IRON MAN 3 Concept Art Reveals A Closer Look At Tony Stark's Mark 40 "Shotgun" Armor

Marvel Studios concept artist Phil Saunders has shared some of his work from Iron Man 3, revealing a closer look at Tony Stark's Mark XL "Shotgun" armour, a suit created for the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

By JoshWilding - May 21, 2020 03:05 AM EST

Filed Under: Iron Man 3

During Iron Man's time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Tony Stark donned a lot of unique armours. By the time Iron Man 3 rolled around in 2013, the hero had an entire Iron Legion which he ultimately pitted against Aldrich Killian and his Extremis-enhanced army of soldiers.

Now, thanks to Marvel Studios concept artist Phil Saunders, we have a closer look at one of them.

The Mark 40/XL armour was created specifically for the MCU, and nicknamed the "Shotgun" suit. It was a beast of an armour, but one which received only a few fleeting glimpses of screentime.

As Saunders explains, "this suit was designed for extreme speed. I worked it out so arms and legs would lock together to the torso to form a rigid fuselage, but sadly that functionality was never featured in the movie. It made for one of my favorite Hot Toys, though!"

Take a look through the new artwork released by Saunders in the Instagram posts below:

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By popular demand... Iron Man Mk40 “Shotgun.” Lean, lightly armored and streamlined, this suit was designed for extreme speed. I worked it out so arms and legs would lock together to the torso to form a rigid fuselage, but sadly that functionality was never featured in the movie. It made for one of my favorite Hot Toys, though!! #ironman #avengers #ironman3 #marvel #marvelstudios #mcu #robertdowneyjr #conceptart #concept #conceptartist #digitalart #digitalartist #digitalillustration

A post shared by Phil Saunders (@philjdsaunders) on May 15, 2020 at 11:54am PDT

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More of the Iron Man Mk XL “Shotgun” suit. Front & Back design renderings. #ironman #ironman3 #avengers #marvel #marvelstudios #mcu #conceptart #conceptartist #conceptdesign #conceptdesigner #digitalart #digitalillustration #digitalartist

A post shared by Phil Saunders (@philjdsaunders) on May 16, 2020 at 8:46am PDT

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19 Comments

L0RDbuckethead - 5/21/2020, 2:26 AM

Kevwebsz - 5/21/2020, 3:27 AM

Waste of so many suits.

JustALurker - 5/21/2020, 4:10 AM

@Kevwebsz - cuz they blow up?

Origame - 5/21/2020, 10:34 AM

@JustALurker - well that and each having like 5 seconds of screentime each.

Repian - 5/21/2020, 3:44 AM

Good design for the future Nimrod.

Vigor - 5/21/2020, 4:06 AM

@Repian - good call

dragon316 - 5/21/2020, 6:18 AM

@Repian - this what hotdogs should use to make Ironman stealth suit instead of stupid repaint of mark 3 or something I would have like to see this in movie to bad movie villain sucked who turned out be American not Asian who should have found ten magic rings but that didn’t happen

Vigor - 5/21/2020, 4:06 AM

From the back, looks like ultron

MeAreLegend - 5/21/2020, 4:27 AM

One of my favorite amours from the movies! I do wish that they gave tony different Iron Man color schemes; Dont get me wrong, I love the gold-red combo but I would have loved to see him don the black gold armor, wouldve been perfect for Infinity War!

TheUnknownX - 5/21/2020, 6:46 AM

@MeAreLegend - They came pretty close to it

Chewtoy - 5/21/2020, 5:02 AM

Just rewatched Iron Man 3 the other night... still really enjoyed it. The final battle could have been improved on, but the film really works for me.

dragon316 - 5/21/2020, 6:16 AM

@Chewtoy - so you like villain manderian be American who breath fire who does wear ten magic rings

JonC - 5/21/2020, 8:57 AM

@dragon316 - he only says he's the mandarin... i always took that as an ego thing and understood it right away in the movie... he is a guy with a bruised ego and a chip on his shoulder from when tony blew him off decades ago... he latched on to the lore of the mandarin and gave it a face... he does not realize there is a real mandarin... but Trevor does now.

Chewtoy - 5/21/2020, 9:32 AM

@dragon316 - Eh... it didn’t do much for me either way. I’m glad that we’re getting a different take in Shang Chi. I did enjoy Trevor Slattery though.

Origame - 5/21/2020, 10:36 AM

@JonC - thats a retcon. At the time shane black confirmed aldrich killian was the mcu mandarin.

OmegaDaGrodd - 5/21/2020, 6:10 AM

Remembering when we thought Hugo was Hulkbuster

Robby - 5/21/2020, 10:14 AM

Reminds me a bit of this guy...

L0RDbuckethead - 5/21/2020, 3:12 PM

@Robby - The Legend Big Ed himself

IRON MAN 3 Concept Art Reveals A Closer Look At Tony Stark's Mark 40 "Shotgun" Armor

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