JUSTICE LEAGUE Concept Art Shows A Much Scarier And Far More Intricate Take On Steppenwolf

Regardless of whether you loved or loathed Justice League, pretty much everyone can agree that Steppenwolf looked horrendous. Well, this new concept art shows a much different take on the villain...

By JoshWilding - Dec 26, 2017 04:12 AM EST

Filed Under: Justice League

Steppenwolf was one of the worst parts of Justice League solely because of how terrible he looked (like Superman's CGI jaw). It's even been reported that Warner Bros. realised early on that director Zack Snyder had made a mistake by deciding to use a villain who was fully animated and while he looks ok in some scenes, extensive reshoots meant that he stood out like a sore thumb in many, many others.

Now, a newly surfaced piece of concept art reveals just how different the villain - played by Ciaran Hinds - could have looked. Needless to say, his armour would have been a lot more intricate and his face...well, it's a lot more terrifying and nowhere near as cartoonish as what ended up on screen.

Of course, Steppenwolf's appearance really wouldn't have made that much of a difference in the long run as the villain as a whole was somewhat problematic and the DC Comics adaptation sadly faced a lot of other challenges as well. What do you guys think of this alternate take? Let us know down below.

Early #steppenwolf #conceptart for #justiceleague done with #costumedesigner @michaelwilkinson Some of the Concept art can be seen in #theartofjusticeleague book. It was really fun doing the early exploration. There were a lot of talented artists on this project. Some of my favorite work was done by artist and production designer @ptatopoulos . Ive been a huge fan of his work and it was an honor working on the same project.

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ODanil - 12/26/2017, 4:13 AM

never thought I would say that, but I'm glad they went with the one in the movie...?

Hardfelt - 12/26/2017, 4:19 AM

@ODanil - neitherl look particularly good and I doubt this would away my view of the movie. Like watching someone play a video game. Cardboard characters, advertising aesthetics with moments of comic frame bang pow action. Just such great properties poorly handled.

scapegoatjones - 12/26/2017, 7:05 AM

@ODanil - yea he looked fine in the movie. if this was a design in any other companies cbm people wouldnt have said shit.

Mjolnir215 - 12/26/2017, 9:57 AM

@ODanil -

The concept Steppenwolf without his armor.

Equivocal - 12/26/2017, 9:58 PM

@ODanil -

with either design, he was just awful, from looks, to terrible cgi to a villain level,
is safe to say that steppenwolf is a far worse villain than Malekith !

so generic, no threatening enough, the concept was horrible,
overall, more forgettable than the movie itself....

Nimrod - 12/26/2017, 4:16 AM

Steppenape.!

Kevwebsz - 12/26/2017, 4:18 AM

This is interesting

KWilly - 12/26/2017, 5:54 AM

@Kevwebsz - Welp... Thanos won't have this problem.

scapegoatjones - 12/26/2017, 7:05 AM

@KWilly - thanos looks like a dong without his armor on,

Asturgis - 12/26/2017, 4:21 AM

Crazy to think that Ares at the end of Wonder Woman looks closest to Steppenwolf's comic-book design than anything we've seen so far.

BuzzKillington - 12/26/2017, 4:25 AM

simply terrible

TheBatlist - 12/26/2017, 4:25 AM

I would have gone with the design called “Darkseid”.

SuperCat - 12/26/2017, 4:25 AM

GhostDog - 12/26/2017, 4:36 AM

@SuperCat -

SuperCat - 12/26/2017, 4:59 AM

@BlackBeltJones - LOL. Miss that show!

emeraldtaurus - 12/26/2017, 4:28 AM

Should have just stuck with the comic ...looks like The Devil , Hitler and a Jester combined..much better then the boring grey B-movie villain we got

Malkochson - 12/26/2017, 4:29 AM

Reminds me of an antropomorphised version of that armoured polar bear from The Golden Compass - I'd still prefer the one they went for the movie.

Spock0Clock - 12/26/2017, 4:41 AM

@Malkochson - HE IS AN ARMORED BEAR!

Spock0Clock - 12/26/2017, 4:30 AM

Well that's certainly... something.

But I'll take this weird monstrosity over what we got. It's at least [frick]ing weird.

Spock0Clock - 12/26/2017, 4:39 AM

What the hell am I doing, guys?

Someone stop me. Someone stop me before it's too late.

GhostDog - 12/26/2017, 4:43 AM

@Spock0Clock -

Spock0Clock - 12/26/2017, 4:47 AM

@BlackBeltJones -

Chewtoy - 12/26/2017, 4:48 AM

@Spock0Clock -

GhostDog - 12/26/2017, 4:52 AM

@Spock0Clock - Sounds familiar...

GhostDog - 12/26/2017, 4:40 AM

Was this so hard?

BackwardGalaxy - 12/26/2017, 4:44 AM

@BlackBeltJones - Apparently.

Spock0Clock - 12/26/2017, 4:46 AM

@BlackBeltJones - *Google Image Search "steppenwolf cosplay" - No results of actual cosplayers.*

Apparently so.

(Alternatively, no one cares enough about the character to cosplay as him, but that's pretty bad, too.)

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