Awesome VOL. 2 Concept Art Reveals Mind-Blowing Alternate Takes On The Original GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 introduced a lot of new characters with the Yondu's original team of Ravagers among the highlights. So, hit the jump to take a look at alternate designs for Stakar and more!

By JoshWilding - Apr 12, 2018 06:04 AM EST

Filed Under: Vol. 2

Avengers: Infinity War may not mention Star-Lord's team in the title but the Guardians of the Galaxy will play a big role in the battle against Thanos. Seeing them assemble alongside Earth's Mightiest Heroes promises to be extremely satisfying and we're now taking a look back at Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, a movie which firmly established this group's place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

While 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy introduced us to James Gunn's brilliant take on the group of A-Holes, the follow-up fleshed them out to an even greater extent and gave them new looks to boot.

However, the movie shocked us all by introducing Yondu's old team of Ravagers, a.k.a. the original Guardians of the Galaxy. Handpicked from a number of comics, these characters all boasted unique looks and will reportedly have a much larger role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe moving forward. This concept art reveals that Marvel considered a lot of very different, amazing looks for them.

To check those out, all you guys need to do is click on either of the buttons below for the entire list.

Stakar

Played by Sylvester Stallone, Marvel ended up giving this character a much more grounded look in James Gunn's sequel but here we see a version whose powers are on full display at all times.

This powered down version of Stakar once again shows a very different take on the character and it seems as if Marvel wanted to look at few different ways his abilities could be portrayed on screen.

Known as Starhawk in the comic books, he's a key character within the classic Guardians roster and the Guardians 3000 run and was granted his powers by the Hawk God (it's as weird as it sounds).
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Here, we see a far more grounded take on the character as Stallone's face is put on full display. Given his A-List status, it makes sense for Marvel to show that in order to promote his involvement.

Martinex

Played by Smallville alum Michael Rosenbaum, Martinex was very visually distinctive and this piece of artwork provides some insight into how Marvel's talented concept artists dreamed up his look.

Well, this is different! A slightly more out of control look for the character, this actually works a little better and it will be interesting seeing if Marvel finds a way to use this when he shows off his powers.

The character has been portrayed in a lot of different ways over the years and so Marvel had a lot of freedom when it comes to how best to show him on screen. This one would have been very cool.

A silicon-based life form composed of silicon crystal, Martinex is able to control both extreme heat and cold making him a very powerful and formidable member of this team of Guardians/Ravagers.

Charlie-27

Two very different takes on the character played by Ving Rhames, he's from the 31st Century and is actually the last survivor of a race who were genetically engineered to live on Jupiter.

Aleta Ogord

Marvel appears to have settled on Aleta's look fairly early on as Michelle Yeoh looked pretty much exactly like this on screen. She was born in a radioactive wasteland with the power to manipulate light.

Mainframe

Mainframe - voiced by Miley Cyrus of all people - was just a head in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 but Marvel clearly had some much bigger ideas for the character at an earlier point in production.

With any luck, we'll see the character get a body so she can kick some ass in the third instalment but here we get to see some very different takes on that head design clearly influenced by the comics.

These two are my personal favourites! In the source material, Mainframe was actually The Vision who transformed into this A.I. in the 31st Century. Clearly, James Gunn is looking to simplify things here.

Krugarr

This rather unique looking creature is a worm-like alien from the race known as the Lem and if you're wondering about his magical abilities, he was actually trained by Doctor Strange in the comics!

Chances are that won't be the case by the time Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 rolls around but linking Krugarr to The Ancient One would be an amazing Easter Egg for fans of the MCU.

The Doctor Strange influence is even more apparent here given the style of the cloak he's wearing and the fact he has what appears to be the Eye of Agamotte hanging around his alien neck.

Marvel came up with a lot of incredible designs for this sequel but it's fair to say this guy is one of the best. Are you excited to see more of the original Guardians? Share your thoughts down below.

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ODanil - 4/12/2018, 7:07 AM

Kugar's the man!

Nebula - 4/12/2018, 7:07 AM

Ronan3Accuser - 4/12/2018, 7:08 AM

TRexx21 - 4/12/2018, 10:22 AM

@Ronan3Accuser - My FAVORITE part!! Lol

HeavyMetal4Life - 4/12/2018, 7:08 AM

The final looks we got for Stakar, Martinex, and Aleta are the best. And I thought Krugarr looked pretty good too, though that some sweet concept art for him!

My favorite piece though is this Mainframe design:

It draws a lot of inspiration from The Fifth Element:

BringFFtoMCU - 4/12/2018, 7:12 AM

I HATE IT when the concept art is more comic-accurate than the movie!!!

MNLawyer - 4/12/2018, 7:39 AM

@BringFFtoMCU - A lot of times the 2d art can't translate to 3D and be accurate. 2D can do forms and shading and textures that might not exist in the real world.

Ronan3Accuser - 4/12/2018, 7:12 AM

regularmovieguy - 4/12/2018, 7:14 AM

@Ronan3Accuser

I miss Vol. 1 Drax

mrbaconsock - 4/12/2018, 7:18 AM

@regularmovieguy - I for one am glad that his personality seems to be evolving.

regularmovieguy - 4/12/2018, 7:24 AM

@mrbaconsock

Hmm...

I guess him laughing hysterically at every joke or even things that aren’t very funny just didn’t do it for me in terms of character evolution.

Drax was my favorite guardian from the first movie. He annoyed the shit out of me in Vol. 2.

Fogs - 4/12/2018, 7:26 AM

@regularmovieguy - Yeah, I love humorous CBMs but Gunn has gone too far in a few places there IMO.

That pac-man scene was BAAAD, also.

JstaKIDfrmBKLYN - 4/12/2018, 7:15 AM

Is it me or does James Gunn always settle on the worst character designs?

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Awesome VOL. 2 Concept Art Reveals Mind-Blowing Alternate Takes On The Original GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 introduced a lot of new characters with the Yondu's original team of Ravagers among the highlights. So, hit the jump to take a look at alternate designs for Stakar and more!

Stakar

Martinex

Charlie-27

Aleta Ogord

Mainframe

Krugarr

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