A little shorter article today featuring a pre-existing Amalgam for once; The Super Soldier, sporting a slightly tweaked design. Super Soldier is like a perfect Amalgam character to me. An equal match-up of characters, with a slick design and a really good name – that’s all you can really ask for with characters like this. I added a few elements to the suit and removed some key parts to make something a lot sleeker compared to the original. My first way of doing that was removing the white and red stripes from the original suit’s abdomen. I understand and appreciate that it was there but it also sort of draws too much attention to itself and becomes kind of distracting. What I added were the red gloves which I’ve always loved on Cap as well as the big brown belt.

The biggest additions to the overall look though are the cape and the chest-shield. I understand why the original design goes for a star, but the shield is just more iconic to me – especially after I redesigned it to give it a bit more of that 40’s shield look. The original shield is just a big version of Superman’s logo and I feel this newer design is more of an amalgam of the two elements coming together. 

Finally I added wings to the sides of the mask, no Captain America suit is finished without wings. Let’s be honest.

Today was a little bit of a shorter entry but that’s because tomorrow’s entry is gonna be much bigger so get excited and make sure you’re back here tomorrow to see it.