Avengers: Infinity War
conception art fromAvengers : Infinity Warshows Steven Rogers aka Captain America ( Chris Evans ) fighting with an alternate rendering of his newer Wakandan shields . Aside from the reddened , white , and blue costume design , one of the hallmarks of Captain America ’s expression throughout story is hisclassic circular cuticle . He ’s used it for decade in the comics and the Marvel Cinematic Universe kept this design for Captain America on the big screen . The Vibranium shield has been with him from early on in his superhero career and stayed in his clutches up untilCaptain America : Civil War .
However , after becoming a fugitive from justice because of the Sokovia Accords and leaving his carapace with Tony Stark , Infinity War ’s version of Steve is quite unlike . This is where thebearded version of Captain Americawith a ripped suit first step back into the light , and he did so without his defensive weapon of choice . But , when it came time to fight Thanos ' army of Outriders in Wakanda , he could n’t result the troops empty - handed . As a result , Captain America received smaller metal glove style shieldsfor each arm from Black Panther and used them to fight down off the exotic invasion .
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Since Marvel Studios takes years to develop a single movie , their film are always evolving and being tinker with , includingInfinity War . The ontogeny stage is where many ideas are thrown around , such as alternate character , arm , or location designs . Ryan Meinerding , the Head of Visual Development at Marvel Studios , is the one in electric charge of the conception art and provide a new feel at another interlingual rendition ofCaptain America ’s raw cuticle inInfinity War . The clawed versions of the cuticle can be seen in action below as Cap fends off a few outrider using the deadly substitute designs .
The release of this construct graphics by Meinerding continues to furnish fans with some sixth sense into the development ofAvengers : Infinity War . Meinerding and other artists have portion out some other Captain America - bear on piece of late , such as a unlike look and lineup forCaptain America ’s Secret Avengers squad . There have also been more pieces of art from the Phase 3 epic , with Meinerding offering up a close look atVision ’s exanimate android bodyafter Thanos ripped the Mind Stone from his head . Although this may be the first time many fans have seen these figure , these pieces of prowess and hundred more can all be found in theArt of Avengers : Infinity Warbook .
Although these alternate interpretation of Captain America ’s shields are well - designed , the conception as a whole did n’t stick with Steve for too long . He abandon these shields afterAvengers : Infinity Wareven before Tony gave his sometime shield back to him . Unfortunately for Steve , that shield did n’t last long either asThanos split it in halfduringAvengers : Endgame ’s last conflict . But , Steve did n’t continue on without a carapace forever , as the older variation of him who returned at the conclusion of the moviegave a brand fresh cuticle to Falconso he could become the new Captain America in the MCU going ahead .
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