Final WIP: X-Factor Cyclops

X-Men Month continues with my basically finalized X-Factor Cyclops, ready to be fielded with… Archangel? I guess I don’t have any teammates for him yet.

The Comic Pants site recently did a podcast on character design, and had a few words to say on the subject of Cyclops’ costumes. This one was recognized as inferior to the original, as the blue and white had such a strong invocation of toothpaste. I can’t really argue, but I still like it. Toothpaste can be heroic! Without it, we’d be overrun by cavity creeps. Also, I like the big X design, and this coloration lasted much longer then the yellow X Cyclops started with. This costume was in place when I first became aware of the X-Men, when Cyclops was being inserted into X-Men video games and cartoons even though he was on X-Factor in the comics.


The Black Panther body takes paint pretty well. Paint rub still happens, of course, but it looks like shading instead of a nick. Oh, and check out the grey background! The new rule is that X-Men get shots on grey, so they don't get lost in the blue.