3-D Cap art by Swedish artist Sven Juhlin

[tonks07.livejournal.com]

Click it to see a bigger version. A creepy Red Skull is also at the site: www.comicsalliance.com/2010/01/06/3d-renderings-of-captain-america-and-red-skull/

dirty mind is dirty while staring at this picture. Someone should repost that scan of the epic Cap statue for comparison. ;)

Comments

[perrypadfoot.livejournal.com]

Unf, nice.

[cosmicbiscuit.livejournal.com]

Nice flagpole.

[brainmuffin.livejournal.com]

Oh, Christ, I'm sorry, but that is disproportionate and hugely creepy. Red Skull, on the other hand, is fantastically creepy, though.

[elspethdixon.livejournal.com]

That is gorgeously detailed. *grins* I think it says something about how far I've descended into comicsbook geekery that my very first thought was "the shield would never have peeling paint like that, because it's not painted."

I love the texture on the costume, though something about his neck isn't quite right. *does not make crack about Liefeld art*

[valtyr]

Is the shield not painted? How is the colour applied, then? I recall the inside as being silvery, so I kind of assumed paint or lacquer?

[elspethdixon.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure, but in all those panels of Wolverine's adamantium claws clanging harmlessly off Cap's shield that Marvel's so fond of, you never see it get scratched, so the color must be bonded to the metal somehow. And the blank shield he had when he was sulking being "the Captain" was a newly-made one he got from Tony -- if the colors on his "real" shield were regular paint, they'd presumably be removable and he could have just gotten his regular shield stripped down to bare metal.

[valtyr]

Hm, well. I'm more inclined to ascribe that to art-fail, really (With the in universe explanation that Cap is so badass he deflects the claws to defend his paint job.)

And surely, he could paint over his shield-colours, or make a cover. So yeah, I'm still inclined towards some kind of tough paint of lacquer. :)

[otherhazards.livejournal.com]

I remember it being a 'baked' on combination of mettallic-based pigments and zinc oxide, but I can't remember where I saw that.
Basically it's all -metal- aside from the leather arm-straps but only the silvery-colored shield shape itself is made of near-indestructible Adamantium/Vibranium alloy. The 'paint' layer is technically metal too, but it's possible to scratch through that.

...And yes, I suspect details about this unique and fascinating metallurgical anomaly WOULD occur to Tony in the shower from time to time... (G)

[valtyr]

That seems logical.

Except.

How do the straps attach to the shield? :D Glue?

One day I will write a fic where Tony seduces Steve, marries him and then divorces him and takes the shield. IT WAS ALL HE WAS REALLY AFTER.

[otherhazards.livejournal.com]

Snaps. The leather straps have holes that fit over specially-shaped studs on the underside of the shield.

[valtyr]

Hm. If it was designed to be a shield, I suppose it makes sense, but I was under the impression the scientist was just making samples. So it would be odd for it to have fittings.

[otherhazards.livejournal.com]

Yeahhh, there's always been something that didn't quite taste right about that, starting with how damn -smooth- the shield is. Have you ever seen the top hatch of a tank? (supposedly, that was the mold the scientist used) It does NOT look like a convex mirror.
It is entirely possible that the shield could have been coated with a lesser metal after the fact, though. Just because something can't be cut, doesn't mean it can't be -added- to. Maybe the snap-attachments were welded to the inner dip-coat instead of the invulnerable metal of the shield itself? (guessing)

[valtyr]

That would make a lot of sense!

[valtyr]

Is he smoking a ciger? How weird. Cap used to be a pipe-smoker.

I like the curve of his back; I'm with elspethdixon that the muscle from shoulder to neck doesn't look quite right. Could just be the angle, though.

Thanks for psoting this!

[elspethdixon.livejournal.com]

I think he borrowed the cigar from Nick Fury. (seanchai's theory about the pipe-smoking in the Golden Age Cap stuff is that he deliberately chose a pipe over cigarettes in a vain attempt to look more mature and dignified. Or because he was a secret Sherlock Holmes fanboy.)

[valtyr]

Haha yes, I can see twenty-three year old Steve desperately trying to present himself as dignified and mature, especially with Fury razzing him.

This Steve, in attitude and accessories, does seem a little different in mood from the comics Cap.

[tonks07.livejournal.com]

I like these theories! I bet Steve would love Sherlock Holmes.

*has a sudden need for fics with Steve and Fury smoking*

[elspethdixon.livejournal.com]

Steve would be one of those fanboys who rants about how the movie Got It All Wrong. Except the movies he rants about would be the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce movies, and he'd be ranting about the un-canonical portrayal of Watson as ineffectual comic relief.

Steve pretty much never smokes in 1963-onward canon, so I'm guessing that either the pipe was an affectation, or that he got over the nicotine addiction while on ice for all those years and then simply never picked it back up again. Possibly option two, since practically everyone seems to have smoked in the 40s.

[stormseye.livejournal.com]

Did Tony ever smoke? I'm guessing during his playboy/pre-Iron Man days he must have. But maybe he had to stop once his heart got all wonky?

Now I want a fic where Steve and Tony have to quit smoking together

[elspethdixon.livejournal.com]

Well, there's one panel in Avengers #7 where he's shown smoking while wearing the chestplate. It's one of those WTF moments where you realize that the 1960s really was a different time. It's the only Tony smoking instance I can recall off the top of my head, which kind of heightens the "why is he smoking here?" aspect, but he might be smoking in other early 60s stuff and I just didn't notice/don't remember because the cigarettes paled in terms of Cold War Cracktasticness beside the slang, clothes, and plots..

[evercharmer.livejournal.com]

I don't care how strong you are. This isn't how neck goes. Also, paint chip?
Other than that, hello Cap. You seem. . . happy today.