The Official Costume Thread

[ChickenScratch]

I disagree. I've never liked the shorter cape on Superman, or anyone else really. Shorter capes have always looked silly to me. It's borderline acceptable for female characters but often looks foolish on them as well. I'm not a huge fan of Quietly's work in general, but he had a GREAT angle on Clark/Superman and really thought out all of the characters involved.

I'll accept that. To me I don't think of the cape as needing to be long, it's to me just a visual flourish added to the character to help show mood. Much like long hair is usually drawn as almost a character of it's own, or The Tick's antennae.

I will say that I hate Captain Marvel's cape. How it drapes over one side, the detailing along the edge, it's short length (way too short IMO, could have been a jacket).

I will say that it's Frank's take on Clark that won me over. I didnt like his lines, they never seem very straight or confident, if you look close at every line it's kinda wavering which I never liked in any other artist. His work has grown on me though. But for me I like a strong, very straight line like Kirby, Toth, Timm, Cooke, etc.

 

[KalMart]

I'll accept that. To me I don't think of the cape as needing to be long, it's to me just a visual flourish added to the character to help show mood. Much like long hair is usually drawn as almost a character of it's own, or The Tick's antennae.

I will say that I hate Captain Marvel's cape. How it drapes over one side, the detailing along the edge, it's short length (way too short IMO, could have been a jacket).

Well...it's a towel...whattaya expect?

 

[Kurosawa]

Too many artists draw Superman grinning like an idiot. It feels very forced. Someone who smiles all the time is nuts.

("oh look, he is the optimistic force of good")

The optimistic/naive farmboy force of good. Can't forget that.

 

[Lobo]

My preferred reboot costume. Can someone do a manip of Rick Malambri in this costume?

p.s

I am not the artist I just found this on a blog while surfiong and loved it, and found it appropriate for the restart

 

[KalMart]

My preferred reboot costume. Can someone do a manip of Rick Malambri in this costume?

 

[Lobo]

LOL Thanks for the laugh Kal

 

[KalMart]

t:

 

[dulcetpine]

^don't really care for it... mostly because of the symbol on the chest.

 

[Young Superman]

t:

Like Malambri don't like the suit. They must keep the classic suit it's iconic.

 

[Comicfan]

Aleluia Someone that likes Mcg´s Suit just like me!!!! Nano Tecnology all the way

I really, really think this suit look great

 

[ChickenScratch]

Ok, thanks for sharing.

 

[flickchick85]

My preferred reboot costume. Can someone do a manip of Rick Malambri in this costume?

p.s

I am not the artist I just found this on a blog while surfiong and loved it, and found it appropriate for the restart

Ya know, I would love that suit...if it wasn't for Superman. What I mean is, it's a very elegant design, and if they were inventing a new superhero, that would be a pretty simple-yet-classy costume, but Superman needs to have his classic, iconic suit, imo.

 

[Lobo]

t:

Malambri looks good with that suit nonetheless

Ya know, I would love that suit...if it wasn't for Superman. What I mean is, it's a very elegant design, and if they were inventing a new superhero, that would be a pretty simple-yet-classy costume, but Superman needs to have his classic, iconic suit, imo.

Agreed that it would be an excellent suit for a new hero, or superb suit for Conner. I just really like it. I have absolutel no qualms about sticking to the classic, red briefs and all.

 

[El Payaso]

I really, really think this suit look great

Exactly.

 

[echostation]

but no Gold... I think a Golden yellow that was done earlier on one manip of a toy model of Superman was the appropriate color. I cant' remember which page it was on but he had the red undies slightly above the waist-line area or not fully involving the pelvic area... and the S had this slightly holographic darker golden yellow hue... whoever made that manip rocks! That suit looks superb...

 

[Young Superman]

t:

Hey KalMart, would you please re-do this with the classic Superman costume?

 

[Man of Steel]

Is that Super-Soaker, or an cake-icing gun?

That's the gravity gun.

 

[KalMart]

Ah.

 

[BruceWanner]

While I don't personally care for this casting choice, I like the idea for the collar on the suit manip. I like how it has the "v" notch mimicking how, in a lot of the comics, Superman's suit's collar is depicted as seamlessly merging with his collar bone. BTW, "The Dark Knight" also showed the cape attachment on Batman's suit as very similar to how it is depicted in the above mentioned comics in that it looks like it's coming out of his collar bone and going straight back as opposed to coming from the collar horizontally on his shoulders like the cape attachments on all of the live-action Superman suits since "Superman: The Movie." If the costume designers were somehow able to combine the collar in the pic with a cape attachment similar to Batman's in TDK, then Superman's collar area would look almost exactly as it does in the comics and animated series depictions.

Basically what I'm saying is:




+





=

 

[Nitrobot]

Aleluia Someone that likes Mcg´s Suit just like me!!!! Nano Tecnology all the way

I really loved this design too, but wanted a less 'slick' texture on the suit. I guess that Superman Returns micro "S" symbols could fit well here. But the red boots, even if were dark red, should be on it. Superman NEEDS red boots.

 

[The Question]

I really don't want a Superman costume made of funky materials like rubber or whatever. I want it to look like something Martha kent could have sewn together. Spandex or cotton suit, leather boots, wool or cotton cape.

 

[Lead Cenobite]

After the disgust people expressed over everything Schumacher, I'm surprised such a Schumacherish Superman suit design is so popular. All it's missing is the nipples.

 

[ChickenScratch]

So popular? I don't see that many people liking it. The vast majority seem to prefer a traditional uniform.

 

[Kal-El Fan]

I really like the design of the suit. It's interesting. That having been said I'd never want to actually see it in a Superman film, unless its function was similar to the gray "pod suit" from SR.

 

[Rust]

I really don't want a Superman costume made of funky materials like rubber or whatever. I want it to look like something Martha kent could have sewn together. Spandex or cotton suit, leather boots, wool or cotton cape.

Spraypainted leatherboots? No thanx. Has to be alien material, otherwise it would annoy me everytime he would fly into fire etc and the suit wouldnt be damaged.