THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING IRON MAN "IRON MANTIS"
THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING IRON MAN - ”IRON MANTIS”
“Focus your chi, calm your mind, metal man. This One has your back.”
"Well okay then Mantis, if you say so...wait...are you TWERKING back there ?!!"
Still disorientated by his exposure to miniaturising Pym Particles the Incredible Shrinking Iron Man is relieved to find that the relatively small Mantis he encountered is actually an avatar of Mandy Celestine, the super powered martial arts trained Avenger he fought alongside in the macro world.
He reflected bemusedly that it was somewhat ironic to meet a ‘Mandy’ who didn’t want to blast him with a double handful of Power Rings! (And wasn’t he glad that his arch nemesis, the Mandarin, couldn’t see him now?)
For the moment secure within his own amazing high tech armoured exoskeleton, with his old ally guarding his Six from the very real dangers of the giant insect world, Tony Stark paused to gather his wits and contemplate his place in the astonishing microverse.
Tony was a creature of habit whereas this version of the Mantis was....a Creature.
Playboy billionaire that he was Stark couldn’t help but regret his friend’s present form, after all, any other time he’d count himself very fortunate indeed to have the exceptionally adept and beautiful warrior woman walk naked on his back!
On the other hand female mantids were known for biting off the heads of their partners during mating, which, given Tony's record of women trying to kill him, would be par for the course.
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This is another shot in a sequence I was lucky enough to bag one day when the tiny mantis walked across the backyard gate. Eventually it calmly climbed over the small Iron Man figurine I placed in its path and continued happily on its way to eviscerate whatever prey insects it was hunting.
As explained in earlier photos in this set the Iron Man figurine is just 28 mm tall and was dug out of a rubber ‘superball’ toy and repainted. That's the remains of the ball, he's standing on, by the way, it makes a handy base and is easier to manipulate than the small figure.
I conjured up the lens flares on a whim and was glad I did. They add a bit of ‘energy’ to the picture that it would otherwise have lacked. Kind of a Manga moment where there’s a pause before something happens. If you want a practical reason for them it's just Iron Man's chestplate mounted uni-beam powering up and Mantis concentrating her Celestial chi!
No Mantids were harmed in the production of this picture.
Find out more about the Marvel Comics character, The Mantis here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantis_(Marvel_Comics)
THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING IRON MAN "IRON MANTIS"
THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING IRON MAN - ”IRON MANTIS”
“Focus your chi, calm your mind, metal man. This One has your back.”
"Well okay then Mantis, if you say so...wait...are you TWERKING back there ?!!"
Still disorientated by his exposure to miniaturising Pym Particles the Incredible Shrinking Iron Man is relieved to find that the relatively small Mantis he encountered is actually an avatar of Mandy Celestine, the super powered martial arts trained Avenger he fought alongside in the macro world.
He reflected bemusedly that it was somewhat ironic to meet a ‘Mandy’ who didn’t want to blast him with a double handful of Power Rings! (And wasn’t he glad that his arch nemesis, the Mandarin, couldn’t see him now?)
For the moment secure within his own amazing high tech armoured exoskeleton, with his old ally guarding his Six from the very real dangers of the giant insect world, Tony Stark paused to gather his wits and contemplate his place in the astonishing microverse.
Tony was a creature of habit whereas this version of the Mantis was....a Creature.
Playboy billionaire that he was Stark couldn’t help but regret his friend’s present form, after all, any other time he’d count himself very fortunate indeed to have the exceptionally adept and beautiful warrior woman walk naked on his back!
On the other hand female mantids were known for biting off the heads of their partners during mating, which, given Tony's record of women trying to kill him, would be par for the course.
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This is another shot in a sequence I was lucky enough to bag one day when the tiny mantis walked across the backyard gate. Eventually it calmly climbed over the small Iron Man figurine I placed in its path and continued happily on its way to eviscerate whatever prey insects it was hunting.
As explained in earlier photos in this set the Iron Man figurine is just 28 mm tall and was dug out of a rubber ‘superball’ toy and repainted. That's the remains of the ball, he's standing on, by the way, it makes a handy base and is easier to manipulate than the small figure.
I conjured up the lens flares on a whim and was glad I did. They add a bit of ‘energy’ to the picture that it would otherwise have lacked. Kind of a Manga moment where there’s a pause before something happens. If you want a practical reason for them it's just Iron Man's chestplate mounted uni-beam powering up and Mantis concentrating her Celestial chi!
No Mantids were harmed in the production of this picture.
Find out more about the Marvel Comics character, The Mantis here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantis_(Marvel_Comics)