I get that his design would take a lot of effort for what was a minor role in the episode, but, I still love his OG look
jtides2025-11-12 03:08
I like the OG design a lot but tbf I would never realize that’s him without it explicitly telling me.
Obraxiss2025-11-12 03:30
Fair enough, (theres also the fact that, since the original What If episode wasn't rated TV-MA, they would've likey needed to tone it down anyway)
RelievedMoon92025-11-12 05:42
he doesnt start off as a zombie in the episode. he gives the same speech he does in infinity war before being eaten and turned by zombie iron man/dr strange/wong. tbf i dont blame u for forgetting lol
_Levitated_Shield_2025-11-12 03:58
Genuine question, but is that not just concept art of him getting eaten by the ants?
Obraxiss2025-11-12 04:06
I'm honestly unsure, Cull Obsidian also has a zombie concept design and his doesn't look as broken as Maw, so I'm leaning towards no, since one would assume that they would also have the ants if that were the case, but you could be right
aninsomniac_2025-11-12 04:37
They were zombies in that scene?
Jarlax1e2025-11-12 23:42
They got turned into zombies by wong and tony
Jarlax1e2025-11-12 23:42
They got turned into zombies by wong and tony
HopBiscuits2025-11-12 05:04
I animated the shot in the screen grab! Had no control over the character Model, that’s the Maw rig we were provided. For his animation and posing here, Wong taking a bite out of cull obsidian’s arm and then the reveal of zombie iron man with the camera pan were the main focus, so Maw was intentionally underplayed to not draw much attention away from the main event.
Obraxiss2025-11-12 05:07
Wow, thats really cool to know
AzureBluet2025-11-12 05:43
I kinda get it too, he's already very alien looking and lowkey scary if I were ten, doubling the scary would 100% draw away from the main stuff.
No_Loquat_68362025-11-12 08:10
tthat makes sense, sometimes you gotta prioritize the big moments over details like that
yuvi30002025-11-12 08:44
Hey there! If you worked on this, that is awesome!
I'm curious about something and maybe you know: Why do most of the character faces not seem to look like the actors? Is it perhaps a rights thing? I know that the artists are skilled enough to make the characters look real enough so I don't think it's that. It seems more purposeful that they look a bit different.
Many of the characters aren't voiced by their real life actors so I thought it was that, but then animated Blade Knight looks very much like Mahershala Ali and he wasn't voiced by that actor.
HopBiscuits2025-11-12 14:47
Hey there! Good question! I had the exact same question when I worked on this. I was at an animation studio so we did the animation but the modeling was all done elsewhere beforehand. I never got a clear answer on this but I always suspected it came down to individual actors likeness agreements with the studio. Peter Parker in particular doesn’t look like Tom Holland, and the spidey suit had a design that Disney used in parks but never was in a Sony movie. I figure it is all legal stuff like that.
Similarly, universal studios is very picky about where and when Boris Karloff’s likeness can be used to portray frankenstein’s monster. He was the original actor and merch that has his likeness is rare because there’s a lot of legal stuff tied up in his likeness.
NewMarioBobFan2025-11-12 17:41
Really? This is so surprising.
karafuto2025-11-12 05:07
Looks like a parrot
Boomerang5372025-11-12 07:37
I imagine it would have remained that way if it was Rated M but then they tuned it down for the rating for What If.
boyawsome8762025-11-12 09:09
To be fair he had literally just turned into a zombie, if he had survived a bit longer and then come back in the actual show then maybe he could’ve had that design, since it’s far more decayed
AsgardianOperator2025-11-12 13:00
Since we are in the subject, how can Thanos become a zombie? Isn't he basically an android?
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I'm curious about something and maybe you know: Why do most of the character faces not seem to look like the actors? Is it perhaps a rights thing? I know that the artists are skilled enough to make the characters look real enough so I don't think it's that. It seems more purposeful that they look a bit different.
Many of the characters aren't voiced by their real life actors so I thought it was that, but then animated Blade Knight looks very much like Mahershala Ali and he wasn't voiced by that actor.
Similarly, universal studios is very picky about where and when Boris Karloff’s likeness can be used to portray frankenstein’s monster. He was the original actor and merch that has his likeness is rare because there’s a lot of legal stuff tied up in his likeness.