Palm and sole magnets allowed him to become a wall-crawler at will (presumably only on steel surfaces though, although earlier armors contained suction cups in the boots.
#Iron man armor skin#
Electro-Magnetic Attention circuits in the skin allowed Iron Man to pull things to his armor. Stark continued his love of all things magnetic by integrating and boosting his magnetic powers throughout. It also supplements the armor's Camouflage Mode, which allowed Shellhead to blend in with his surroundings. Tony improved his sensor arrary as well, most notably the audio sensors and his ultrasound imaging system.Īn new refined refractory coating on the armor's skin was able to absorb almost an entire optic blast from Ultimo. Having yet to lick the EM pulse vulnerability, this suit, too, required six minutes for the all the systems to reboot from optical ROM. Other design changes included a liftable faceplate, an inverted pentagon-shaped chestbeam, and a prominent belt buckle.Īlthough the module concept took up the lion's share of the new design overhaul, we can assume that Model XVIII contained the regular computing hardware and software upgrades. Red shoulder pieces, gauntlets, and legs, with golden forearms and midriff/back section produced an armor that looked unlike anything we've ever seen from Tony Stark. While still red and gold, the suit was mostly red. The chosen color scheme was also a departure. Model XVIII remains the sleekest and most streamlined armor Stark ever designed (most likely because the suit depended on the interchangeable modules, and as a result, is not overstuffed).