New Thor Costume concept art!

[dualedge]

Anything is better than this:

 

[dualedge]

Also, if you compare it to this pic which IS official, you'll see it's consistent with this. I'm inclined to believe the artwork is legit.

 

[defyitall]

Another thing to think about (same with the Cap concepts shown yesterday) is that they are digital paintings. They may look pretty real and were probably painted over photos of the actors but a lot of the odd textures and material looks is due to the overly crisp digital nature of the concepts.

I'm holding out final judgements until I see some high res real world shots of the actual costume.

 

[paladin]

Don't know about anyone else but I'm getting a Jack Kirby New Gods vibe, also if your suprised at seeing this they jad the Captain America ones up at Scans Daily either yesterday or Tuesday.

 

[Darth Mule]

Xmen, Batman, Fantastic 4, even Superman's new suit had a more modern, detailed look to it. They look better on camera. The simple fact is while a superhero suit looks great in a comic book when it's stretched over enormous hand drawn muscles, the real life suit over a real person would look silly and spandex-y. Look at Christopher Reeve's suit...it was cool then, but it looks incredibly dated now. Suits like this seem more based in reality...space age materials we can't have, but we imagine they would have in the comic book world.

Not all true and a very flawed argument. Not all of them look better on camera. Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should and some of these choices they make are running against the basic laws of costume design. For instance, the materials of Thor's costume should reflect those available in Asgard, so unless the Norse heaven has a slew of latex slingers at its disposal... You get the point.

Also, I disagree that the spandex is always a bad choice. Some of these characters (like Supes and Spidey) can pretty much only be done in spandex without looking just plain wrong and the new movies support that. They may have used a dye technique to texturize them, and put raised webbing on spidey, but they are still very clearly spandex suits.

This is the problem with using a concept artist to design these instead of a costume designer. A good costume designer can draw a parallel between the 2D comic version and the 3D realized version taking into account fabrics and textures that a concept artist can't. Even with 3D texture simulators in Photoshop. Its something we do every day. For instance, I'm currently designing Wizard of Oz in which the challenge lies in doing my own design while making them look enough like the characters from the MGM film to pass the audience's judgement.

Another thing to think about (same with the Cap concepts shown yesterday) is that they are digital paintings. They may look pretty real and were probably painted over photos of the actors but a lot of the odd textures and material looks is due to the overly crisp digital nature of the concepts.

I'm holding out final judgements until I see some high res real world shots of the actual costume.

Valid point. Hopefully this is the case and we'll have a less shiny version for the production model.

I'm not a fan of these over-photoshopped character designs. What ever happened to picking up a pencil and drawing?

 

[IronManiac]

Not all true and a very flawed argument. Not all of them look better on camera. Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should and some of these choices they make are running against the basic laws of costume design. For instance, the materials of Thor's costume should reflect those available in Asgard, so unless the Norse heaven has a slew of latex slingers at its disposal... You get the point.

Also, I disagree that the spandex is always a bad choice. Some of these characters (like Supes and Spidey) can pretty much only be done in spandex without looking just plain wrong and the new movies support that. They may have used a dye technique to texturize them, and put raised webbing on spidey, but they are still very clearly spandex suits.

You'll have to forgive me, i don't know about Thor's history, but i'm sure the movie will have a costume design for the 'flashback' or 'origin' scenes. What you see above is probably what you'll see in scenes that take place in the present. I can only imagine how silly a fuzzy booted, tunic wearing hero would look standing next to modern tech like iron man. I know he's a god and all, but modern times = modern suit.

Spidey and Superman are two examples of taking spandex to the next level. Both of their suits have subtle texture in the movies, which gives it depth and feels more real. And as you said, the raised parts are added to give even more depth...the webbing and the superman shield on his chest have 3d elements that look more modern.

Me personally, I didn't grow up reading comics, so I don't have any emotional attachments to how the characters look. I think that's a big part of how people feel about their comic book movie costumes. As long as it looks good and makes sense in that universe, seeing these characters brought to life is almost always good enough for me.

 

[CustomPropSculptorGuy]

I like it - I do.

It's just funny seeing the true "fan" come out from some people who want to see a comic-representation of a 2-d character when it just wont work in what the majority want when it comes to a "modern-day" approach by directors.

But I have been wrong before...

 

[TMP]

He is a GOD! Why wear these clothing?

Its like dressing the Greek good with jeans and hiking boots... Nothining or little Norse with this. Another intresting thing who got the copyright of a GOD?

 

[Aquaman]

does everyone know the story/script they went with. This Thor seems more like the newer version. Correct me, but Asgard gets rebuilt in the desert in the new books and all the Norse have to be found and have to remember they are Norse Asgardians? And Thor doesn't wear a helmet in the new version a whole lot I guess. not sure...

 

[Sporkey]

The concept art makes the chest piece look like rubber, but from the actual photo we can see that it supposed to be metal. I think the actual full costume will look much more believable than the art.

 

[Darth Mule]

You'll have to forgive me, i don't know about Thor's history, but i'm sure the movie will have a costume design for the 'flashback' or 'origin' scenes. What you see above is probably what you'll see in scenes that take place in the present. I can only imagine how silly a fuzzy booted, tunic wearing hero would look standing next to modern tech like iron man. I know he's a god and all, but modern times = modern suit.

This has nothing to do with being a fan of the comics. I'm not really a Thor or Avengers fan anyway. This has to do with good design vs. bad design. If your realistic materials Thor looks silly next to Iron Man, that isn't because he's wearing fuzzy boots and a tunic, its because he's wearing bad fuzzy boots and a bad tunic. And as far your comment: "I know he's a god and all, but modern times = modern suit.", isn't that just a little short sighted? Don't you think being a god would transcend time? Also, being a god comes with a god-sized ego. Do you really think they'd stop to say "hey.. I should blend in with Iron Man before I join the Avengers."

 

[Ramiel]

Again, like the Captain America concept, I think they did QUITE a good job, but with one big mistake... They overdid it!
To much stuff going on on these costumes, and not exactly the right kind...
The problem I see with these costumes is that those looks like costumes!
Not like something someone, even a superhero would wear.

Ironman worked great, because he DESIGNED an armored suit, he is a tech genius, so it would fit just right, but for a WWII superhero I would have used a more "period" military style clothes, modified of course, but still WWII combat gear, canvas and whatnot.
Same goes for Thor.

I can live with it, but it's too damn hi-tech! That costume seems to scream: "look at me, I'm an alien God!"
Is this Stargate or a Marvel movie?

Maybe cleaning up a bit the design would be slightly better... What do you think?
(Just a quick Photoshop touch-up)

 

[defyitall]

I'm not a fan of these over-photoshopped character designs. What ever happened to picking up a pencil and drawing?

Because studio execs are idiots in suits and need their hand held. Now that you can hire someone to do a near photo real painting over a photo of the actual actor, they figure that's the best way to make sure the execs don't go, "Why doesn't it look like Chris Evans?"

 

[WarpedScale]

'Tis a might too modern for the Odinson, but otherwise it could have been much much worse. I'm sure it will all play out on the big screen to an acceptable level.

I'm not opposed to it but there are things I would have like slightly different.

Ryu

 

[tain669]

He looks a little like Thunderstrike .

 

[kuzushi]

overall: hammer is nice, suit is just okay. I like Ramiel's version much better - particularly the pants.

 

[upandatom]

I'd prefer a little colour in the boots, the costume looks very drab from the waist down, maybe some gold to herald back to the yellow in Thor's original costume.

Mjolnir's not what I expected, I'm reserving judgment on it for now...

 

[TMP]

does everyone know the story/script they went with. This Thor seems more like the newer version. Correct me, but Asgard gets rebuilt in the desert in the new books and all the Norse have to be found and have to remember they are Norse Asgardians? And Thor doesn't wear a helmet in the new version a whole lot I guess. not sure...

Why does everything have to be in America?? :confused :confused :confused :confused :confused
As Norwegian i feel this is like trowing dirt in or history and the Scandinavians.. I dont mind them wanting to make a story about TOR the Viking goods, but if they first play with the charracter then please do him Justice storywise..

Building Åsgard in the arizona desert?confused

The Asguardians with fur and leather wear comming from a Nordic enviroment... Wow talking about rally changing the story of a NORSE God... Its like we will make ***** into a Swede with blong long hair looking like Bjørn Borg the tennisplayer and pretending that could be very likly to plauseble. I KNOW... I am comparing the extreme, but this is our heritage and our history that is beeing messed with and twisting it all arround.


WETA Should been on these providing some Northern details to the suit like they did in lord of the rings. The vikings were know for detailing their pieces with dragon murals and Norse inspired details.

I want them to be more inspired by orginal design from that era:

This is original jewelry of the era of Tors Hammer:

I wished they could have keept with somewhat the original shape.

 

[Nilz]

Why does everything have to be in America?? :confused :confused :confused :confused :confused
As Norwegian i feel this is like trowing dirt in or history and the Scandinavians.. I dont mind them wanting to make a story about TOR the Viking goods, but if they first play with the charracter then please do him Justice storywise..

Building Åsgard in the arizona desert?confused

The Asguardians with fur and leather wear comming from a Nordic enviroment... Wow talking about rally changing the story of a NORSE God... Its like we will make ***** into a Swede with blong long hair looking like Bjørn Borg the tennisplayer and pretending that could be very likly to plauseble. I KNOW... I am comparing the extreme, but this is our heritage and our history that is beeing messed with and twisting it all arround.

Agreed.. but remember that everything is about America in Hollywood. Didn't you know that ***** was born in New York City? lol...

 

[TV8]

@TMP - totally agree. The first year graphic designer students who did this costume should go back to the drawing board after doing some research on Norse mythology. Otherwise they are tempting another Fantastic Four 2. Next they will tell us that Loki is going to be a nebulous cloud because it's more satisfying than actually showing the character on screen :rolleyes