It's the final Green Lantern redesign post! And it's super-sized, with 16 entries!
Kicking it off is the return of
SHotM favorite Lee Chen Fang with two redesigns:
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| Lee Chen Fang's Hal Jordan |
"Hal grew from an arrogant test pilot to a leader within the Green Lantern Corps. His design revolves around the theme of a pilot and a space cowboy. The costume of a military figure evokes a sense of respect and authority."
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| Lee Chen Fang's Kyle Rayner |
"I made Kyle more young-looking, fun-loving, implusive and flamboyant. Since Kyle is an artist, I gave him a more casual, fashionable, hippier and light-weight design, while still retaining the essense of the original costume design that made him stand out from the rest of the Corps."
"I went with Holika Rahn because she obviously has the best hair in the corps."
Editor's Note: Adam, I honestly can't think of a better reason to make that choice! :) - Alex
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| Carlos Bercini's Kyle Rayner |
"What I tried going for is more of an armor like suit and light green-white spandex underneath, keeping it simple and easy for the character to move around in a fight, but at the same time providing the necessary protection. I also added some sort of armor bracelets on the forearms that are connected to the wrists,bringing support and solid strength to these body parts; I have always imagined that if the ring fires an extreme amount of power the Green Lantern would need some sort of extra arm support to prevent recoil, like soldiers of police officers do with their guns when holding them with both hands. I also tried to go for a more half-faced mask. No special reason for this, I just liked it."
Manny Aguilera returned to triple-dip in this month's contest with another more unique member of the Corps:
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| Manny Aguilera's Rot Lop Fan |
Editor's Note: Manny didn't leave any particular notes about this redesign.
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| K. Lee's Kyle Rayner |
"When Kyle became the last Green Lantern, a reconception of the Lantern Corps was long overdue. I see them as more of undercover beat cops. Kyle's costume is connected to the ring. When he powers up, the suit becomes a projector for constructs just as the ring does, giving Kyle better protection (as he is the last Lantern). Powered down, he's hardly recognisable as a Lantern. The green gloves are actualley constructs to hide the ring in the undercover mode.
"My main idea is that the 'Lantern' is a misconception. The symbol on his chest and the ring rather represent the 'first sunrise', the central sun rising behind Oa. This represents the symbol of order: when the first day rose, the universe was in perfect harmony. The 'Lanterns' represent that.
"The symbol is thus not a depiction, it's a circular window showing Oa. The 'Lantern' shape is the result of the light shining out of that window. The window is actaully a wormhole that connects Kyle to the source of his powers."
Joy Christian Juyo submitted three Green Lantern redesigns at once:
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| Joy Christian Juyo's Kilowog |
"I just made some few minor tweaks to the GL uniform -- show some skin and make it look like sportswear. I dunno, I see Kilowog as the gym instructor of the Green Lantern Corps..."
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| Joy Christian Juyo's G'Nort |
"I saw G'Nort as a physician of the Green Lantern Corps, so I made a goggles instead of the traditional GL mask. I modified the GL logo and incorporated a long overcoat to the overall uniform."
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| Joy Christian Juyo's Kyle Rayner |
"Hal maybe the fearless Green Lantern, but the coolest is Kyle. Since Kyle operates mostly in space now, I designed with a futuristic Tron/Star Wars/Buck Rogers-influence in mind."
"I always imagine Boodikka as the Big Barda of the Green Lantern Corps. I tried to make her appearance wrestler/athlete-like, who trusts her own fighting skills over the ring's power."
Richard JP LeGuen also sent in an additional entry:
"A follow up to my last attempt to portray a Green Lantern with an emphasis on being a police officer. While I started with the idea of Salaak as a British bobby, I got interested in the idea of interpreting the vertical line on Kyle's original costume as a sash with a badge, and I ended up drawing more inspiration from Canadian Mounties than Bobbies."
Next, a couple from Brian Post:
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| Brian Post's Kyle Rayner |
"I went with the whole 'Emerald Knight' motif, with light construct armor that the ring would activate when he is about to go into action."
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| Brian Post's Sodam Yat |
"I figured that since he is more or less the flag bearer for the corps he might look good with a more regal appearance."
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| Dimitrios Kasdaglis |
"I'm thinking emerald/intergalactic/police force/alien lantern/ring-bearer, joined into something new."
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| Amanda Sparks' Kyle Rayner |
"I wanted to give it a military style in many different ways, since the Green Lanterns are something of an intergalactic police force. I added in a bit of armor, because it never hurts to have a little more protection."
"The idea comes from the fact that the ring is the source of the power also connected to his symbol on his chest which represents his will or soul. The costume is asymetrical and shows his enemies to beware of the ring and the Corps!"
Wow, what a post! Lots of great redesigns, and a good representation of some of the lesser-known Corps members! There's a lot to take in here, but let us know what you think in the comments below! Check out all the Green Lantern redesigns we've received, and stay tuned! The winner of this month's contest will be announced on June 30, but stay tuned! The next contest announcement is coming, as well as a new Redesigned feature focusing on the Flashpoint redesigns from DC!
