Day 406

Day 406 February 10^th

Age of X Magneto

It appears that in this storyline Magneto is a savior of mutantkind and thus making the white knight look a very appropriate one.  While at first look it might seem a bit too plain or bland; after looking at the source artwork this is pretty much how he looked.  I love the helmet that he comes with, very knightly looking!  I am not 100% sure but I have ideas stirring in my head and something like this might show up in my comic work.

Day 405

Day 405 February 9^th

Age of X Legacy

I am very curious to read the Age of X story to see exactly how this version of Rogue is written.  The bio talks about her being in charge of preserving dying mutants memories which sounds like a significant change from her more standard role of powerhouse and I think it warrants some reading.  I love how DST got the green to be such a vibrant shade without being too over the top; it really pops the details nicely.  Speaking of detail I dig that they added the details to her one hand since in some of the art I have seen she has a skeletal hand print on the one glove – great work there!

Day 404

Day 404 February 8^th

Age of X Basilisk

In the Age of X storyline Scott Summers is held captive by Arcade and forced to execute other mutants.  Arcade has cut of his eye lids and has a remote that controls the opening and closing of his mask.  He does escape obviously but what a killer story set up right there.  It is something like this that gets my attention and makes me want to check this book out!  Again this is a pretty basic minimate but so is the source material; I think DST did a great job with the mask piece and love the level of detail like the straps pushing the hair down – amazing job!

Day 403

Day 403 February 7^th

Age of X Gambit

Age of X is an alternate reality X-Men story that has many fans comparing it to Age of Apocalypse.  I absolutely adored AoA but am a bit leery to try AoX out yet.  Now that the collected version is out I am a lot more interested to pick it up and give it a read.  This costume for Gambit is pretty plain, nothing too flashy but that could just be how the look is in the books so I can’t drag it down if it is matching the source material.  I actually have an idea for using most of this minimate for a different character in my comic so will need a spare at some point.  The hair and face are winners as well!