Nearly 14 years after we first saw Tony Stark don the Iron Man armor, Riri Williams finally made her big-screen debut in Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. The character received praise from the audience as well as critics. The few complaints were about the suit, and not the character or actor Dominique Thorne. While most people loved the MK I armor, the MK II suit used in the final battle received mixed reactions from audiences, calling it too ‘plasticky’ and ‘bulky’. We now have a more thorough look at the suit, clearing many doubts and satisfying us all.
Concept Art For Ironheart’s Second Armor
Concept artist Phil Saunders went on Instagram to share his work on Ironheart’s MK II suit in Wakanda Forever. He revealed that there was a deleted scene in Wakanda Forever where Namora disabled Ironheart’s combat upgrades and Riri has to eject the armor add-ons underwater, leaving her to escape in just the base suit with repulsors.
Okay here’s the bombshell: THIS is, in fact, the #ironheart mk2 suit in #blackpanther #wakandaforever. At least, this is what Riri is wearing under the add-on armor you see in the movie that should properly be called the Mk 2.5. SWIPE to see how she fits in it. You can actually see this design in the suit-building montage, as the schematic that Riri is working on in Wakanda. Unfortunately we never got to see it in all its glory. There was originally a scene where Namora disables the combat upgrades and Riri has to eject the armor add-ons underwater, leaving her to escape in just the base suit with repulsors, but sadly it got cut. Expect a keyframe of that scene shortly! Turntables coming in the next post.
Phil Saunders
The post was in reply to a comment on one of his previous posts, which asked:
Can you draw on a layer of how she fits inside it? I can’t see how she could be standing inside of it
