Marvel Fans Costume Redesign Contest Launch!

Greetings, True Believers, and welcome to the Marvel Fans Costume Redesign Challenge! This a contest open to all members of the Marvel Fans groups (except for the staff of the group; contributers, co-founders etc.) and the idea is that each participating member comes up with a fresh, new and exciting cosutme design for a Marvel hero or Villain, draws it and submits it. When all the submissions are in, a winner will be chosen by an impartial voting system and they will win the prize pot! Sounds like your bag? If so, allow Mr. Thor to run down the rules of entry:


1. Verily it must be so that all entries are of Marvel kin. All entries featuring characters from other companies shall be excluded anon!

2. Each brother or sister of the fellowship of the contest may submit only one redesign of one character. Any attempt to break this hallowed rule shall result in the offending cur being hurled from the hall of contest like a Frost Giant from Asgard.

3. Each entry must feature the whole body of the character, from their head to their feet. Bust and other half images will be as welcome as Loki at a mead fesitval.

4. Each entry must be fully coloured, though use of shading and other painterly magics are optional, as is the precise colour weapon of choice. All that be required by this edict is that a full representation of colour is made.

5. Verily it is declared that all complete entries must be submitted to the Contest Entries folder by midnight the first of October, the Time Standard of the Ocean Pacific. Verily it is declared that all mods must be aware of this and grant free pass to all acceptable submissions.

6. Be it know throughout the Nine Realms that all entries must conform to the hollowed edicts of thy own queen, Ironroits, and that all entries shall be cast out which contain:
   a) Situations of non-consent.
   b) Slurs or similar demeaning and/or hateful language.
   c) Content of a racist, sexist or homophobic cast.
In the interests of fostering a spirit of fellowship and community, the following is also debarred from the contest:
   a) NSFW work.

7. Finally, it is declared as a final condition of entry that all entries of a traditional cast must have been digitally reproduced to a standard above that of Heimdall's baking. Whether it is scanner or camera which is used, it must be to a reasonable standard from which all pertinent details of the reproduced artwork may be divined without recourse to Odin's magics.



O.K. then, thank you Thor. To give us a rundown on the scoring system and prize awards, so that you may know what is most likely to do well, I present Captain America himself.


1. Each member of the Marvel Fans staff who participates in the democratic act of scoring will assess each entry individually and give them three scores. Doing his utmost to be fair, honest and unbiased, he will give:
   a) A mark out of 10 for the originality of the costume.
   b) A mark out of 10 for how stylish the costume is.
   c) A mark out of 10 for how well the costume captures the true spirit of the character.

2. This scores will then be added together by to provide a fairly and democratically selected champion. First and second runner up will also be mentioned, as will the winners in each of the catagories; originality, style and fidelity to the character.

3. Aristic skill is not a requirement of the contest, this is a contest of ideas and dreams.

4. If any of the Marvel Fans staff do not feel like scoring, that's your democratic right to exercise. However, please let know that you do not wish to participate so that he isn't left hanging around for your scores!


Thank you Mr. Cap!

The prize pot is always looking for contributions (please leave a comment if you would like to contribute anything) but currently stands at:

All Prize Winners Will Recieve:
    Addition of their work to the Featured Folder
    A llama from and
    A personal blog feature/review from

One Grand Prize Winner Will Recieve in Addition:
    30 points and a bust of a Marvel character from
    A lineart and marker drawing of a character or OC of your choice from
    One cell-shaded portrait from
    17 points from

Two Second Prize Winners Will Recieve in Addition:
    A sketch from
    5 points from

The Winners of Each Catagory (Style, Originality and Spirit of the Character) Will Recieve in Addition:
    5 points from

A special category for honorable mention has been announced, as well-

One Administrator's Choice Winner Will Recieve:
  One doodle from
  One llama from
  One from
  Personal Journal Feature from



If anybody has any questions, please don't hesitate to ask, I'll be right on them!

Alright then, I hope you're all enthused by the idea of the contest and, if you are, then I say good luck and I can't wait to see your entry - excelsior !

N.B. Just a note based on some of the awesome questions I've been getting - all forms of art are acceptable for the contest, digital or traditional. Also, while it is essential that each submission is coloured, please remember that this is primarily for illustrative purposes only, so that your design can be fully envisioned by the judges, so please don't be put off if you feel you are not a great colourist !