VOTD: How Ironhead Studios Create Costumes For Captain America, X-Men, Batman & More
The suits that your favorite superheroes wear are iconic. From the helmet ofCaptain Americato the cowl ofBatman, these are the some of the most recognizable costumes in movie history. But because they come from the world of comic books, there’s already an influence from another artist. It’s up to the costume designers to determine which versions of a given comic book superhero or villain will influence their own designs to bring that character to the big screen, and some of them don’t make it in front of camera.
Ironhead Studiosis one of the companies who creates superhero wardrobes, and the folks at Tested talked with founderJose Fernandezabout some of the work they’ve done which includesCaptain America: Civil War,Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justiceand non-superhero flicks likeTRON Legacy.Find out more about how superhero movie costumes are made after the jump.
Here’s the extensive interview with Jose Fernandez from Ironhead Studios fromTested:
Ironhead did the metal armor for The Dark Knight inBatman v Superman, even though they don’t get credit for it for some reason, as well as the helmet forBlack PantherinCaptain America: Civil War. Jose Fernandez talks about the process of bringing these designs to life from being created digitally in the computer to sculpting them for the real world to be worn by the actors.
Plus, if you’re interested in a much better design for the title villain inX-Men: Apocalypse, you can see what Ironhead Studios would have done with Oscar Isaac’s presence in the movie at 7:39 and 10:20 in the video. Fernandez explains that another company beat them out for the job while also throwing some shade at the design that we’ve seen on screen. Comparatively, Ironhead’s design would have been better.
