Many fans have been inspired by both Marvel’s enormous catalogue of comic books and their ever-growing Marvel Cinematic Universe. As such, there have been some pretty amazing cosplays as a result. Now you can see one fan’s Iron Man cosplay that was so fantastic – even Marvel was impressed.
The costume, which was created via @frankly_built on Instagram, was recently shared by the social media user. As you can see below, it was inspired by Iron Man’s Model 85 armor, and it’s an incredible representation of the character. In fact, if Iron Man were real, he would more than likely have a suit of armor just like this.
You can see the armor, which the cosplayer wore for WonderCon 2022, down below:
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Furthermore, @frankly_built also shared a video of the costume to TikTok, which earned the attention of Marvel. He shared his reaction and a screenshot of their comment on Twitter. It’s clear that Marvel was speechless, responding only with a pair of shocked emojis:
https://twitter.com/frankly_built/status/1516828945966157825?s=20&t=sj2t0aU2b_q11b5mUIPZPQ
With his incredible attention to detail, @frankly_built managed to create a truly amazing Iron Man cosplay. And, as he so deserves, it managed to impress even Marvel. Now that’s a pretty cool accomplishment on a variety of levels.
Interestingly, in the above Instagram post, he also went into detail regarding the damage the costume endured while at WonderCon. Instead of panicking, however, he simply went along with it. And it turns out it worked for the best – because the subtle damage added the perfect amount of character to the costume.
As he noted:
“…I really don’t want to have to repaint the biceps and legs and gloves after early every use. With MetalCast paints it’s not as simple as a touch up.
So I embraced it all. Full send battle worn iron man suit!”
It’s great seeing what fans can come up with, especially when it surprises even the people involved with the source material.