had more of a wakandan flavor, rather than just being his old arm black. Even just that wrist band in this image would've done a great job with that.

Manmarvel - 8/26/2020, 11:29 AM

@Origame - would have been a nice reminder to where he had been and who helped him grow into the hero that gets half of his on TV show.

Origame - 8/26/2020, 11:29 AM

@Manmarvel - definitely

JonC - 8/26/2020, 3:33 PM

@Origame - the one on screen did have a Wakanda flavor and was definitely not his old arm painted black.

Origame - 8/26/2020, 4:02 PM

@JonC - ...do you really not see it? That is definitely just his old arm black.

dracula - 8/26/2020, 11:28 AM

This looks much better, honestly wasn't a big fan of his Infinity War costume

cbtheshads90 - 8/26/2020, 11:56 AM

Uh-oh, Bucky with Black Panther's anything is "black face" racism, lol.

bkmeijer2 - 8/26/2020, 2:58 PM

Definitely looks better that the original, but then in black and gold one we got

Fares - 8/26/2020, 3:41 PM

Bucky looked best in his protrayal in Winter Soldier. And it's been downhill from there.

TheWalkingCuban - 8/26/2020, 8:01 PM

@Fares - agreed but hoping F&tWS fixes that. Make him cool again. #wintersoldiernotbucky

Hulkh8liars - 8/26/2020, 4:36 PM

Black armour arm is dope. Hope we get to see some of the gadgets in the arm during falcon and winter soldier

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