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Toks Solarin redesigns the X-MEN

Found these redesigned X-Men uniforms at Toks' DA site http://toks-s.deviantart.com/ The text pieces below are Toks' notes about the thinking that went through each redesign Code name: Cyclops  When ever I think of cyclops I always think of Jim lee's version so the current version looks weird to me, it's not bad it just doesn't feel like cyclops to me. This is what came out when I set about designing my own version of the x-men team leader. Scott seems like the type of guy that would take his role as leader very seriously. The X-men find themselves fighting for their lives almost daily and as a result I think Scott would study military tactics and deployment and so I made his uniform reflect that. I tried to stick to the blue and yellow colour scheme where I could, I gave him a flak jacket providing protection for his vital organs and made his suit a bit more protection based in general. I gave him a utility belt of sorts as the x teams are often d