An Avengers: Endgame concept artist recently shared an early version of supervillain Thanos. The fourth Avengers outing came out over a year ago, which saw the highly-anticipated ending to the Infinity Saga. The Marvel Cinematic Universe's Phase 4 is already in the works with films such as Spider-Man 3 and Thor: Love & Thunder to name a few, but Avengers: Endgame is still on a lot of people's minds.
Thanos is the primary antagonist in Avengers: Endgame, but he first appeared in The Avengers in 2012. Thanos' goal in Avengers: Endgame was to collect the Infinity Stones he needs to reassemble his gauntlet. The character was brought to life with Josh Brolin, who voiced the character and brought him to life using motion capture technology. Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame both improved on the CGI that was used to make Thanos appear life-like, but new concept art shows what the character almost looked like.
Thanos had a lot of different un-used designs in the most recent Avengers sequel, and concept artist Jerad Marantz has revealed a new one. Marantz, who worked on both Endgame and Infinity War, recently posted an early version of warrior Thanos. The images show the villain with a helmet and metal armor similar to the final version. Check out the early mock-ups below:
The armor in the earlier version shared by Marantz bears some differences to the Thanos that ends up on screen. In the version above, the side plates of armor on Thanos are angled along his arms and open up a more exposed chest; in the final version of the character, the plates angle instead towards his chest, pointing straight down through his pectorals. In a way, the early version seems to offer the warrior more rudimentary mobility, while the final version asserts a more commanding demeanor. Seeing the motion-captured Thanos in theaters was impressive enough, but to be able to see an early image of the very detailed modeling that went into creating him renders the conception even more impressive.
As MCU Phase 4 kicks into full swing with production, it will be exciting to see what the concept artists have in store for the next installment of films. Even the smallest detail in Thanos’s armor changed his perception on screen. Putting the early and final versions of Thanos in Avengers: Endgame side-by-side shows just how important the artist’s work is for the story to bring the original comic book characters fully and completely to life on screen.
Source: Jerad Marantz/Instagram
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