Steampunk Iron Man Costume Embroiled in Scandal [IronMan]

Earlier this week, this steampunk Iron Man suit won best costume at NY Comic Con. Turns out it’s just a repainted getup from an indie movie, and the film’s creator is ” royally angered” by its new superhero paint job.

The suit was originally created for a Tin Man character within the indie short Heartless. After the movie’s promotional run was finished, Matt Silva, one of the vital assistants who worked on the costume, was left to keep up the suit. The Big Apple Comic Con rolls around, and with the addition of some red paint and a repulsor blaster or two, you’ve got the prize-winning steampunk Iron Man. Everyone thought it was awesome. With the exception of Bill, the lead designer of the original Tin Man costume, who was blindsided by its newfound fame:

Just figured out that the Tin Man suit was taken and modified into an ” Iron Man” suit that won the costume contest at the NY Comic Con by my ex assistant. The suit was changed without my knowledge or permission and I’m royally angered by this action. It’s also sad to look that the one screen used version of the suit that exists, is now a cheapened knock off of a favored character. I don’t get people anymore and it makes me want even more to become more reclusive.

That’s a message he fired off on The results Lab forum . Matt posted back that the Tin Man costume were left in his care and that he had salvaged the ” battered and broken” suit for one last chance at geek glory. Bill followed with this:

I had an extended talk with him and we ironed things out. It was all component of a large lapse in logic that blew up. I hate to peer a chunk of history, which include this piece, fade away like that. I assume that I am growing old and mawkish.

He was acting as the one who was holding on to the suit for promotional events for the film. He did help build it and said that it was constantly needing repair (which I do believe). He’s not very old and just showed a major lapse of fine judgment. As for the suit’s ownership, that may be a grey area. The company that made the film paid for the materials and did give me an awfully small amount of cash for your entire work that I did (Production design, make up effects, etc) simply to help with my bills while I took break day to do the project. I even have many of the items created or bought for the film, but agreed to let them hold on to the suit for display in their office or promotion for the film. I might not say that it was stolen, but was not used within the manner of our agreement. He truly feels horrible for doing such an idiotic thing and I know that he is known as a good kid at heart. Ultimately, what’s done is finished and I’m sure he won’t do this kind of stupid thing again at some point.

And that, friends, is why Tony Stark always builds his suits from scratch. [ Bleeding Cool via Like Cool ]

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