Captain America Costume Art Leaks Online

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<i>Captain America</i> Costume Art Leaks Online  

If you’ll recall, yesterday we posted a description by JoBlo’s Mike Sampson of the star-spangled costume for Captain America: The First Avenger. If you found his detailed description a little difficult to envision, fear not: AICN has posted four images that Sampson now confirms “aren’t just fan mockups — these are the real deal.”

“The art you see [...] is just one of the many pieces that I was shown last week,” Sampson writes. “We were asked by our source to not run the images on the site though we agreed that I could discuss them in detail. But now that AICN has posted them, it seems like fair game (also they seem to be removed of the watermarks and details that would’ve given away my source). You can see that it’s not quite the Ultimates version of Captain America that many thought but it’s somewhat close.”

You can click on the image at the right to see it much larger. More are available at AICN.

Directed by Joe Johnston, Captain America: The First Avenger is due in theaters on July 22, 2011. The Marvel Studios film stars Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Sebastian Stan and Hayley Atwell.

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  • Lando

    lose the vertical straps and you got yourself a pretty good costume here. I think it stays faithful enough.

  • Deco

    SUSPENDERS?!?

    actually not too bad – pretty much what you'd expect from movie costume: thick, rubbery, lots of extraneous detail (like the piping) that doesn't make sense but looks good on screen. Nice helmet especially. I always liked that look from the maguire/nicieza prestige series way back when

  • Deco

    SUSPENDERS?!?

    actually not too bad – pretty much what you'd expect from movie costume: thick, rubbery, lots of extraneous detail (like the piping) that doesn't make sense but looks good on screen. Nice helmet especially. I always liked that look from the maguire/nicieza prestige series way back when

  • Nik

    I dig on the straps. They're straps, who cares? Looks very military, pretty realistic. Thumbs up.

  • Kolymar

    It looks pretty good.

  • Kolymar

    It looks pretty good.

  • Kolymar

    It looks pretty good.

  • Kolymar

    It looks pretty good.

  • DA

    Where are the wings on the side of the head???

  • Michael

    Not a fan of the seam positions. Too tech-y looking for WWII suit, even if it's a super suit. Why have the shoulder pads and a star on the sleeve? The original shield needs to make an appearance.

  • redvector

    I believe this is the modern uniform he's issued at the end of the film. This just doesn't say WW2.

  • http://twitter.com/smokefrog65 Mauricio Espino

    I like it… but it seem more like the Ultimate version

  • Schnitzy Pretzelpants

    Totally agree. If this is what he ends up wearing when he's revived, it looks great.

    I'll even go so far as to say that it looks great, period, just that the piping looks really out of place in WWII, I thing having trousers more akin to blue fatigues would be better – isn't that what he wore in the flashbacks in Ultimates? Fatigues?

  • Ryan

    It was obvious that the design would lean toward the Ultimates version (no wings, more of a helmet than a cowl, military boots). For the most part, I like it. If it were up to me, I would've stopped the shoulder pads at the shoulder. The way they are pictured, covering some bicep, makes me think they'd get in the way of some flexibility.

  • Roquefort Raider

    Captain America never struck me as a belt-and-suspenders kind of guy!!!

  • Mike

    I'm not overall shocked by it. Seems like the typical Hollywood superhero costume we've all come to expect. I'm ok with it. I just wish they could have at least stenciled the wings on the sides of the helmet to bring it more in line with the classic Cap look as opposed to the Ultimate version as we saw with Brian Hitch's rendition in the Cap: Reborn mini.

  • CapsAvenger22

    This sucks. He needs his classic, iconic costume that the real fans love and recognize. DAMMIT! If you're not gonna do it right, don't do it at all. My excitement for this movie on a scale of 1 to 10 just went from a 12 to a 2.

  • http://www.mayburyhill.com lead sharp

    Like this a lot as it blends a lot of elements together. Be nice if they went a little closer to the comic for The Avengers but, yeah I can dig this.

    Shame we've had nothing from GL… Oh wait a man in a grey body stocking and a shot of John Merrick.

  • http://twitter.com/Zebramag Jameson Lee

    This looks great, but I agree that painted-on wings should be added to the helmet.

  • Ozymandas

    Why does a fireman wear red suspenders?

    I guess he wants to look like Cap.

    The costume looks good overall but I've got some small gripes here & there. Fine with the costume being inspired by Ultimate or Reborn Cap & wings as a design on the mask, not to crazy about the style of the wings and the “A”. Don't like the stripes on the arms too much. I appreciate what they are trying for with the suspenders, but the white and red “stripes” should be closer to the same width than whet we're getting here. The result leaves too much emphasis on the belly. Still much, much better than it could have been.

  • Grant

    It does look a little too modern but I'm guessing Howard Stark will help him put it together though.. But I think it looks cool and feels like actual combat gear. I can't say I'm missing the wings to be honest.

  • Ozymandas

    Oops – didn't look that closely and assumed that the mask was the same as the other floating around on the web, which has a stylized “A” and wings painted on the sides and the mouth and eye-holes are way too big. This is better but they should paint those wings on.

  • Joe

    I hate it. Stupid Bryan Hitch Ultimates version. Can We just outlaw Bryan Hitch from redesigning anything.

  • BeastieRunner

    Suspenders!

  • Jason

    Get rid of the suspenders, put the vertical red stripes back on the waist part, put the wings on, and it would be fine. Shoulders look a tad goofy, but overall, I feared much worse.

    Of course, let's all keep in mind that this is concept art. The final product could look a LOT different.

  • Han

    Can we just outlaw you from commenting?

    Seriously, I think the design is fine
    Let's be honest, the wings look pretty ridiculous by today's standards.

  • Han

    Can we just outlaw you from commenting?

    Seriously, I think the design is fine
    Let's be honest, the wings look pretty ridiculous by today's standards.

  • Jason

    Well, the dude says it's “the real deal”, but I still think it could look a little different yet, maybe not a LOT though.

    I'm skeptical if this was a true “leak”.

  • The Watcher

    Don't they know his nickname is “ol' Winghead”?

    Seriously, let's use the REAL costume Steve Rogers has worn for SEVENTY YEARS.

  • Ben

    What? You think you can do better? Hitch is masterful. Get over it.

  • Derrick Roberts

    Belt doesn't bother me, but if you have a belt, do you need suspenders?

  • Duwey

    Not bad at all. I actually like this costume, straps and all.

  • Sir Manley Johnson

    Pretty darn good except, and I know this is a petty fanboy complaint, where are the wings? That's one of the defining elements of captain America's identity. those wings are 'freedom', the American Eagle, a bit of viking and a just plain unique aspect of his look. Ah well…

  • Nilla

    Then I would have to say that you are not a fan at all. As much as we love his costume, it's not possible to make it work on screen.

  • freetraffic

    Psssh..it'll do a 100 million just based fact its linked to teh avengers. People want the dumb team up flick. Iron Man was just “good enough” in the public's eyes.

  • Geoff

    Your comment should be etched in a bronze plaque and posted throughout the world as irrefutable evidence that “real fans” should never ever be involved creatively with anything.

  • Cole Moore Odell

    I will be skeptical that these are official until the studio confirms it–all of these poses are lifted from recent comics or seem to be pictures of Evans in other roles (for instance, the image of Cap racing toward the viewer is from the first issue cover of Epting and Brubaker's Cap. While a concept artist might use these poses to see how the costume looks/moves, it seems more likely to me that a forger would rely on these kinds of shots, while a studio artist would come up with his/her own poses.

    That said, I like the costume.

  • dumbsaint

    Don't like the big white belly stripe, the red pouches don't offset it enough. Makes him look fat.

  • Ortiz

    Looks pretty good, was a little worried about this costume, but this is a good design.

    Peace.

  • Verminous

    Well the fact that you don't seem to be able to count is a great indication that your opinion should be ignored.

  • Inactiveman

    A lot of “service belts” now have these suspenders on them because it reduces strain on the back.

    Many military and police forces are moving to them now.

  • Marc Simons

    Why mess with the classic? oh RIGHT this would be HOLLYWOOD that is their job. too bad. His actual costume would look fine on screen as well. did these shmegs learn NOTHING from the cheesy 70's TV show. put the man in HIS costume. but whatever, who really listens to us fans anyway.

  • Nik

    Jesus, suddenly it's a fucking Bravo show around here. Everybody's a fashionista. He looks awesome. Next!

  • Tom

    It's ugly. Hollywood always has to change things to suit it's own needs.What was wrong with the way Kirby drew it? Too much patriotism for them and not dark enough.Heaven forbid they should actually try and make it work.IF they bothered to understand the underlying reasons Kirby and Simon created it the way they did, they wouldn't mess with it. NO, everything has to have that “Hollywood Stamp” on it. I'm so tired of that fact that they think we won't understand what's going on. I think they're the ones that don't have a clue…….

  • anonymous

    Pouches! The giant pouches!

    Yet, to go full Liefield he needs more.

  • Bradfors

    I have to say I no longer want to see this film.

  • RDS

    I don't like it, but the no head wing thing? Even if you can't make protruding ones work, how about painting the damn things on?

  • Mand01

    Please – Cap's wings are pathetic as. Glad to see them go – quit living in the past. It would be different if you were complaining about something cool, but let's face it, Cap's costume needed a redesign to stop him looking like a sad 50s throwback.
    Get over it – Batman was redesigned for modern audiences, and we all survived the trauma.

  • Mark

    Never underestimate nerd rage