Jay Kushwara / Digital Renaissance

In early 2007 I received a call from one of my contacts at Hasbro asking if I could start work on a high profile project. That call would be the start of an ongoing relationship with one of the most successful comic book film franchises in history.  Iron Man !

This was the first Iron Man figure I created, the Mark 3  from the first Iron Man film. These renders are of the final fully engineered digital pattern – the exact same model files used for the final physical RP output and the master tooling patterns. He stands 6.25″ tall, has 32 points of articulation and has 36 separate parts.

Iron Man Mark 3

        

                                

As an artist working in the toy industry, one of the most fulfilling experiences is the first time seeing the final packaged product on the shelf. There’s nothing quite like seeing the results of your hard work sitting there in front of you, finished and (hopefully) manufactured in a way that maintains the quality you strove for. When I saw the final Mark 3 figures for the first time I was thrilled with the results. It was an even bigger thrill to find these photographs of the figure on the website MarvelLegends.net. The site’s owner, Dave Huffman, has done some of the best action figure photo shoots I’ve ever seen.  I’m thrilled to include Dave’s images on this blog with his kind permission.

Iron Man Mark 3, photographed by Dave Huffman for MarvelLegends.net

                  

           

Having spent as much time as I did working with the original Mark 3 design, it was a real pleasure to see the familiar yet new directions taken for the Mark 4 and Mark 6 suits in Iron Man 2. With a harder edged look and slightly more heroic proportions this Iron Man meant business!

This is the final digital pattern for the Iron Man 2 Mark 6 figure from Hasbro. I had created the digital prototype for the 4” figure first, and then the 6.25” version a few months later.

Similar in style to the Mark 3 figure, this version stands at 6.25” tall, has 31 points of articulation and has 34 separate parts.

 Iron Man Mark 6

 

 

Here is the final packaging and production figure as featured on the Marvel Legends web site.

Iron Man Mark 6, photographed by Dave Huffman for MarvelLegends.net