IRON MAN 3 Concept Artist Andy Park Reveals His Awesome Original Design For The Mark XVI Armor

IRON MAN 3 Concept Artist Andy Park Reveals His Awesome Original Design For The Mark XVI Armor

Marvel Studios concept artist Andy Park has taken to social media to share an early design for Iron Man 3's Mark XVI armour, explaining why its colour scheme ended up being changed in the movie...

By JoshWilding - Jun 28, 2020 02:06 AM EST
Filed Under: Iron Man 3

Thanks to Tony Stark's Hall of Armour, Iron Man 3 saw the hero bring hundreds of alternate costumes to give him a helping hand during his battle with A.I.M.'s Aldrich Killian. Ultimately, they were all blown up, but their legacy lives on...through some very expensive Hot Toys action figures! 

Recently, Marvel Studios concept artist Andy Park revealed that he had picked up Mark XVI replica, and later shared some concept art revealing his initial design for the armour. 

As you can see, he explains that the colour was changed in the movie because the final battle took place at night. Grey and black would have been harder to see than red and gold, though it could also be because this suit closely resembles War Machine's recognisable colour scheme.

Check out Park's Iron Man 3 Instagram posts below:
 

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dracula
dracula - 6/28/2020, 2:19 AM
Seriously, would be nice to see the deigns of all the suits from the 3rd movie, like we only got a good look at a hand full
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 6/28/2020, 2:33 AM
@dracula - A lot of them are floating around. I think the MCU Wiki has at least one good image of all of the armors. Here's this one...

https://marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com/wiki/Iron_Man_Armor:_Mark_XVI
99OPTIMISTPRIME
99OPTIMISTPRIME - 6/28/2020, 4:15 AM
@Spock0Clock - The white space suit he was rumored to wear in a post-credit tease for Guardians of the Galaxy, got me so hyped!😂 Hopefully Rhodey gets to eventually wear it.
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 6/28/2020, 2:35 AM
Yeah, the final color scheme butchered the design, I think.

marvel72
marvel72 - 6/28/2020, 10:48 AM
The Mandarin twist broke me when watching Iron Man 3 the first time.I thought the jokes, that annoying kid and the weak ass shit armours just made this the worst MCU movie.
OmegaBlack13
OmegaBlack13 - 6/28/2020, 8:42 PM
Hundreds?
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