Iron Man 3

Haven't had a chance to catch Iron Man 3 in the cinemas yet (cannot wait!) however from my comic book knowledge I was able to put together a nail design which is also based on the trailers I have seen.

On the thumbs I did a face fusion of Iron Man Mark XLII suit (a more golden suit in appearance than the Mark VII) and the comic book version of the villain the Mandarin. I used a sharpie to sketch an outline of the design and then used a dotter and toothpick to colour and fill in the detail. The background colour is Glitz and Glamour by Orly.

On the left hand index finger I did the Iron Patriot suit (Disney version of War Machine V2) that the character Rhodey wears. I used Silver Foil by Barry M, Konad Blue and Retro 3 Barry M.

Middle finger is the R.E.S.C.U.E suit (Rapid Evacuation Situation Control Unilateral Enforcer) that the Pepper Potts character wears. In the comic books this suit usually has a silver/chrome and crimson colour scheme or purple and silver in newer comics/cartoons. However from the movie trailers the colour scheme looks more similar to the Iron Man Mark VII suit. I used Rockin Rockette by Orly and Silver Foil by Barry M.

On the ring finger I did the Iron Man Mark VII suit which is what the movie starts off with (less golden compared to the new and improved Mark XLII suit). I used Flare by Orly and Retro 3 by Barry M.

I attempted the arc reactor on my little finger using Silver foil Barry M and adding a shimmery Etoile by Orly to help make it glow.

On my right hand I did the respective suits chest plate energy sources, so for the Iron Patriot on the index finger is it a star. R.E.S.C.U.E suit has a circle as well as the Iron Man Mark VII suit. I did the arc reactor again on my little finger and the fused faces for the Iron Man Mark XLII suit and the Mandarin.

I hope after all this waiting and excitement that it is a good film and better than Iron Man 2!

Shall update after I finally catch it ^_^

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The Avengers Assembled

It's little less than a year ago that The Avengers Assemble movie came out, but as you might have heard most of our super heroes are returning with solo movies (Iron Man 3; April 2013, Thor 2; October 2013, Captain America 2; April 2014) . We are both huge fans and have for a long time been planning on doing The Avenger nails, now is finally the time.

As you can see we opted for slightly different designs, Gema's longer nails allowed her to paint whole faces whereas Charlotte went for her good old favourite of splitting the design between the two hands.

Charlotte's nails:

I have used the digits for the characters, well aware of having to drop one (Black Widow in this case, since I couldn't find a good enough design and it annoys me a bit that her sole purpose in the movie appears to be sexy). The thumb was left to carry the Avengers' A on a pale blue background.

For all the black details you can see I used Sharpies, also for the red stripes on Captain America's body. Any white details were done with a toothpick and so we were also the red on Iron man's head. The silver detail's on Thor's armour were done using a home made dotter (ie a pin stuck in a rubber) and the As on the thumbs with a silver striper from Primark.

Assembling the Avengers

Gema's Nails:

I tried to fit in as many characters from The Avengers movie as possible! For the thumbs I did black A's on a glitter background as a slightly different Avengers logo.

On my right hand index finger I did Captain America. I used the Peacock Green holographic polish by Kiko for the colour of his blue suit. I then added his A logo on his forehead and face detail with a combination of toothpick and sharpie fun.

On my right middle finger is Iron Man. The gold foil by Barry M polish is the background. Then completed his armour by adding red polish and some red craft glitter to give it a more metallic look. Face details I used a Sharpie.

On my ring finger is Thor. Voodoo by L.A. Colours is the green background (which I also use for Loki on the other hand). I also used silver foil by Barry M polish for his helmet and neon yellow for this golden hair.

I decided to go with the Avengers movie version of Nick Fury on my little finger (pinkie) using silver foil Barry M polish for the background and drew in the detail using a Sharpie.

Nick Fury | Thor | Iron Man | Captain America

On my left hand index finger I used the comics representation of Hawkeye which is a mainly purple suit with a H logo on his forehead above a face mask. I used a Sharpie to outline the details and then filled in the H and mask with purple craft glitter.

On the middle finger is the hulk. I used a neon green for his face and added the rest of the detail with a toothpick.

On my ring finger is the mischievous god Loki. I used the same Voodoo green background as Thor and then Barry M gold foil to colour in his striking head gear. I added a big of gold glitter on top of that to aid the strikingness...

Little finger is Black Widow. She was a tough character to do since her logo is the common marking of the black widow spider in the comics however this is usually a small feature around her waist. I wanted to continue with the faces theme instead of just doing her logo or a black widow spider and based it mainly on the movie representation of her.  

Hawkeye | Hulk | Loki | Black Widow

Am looking forward to The Avengers 2 in May 2015 with the hinted villain at the end of The Avengers Assembled, Thanos as he would be an interesting character to attempt in nail art.

Assembling all our Avengers together ^_^

Mass Avengers Assembling

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We hope you liked these ^_^

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