War Machine Armor MK VI (Earth-199999)

War Machine Armor
Name	War Machine Armor
Owners
Current Owner(s)	James Rhodes
Physical Characteristics
Type	Iron Man Armor
Model	6
Version	1
Origin
Reality	Earth-199999
Lead Designer	Tony Stark
Place of Creation	Stark Industries
Place of Destruction	New Avengers Facility
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Phil Saunders, Rodney Fuentebella
First	Avengers: Endgame (April 24, 2019)
First	Avengers: Endgame (April 24, 2019)

History

The suit was constructed by Tony Stark for James "Rhodey" Rhodes, likely following his advancement into nanotechnology as he worked toward his own eventual Mark 85 armor, as the suit is shown to possess some minor nanotechnological upgrades, such as the ability to deconstruct and reconstruct the helmet around its user's head. Rhodey wore this suit during the Avengers' time traveling attempts to steal the Infinity Stones from the past, wherein he was paired with Nebula to claim the Power Stone, knocking out an unsuspecting Star-Lord in the process. Once the Stones were assembled, Rhodey wore this suit as a way to protect himself from any ill effects the Stones within the Avengers' Gauntlet might have as Hulk used them. This was successful, but at the same time, a time-displaced Nebula from 2014 was bringing back Thanos from the same year to conquer the Avengers and take the Stones for himself. With his return, the New Avengers Facility was attacked and demolished, trapping most of the Avengers within its rubble. Rhodey was trapped with Rocket Raccoon and Hulk and while the explosion and fall didn't kill him, it did destroy the suit that was protecting him, and he was forced to eject himself from it in order to escape.

Notes

• The word "canopy" works as a failsafe voice command to open the armor when the user is incapacitated.

Trivia

• This armor came about due to an issue that arose late into the post-production of Avengers: Endgame. Originally, War Machine was going to wear only one suit for the entirety of the movie (minus the prologue) which was bulky. During filming, an scene had been shot between Rhodes and Nebula, in which they shared an intimate moment of closeness. After shooting wrapped up, production realized the bulky armor would not fit as the actors were too close together. Phil Saunders was called in to design an additional slimmer suit for Rhodey to wear during the bulk of the film to solve that issue, and that armor became the War Machine Armor MK VI. The bulky suit was used only in the final battle of the film, and it became the MK V Armor. The scene that caused this issue ended up being cut from the film.
• Phil Saunders only had one week to design this suit, and he had already moved to work on Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker. He only had time to do some initial design alternatives, and Rodney Fuentebella took over for him and finished off the back view and final details of the suit.
• During the design process for this armor, an idea was contemplated to make the slimmer Endgame War Machine suit an "undersuit" for the bulkier armor, something that could transform or bulk up to the MK V's form.
• Given Saunders' lack of time, one of the proposed designs for the War Machine Armor MK VI was recycled from an alternate design for the Iron Man Armor MK XLVI which had "very War Machine-like forms."

See Also

• 1 appearance(s) of War Machine Armor MK VI (Earth-199999)
• 1 mention(s) of War Machine Armor MK VI (Earth-199999)
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