I'm thinking this has got to be for the Avengers or an early prototype.

It's very very modern and not 1940's at all. I'm not worried though, it shows ingenuity and thought, and you have a *lot* of these types of things before anything is finalized, so it looks to be me like they are working with elements and such to see what they can do.

Which is not that they aren't feeling totally enslaved to the comic look because we know from the 90's movie that doesn't quite work =P

I think it'd look better if they had the wings. His head does look kind of bald. But other than that, I don't mind the modern look. Although when going to movies, I've learned to ignore the comics/books when watching. So that helps a lot.

The shield makes me think this is a modern-day Cap. In 1610, he didn't get the round shield until he was defrosted, and certain things I will not name for the sake of spoilers makes me think they're following that line. Plus everyone else is right. It looks too modern. :\ Plus, I heard something about a helmet..? So! We'll see.

It could, but I have a hard time seeing anyone pass up the chance to have Tony perfect the Iconic Artifact Of Subtle Reference. (Watch, I have now doomed it.) I think Howard was working on it, but it was clearly only half finished. Maybe Steve "died" before it was done, and so Howard put it away.

I'm hoping they'll go with the standard edged shield from early Cap. 616 and 1610 both started out with that one, so it would be a nice snug fit. He can use it while Howard is working on the round shield.

Why do I have a feeling I'm going to walk out of there shipping Steve/Tony's Dad? D:

It woooould. FML. D: Hopefully, Howard will be eminently UnSlashable. I do not want Skeeve in my Steve/Tony!

Or perhaps there will be Maria? Though I think she would be too young in WWII for Tony to have been born when he was, unless Tony was a Late Comer.

Considering IM2, Tony finding out that Steve knew Howard is going to be interesting. :D

I hope that they have a Maria. She doesn't get nearly enough attention, and anyone who managed to survive raising Tony for the most part must have been pretty awesome. (1610 Maria was just hands-down badass, but I do not want her story, due to DEATH.)

I like it, but even though everyone says they hate the wings.... I miss them. :(

I really like this.

you're right, it is pretty modern, but overall i think it's a pretty sick design. i think it'll prbly get a little more, ah, accurate to the time as they develop the concept designs. lmao i have to wonder, though, how much they're gonna make chris evans buff himself up.

The geometric pants are throwing me off a bit, and I miss the red boots (that I want wings kind of goes without saying.)

Overall, though? Not too bad. I think they're trying to make him look... less absurd, for those who aren't fans and therefore don't appreciate his colorful hero wardrobe.

Not yet sure how to feel about the harness!shoulders and how busy all that texture makes the design, though having the red straps in place of the stripes at his midsection is pretty clever.

I do, as most everyone else has mentioned, miss the wings too. Maybe even just a splash of white paint at the temples on his helmet/cowl would help with the "baldness" though I'm.. not sure the designers of his uniform in the movie could justify painting little swirly wings on his helmet... (And I don't know why, but that brown with that red is very off-putting to me. /grousegrousegrouse)

Clean-lined, almost modular construction?
C-130-jump-seat-red equipment harness straps?
Subtle, up-pointing chest-chevron of white on white, almost like the wings of an airplane, serving no structural purpose?
Bright colors instead of muted?
Perfectly machined high-tech-looking metal buckles EVERYWHERE?
Please.
It's modern because it's Starktech.
Look at the material used to make the shoulder-armor, and then compare it to Tony's flak vest in the scene right the humvee attack.
It's the same stuff.