Captain Marvel Captain Marvel costume thread

[jamce]

hey guys! thanks for the comments and critiques!
I couldn't help but give my girl Katee her own poster. She's my pick for the role!

 

[Dark Raven]

That costume with the texture looks pretty cool. I like how the top part in red looks like a uniform as well. Not sure how that starburst stays place over her boobs though. I think either it needs to be higher up or has to be an embossed print on her uniform itself rather than a 3D symbol attached on later.

 

[MbJ]

Wonder Woman's costume is different because her character is different. She's an Amazon warrior princess. Carol Danvers is a respected US Air Force officer. Her wearing a stripperiffic costume like Wonder Woman is as out of place as Jim Rhodes dressing up like Conan the Barbarian.

This.

Plus my guess will be her costume is going to be some sort of Kree battle suit or ceremonial outfit. I can't see them thinking a swimming suit and high heels would be something to wear in battle.

I'd personally like to see her current costume but given a more "alien" vibe. Something like a more competent version of what they tried to do with Green Lantern's energy costume.

Marvel are probably using Captain Marvel though for trademark reasons to ensure that that name is continually in use, and perhaps also to stick it to DC/WB with their Shazam film.

Less to do with trademark and more to do with branding. Like it or not she hasn't gone by the name "Ms. Marvel" in a while and they've begun pushing her as Captain Marvel in other forms of media. It makes more sense to not confuse audiences since they already have a new character named Ms. Marvel.

 

[MbJ]

Again, this is also about cultivating a new audience who is not really as acquainted Ms. Marvel. Male viewers would delight in a franchise led by an intelligent, sexy and powerful superheroine for once.

I think they're less worried about male viewers wanting to find her hot and more about the female audiences who might be turned off if they perceive Carol as a character for men to wank off to.

The Marvel movies (particularly the Thor ones) have done a good job putting female viewers in the seats so I can see why they wouldn't want to put Captain Marvel in a costume that by your own admission would be there to give boys something to ogle.

hey guys! thanks for the comments and critiques!
I couldn't help but give my girl Katee her own poster. She's my pick for the role!

Nice job. I'm not too big on Sackoff in the role but I love your work on this!

 

[Iceman]

hey guys! thanks for the comments and critiques!
I couldn't help but give my girl Katee her own poster. She's my pick for the role!

Costume looks great here

 

[flickchick85]

I was wondering what everyone else's thoughts were in regards to the logistics of the costume. Ya know, all the Avengers have a thing with their costume - Cap just puts his on like a uniform the old-fashioned way, Tony has all sorts of clever devices that assemble his around him like a suit of armor, Thor "summons" his from the sky, and Banner, well...he Hulks out and loses all but his pants.

So how should it work for Carol? In the current comics, she just conjures it at will, without so much as a hand motion, and the molecular structure of the suit transforms accordingly. But I feel like on film this would fall a bit flat without some kind of visual anchor for it. My thought for such an anchor is the starburst - like, have the starburst be a Kree "medallion" or pendant type of thing (like a symbol of rank) that "stores" Mar-Vell's uniform, perhaps locked into each Kree soldier's individual DNA so only that soldier can activate it at will. When he wants to suit up, he can just hold it up to his chest and the uniform then forms around it (and the wearer's body), and he can control its appearance/molecular structure at will like in the comics. Of course, as Mar-Vell is dying, he can then pass the starburst medallion on to Carol, which she can use because his DNA melded with hers. I just feel like the starburst would be a good source for the uniform because it's a small enough item that they can always carry with them wherever they go.

Anybody else have ideas for how the uniform/costume/armor could work?

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

I was wondering what everyone else's thoughts were in regards to the logistics of the costume. Ya know, all the Avengers have a thing with their costume - Cap just puts his on like a uniform the old-fashioned way, Tony has all sorts of clever devices that assemble his around him like a suit of armor, Thor "summons" his from the sky, and Banner, well...he Hulks out and loses all but his pants.

So how should it work for Carol? In the current comics, she just conjures it at will, without so much as a hand motion, and the molecular structure of the suit transforms accordingly. But I feel like on film this would fall a bit flat without some kind of visual anchor for it. My thought for such an anchor is the starburst - like, have the starburst be a Kree "medallion" or pendant type of thing (like a symbol of rank) that "stores" Mar-Vell's uniform, perhaps locked into each Kree soldier's individual DNA so only that soldier can activate it at will. When he wants to suit up, he can just hold it up to his chest and the uniform then forms around it (and the wearer's body), and he can control its appearance/molecular structure at will like in the comics. Of course, as Mar-Vell is dying, he can then pass the starburst medallion on to Carol, which she can use because his DNA melded with hers. I just feel like the starburst would be a good source for the uniform because it's a small enough item that they can always carry with them wherever they go.

Anybody else have ideas for how the uniform/costume/armor could work?

Your idea sounds fine to me. If Mar-vell is under cover on Earth then him having some kind of "cammo" tech that hides his alien nature and his Kree uniform, perhaps it is what he wears. Like you wrote it could be keyed to Mar-vell's genetic code and when we see Carol gets his powers BOOM, she now can put on his uniform which molds to fit her. Being stored in a pendant or a bracelet (or bracelets? An allusion to the Nega Bands?) works for me. Make the sash, it's specific color and design, the insignia of an officer's rank in the Kree military.

 

[MbJ]

I was wondering what everyone else's thoughts were in regards to the logistics of the costume. Ya know, all the Avengers have a thing with their costume - Cap just puts his on like a uniform the old-fashioned way, Tony has all sorts of clever devices that assemble his around him like a suit of armor, Thor "summons" his from the sky, and Banner, well...he Hulks out and loses all but his pants.

So how should it work for Carol? In the current comics, she just conjures it at will, without so much as a hand motion, and the molecular structure of the suit transforms accordingly. But I feel like on film this would fall a bit flat without some kind of visual anchor for it. My thought for such an anchor is the starburst - like, have the starburst be a Kree "medallion" or pendant type of thing (like a symbol of rank) that "stores" Mar-Vell's uniform, perhaps locked into each Kree soldier's individual DNA so only that soldier can activate it at will. When he wants to suit up, he can just hold it up to his chest and the uniform then forms around it (and the wearer's body), and he can control its appearance/molecular structure at will like in the comics. Of course, as Mar-Vell is dying, he can then pass the starburst medallion on to Carol, which she can use because his DNA melded with hers. I just feel like the starburst would be a good source for the uniform because it's a small enough item that they can always carry with them wherever they go.

Anybody else have ideas for how the uniform/costume/armor could work?

It'd be cool if they did something like what Mar-Vell had in Earth's Mightiest Heroes, where her costume just sort of spontaneously appears and forms around her.

 

[cph9fa]

I was wondering what everyone else's thoughts were in regards to the logistics of the costume. Ya know, all the Avengers have a thing with their costume - Cap just puts his on like a uniform the old-fashioned way, Tony has all sorts of clever devices that assemble his around him like a suit of armor, Thor "summons" his from the sky, and Banner, well...he Hulks out and loses all but his pants.

So how should it work for Carol? In the current comics, she just conjures it at will, without so much as a hand motion, and the molecular structure of the suit transforms accordingly. But I feel like on film this would fall a bit flat without some kind of visual anchor for it. My thought for such an anchor is the starburst - like, have the starburst be a Kree "medallion" or pendant type of thing (like a symbol of rank) that "stores" Mar-Vell's uniform, perhaps locked into each Kree soldier's individual DNA so only that soldier can activate it at will. When he wants to suit up, he can just hold it up to his chest and the uniform then forms around it (and the wearer's body), and he can control its appearance/molecular structure at will like in the comics. Of course, as Mar-Vell is dying, he can then pass the starburst medallion on to Carol, which she can use because his DNA melded with hers. I just feel like the starburst would be a good source for the uniform because it's a small enough item that they can always carry with them wherever they go.

Anybody else have ideas for how the uniform/costume/armor could work?

I like this idea a lot. I had been thinking of having a similar type of effect with Mar-Vell's armor coming from his wristbands (as Krypton suggests), but having it be directly related to the starburst symbol, which then gets transferred to Carol, is brilliant.

 

[DrCosmic]

I was wondering what everyone else's thoughts were in regards to the logistics of the costume. Ya know, all the Avengers have a thing with their costume - Cap just puts his on like a uniform the old-fashioned way, Tony has all sorts of clever devices that assemble his around him like a suit of armor, Thor "summons" his from the sky, and Banner, well...he Hulks out and loses all but his pants.

So how should it work for Carol? In the current comics, she just conjures it at will, without so much as a hand motion, and the molecular structure of the suit transforms accordingly. But I feel like on film this would fall a bit flat without some kind of visual anchor for it. My thought for such an anchor is the starburst - like, have the starburst be a Kree "medallion" or pendant type of thing (like a symbol of rank) that "stores" Mar-Vell's uniform, perhaps locked into each Kree soldier's individual DNA so only that soldier can activate it at will. When he wants to suit up, he can just hold it up to his chest and the uniform then forms around it (and the wearer's body), and he can control its appearance/molecular structure at will like in the comics. Of course, as Mar-Vell is dying, he can then pass the starburst medallion on to Carol, which she can use because his DNA melded with hers. I just feel like the starburst would be a good source for the uniform because it's a small enough item that they can always carry with them wherever they go.

Anybody else have ideas for how the uniform/costume/armor could work?

So... starburst is a medallion, which she activates, it goes to her chest and the costume then forms around her?



I think there's something good here, as far as a sort of molecular ripple effect being part of kree tech. Kinda like Mystique's transformations in the X-Men films as far as the imagery of a sort of cloth 'scale' flipping over and rippling down her torso as the uniform appears. Having it radiate from the starburst is a cool touch. Having it triggered by her energy abilities at will is also awesome, and explains why it's on her chest naturally.

I think the medallion physically should be a separate item than the actual emblem that appears on her costume though. The medallion should be smaller, perhaps no bigger than a bit of costume jewelry. That happens to make her instantly and thematically identifiable out of costume whether she's in fatigues or in a ballroom gown, which is a cool touch, imho. For Mar-Vell or other Kree, their uniforms do the same, except they keep them as part of a device that generates power to make their uniforms appear. The emblem that appears would be part of the costume like everything else.

And even beyond that, making Carol a sort of superhero military magical girl isn't a really a bad idea.

 

[flickchick85]

^^^^OMG, I've never seen Sailor Moon before, so that is hilarious to me. Not really how I pictured it, but yeah, that's pretty much the idea, lol.

I like the idea of her wearing it as a necklace or a piece of jewelry when she's not in costume, though.

 

[KangConquers]

I was wondering what everyone else's thoughts were in regards to the logistics of the costume. Ya know, all the Avengers have a thing with their costume - Cap just puts his on like a uniform the old-fashioned way, Tony has all sorts of clever devices that assemble his around him like a suit of armor, Thor "summons" his from the sky, and Banner, well...he Hulks out and loses all but his pants.

So how should it work for Carol? In the current comics, she just conjures it at will, without so much as a hand motion, and the molecular structure of the suit transforms accordingly. But I feel like on film this would fall a bit flat without some kind of visual anchor for it. My thought for such an anchor is the starburst - like, have the starburst be a Kree "medallion" or pendant type of thing (like a symbol of rank) that "stores" Mar-Vell's uniform, perhaps locked into each Kree soldier's individual DNA so only that soldier can activate it at will. When he wants to suit up, he can just hold it up to his chest and the uniform then forms around it (and the wearer's body), and he can control its appearance/molecular structure at will like in the comics. Of course, as Mar-Vell is dying, he can then pass the starburst medallion on to Carol, which she can use because his DNA melded with hers. I just feel like the starburst would be a good source for the uniform because it's a small enough item that they can always carry with them wherever they go.

Anybody else have ideas for how the uniform/costume/armor could work?

Carol will be roughly their 30th MCU Superhero we're introduced to. I'm not sure she needs a plot reason to on a costume. She would've seen the battle of New York on TV, and would be aware of the Avengers. In a world with costumed Superheroes, doning a costume to fight crime when you gain powers becomes less of a stretch.

 

[PyroChamber]

Mask or no mask? BTW, does she only wear the mask part when she's in space?

 

[Havok83]

Mask or no mask? BTW, does she only wear the mask part when she's in space?

Nope. She wears it on Earth as well. Its rather random and up to the artist' discretion although the one on her current series seems to be a bit more consistent

 

[cph9fa]

I can see two possibilities for the mask:
- Aviator goggles to protect the eyes while flying at high speed.
- Breathing mask for use when flying in space (or at high-altitude).

 

[cph9fa]

Carol will be roughly their 30th MCU Superhero we're introduced to. I'm not sure she needs a plot reason to on a costume. She would've seen the battle of New York on TV, and would be aware of the Avengers. In a world with costumed Superheroes, doning a costume to fight crime when you gain powers becomes less of a stretch.

But how many of those heroes are actually *costumed* -- as opposed to wearing normal civies (Hulk pants, SW), a customized tactical outfit (BW, Hawkeye, Falcon, Mockingbird), advanced cybernetics (IM, Deathlock, Vision), or their regular alien clothing (Thor).

Captain America is pretty much the only one I can think of (and arguably QS?) who is clearly in traditional "costume" territory. And that fact says a lot about his character and what he stands for.

Really, there are no unjustified superhero costumes in the MCU -- and I like that fact.

 

[BatsDC]

I guess Vision in a way is wearing a costume, in the same way Ant-Man, Iron Man etc. are - they don't need to be that colourful and interesting, and could just be in plain black - but they chose not to.

 

[Marathon]

I'm hoping the costume will be an amalgam (color- and design-wise) of all the past costumes, not just a carbon copy of the Marvel Now! costume.

 

[KangConquers]

I'm hoping the costume will be an amalgam (color- and design-wise) of all the past costumes, not just a carbon copy of the Marvel Now! costume.

I'm hoping for an inversion of the marvel now costume, which would make the coloring Mar-Vell's coloring.

 

[Loki882]

Or we cannot not. I want Carol to stand on her own. I'm already iffy on the first female hero to get her own movie needing to get her powers AND be "inspired" by a male character (none of the MCU's MALE heroes were "inspired" by others, let alone female ones, so there's that problematic element), but I can get past that. But do we really need to make her costume look like Mar-Vell's as well, no we don't. Let her stand on her own at least a little bit, not EVERYTHING needs to come from him.

 

[Marathon]

I like the domino mask. They could execute it with some sort of high-tech version (e.g. augmented reality glasses).

 

[Dark Raven]

I'm hoping for an inversion of the marvel now costume, which would make the coloring Mar-Vell's coloring.

Same here. That's what I've been saying before. It would also be the same colouring as her original costume.

 

[Iceman]

Eva (Mass Effect) style shades would be cool.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

I like the domino mask. They could execute it with some sort of high-tech version (e.g. augmented reality glasses).

I like it too but people pitched hissy fits whenever you'd mention Bucky wearing one so I don't expect that to be any different w/Carol.

I also like the Mar-Vell colors/starburst symbol better than the current outfit. But I like the collar, boots, etc on the current suit way better than just straight tights.

 

[Dark Raven]

I like it too but people pitched hissy fits whenever you'd mention Bucky wearing one so I don't expect that to be any different w/Carol.

I also like the Mar-Vell colors/starburst symbol better than the current outfit. But I like the collar, boots, etc on the current suit way better than just straight tights.

I like the domino mask, and on Arrow, which is meant to be much more serious and gritty, they wear them there (Oliver, Roy and Sara). Granted, they are trying to hide their identities, and maybe it doesn't do such a great job in real life, but there could be a reason why the Kree wear them (maybe more ceremonial or a battle mask) and Carol adopts this custom.

And in fact, some people do look better with masks than without. There was a girl in the swimming pool the other day who looked hotter with her goggles on than without. Without them, she wasn't all that.