Iron-Man Encounters and unknown Armored figure and in true Stark fashion and arrogance assaults him when the figure refuses to answer to him or acknowledge his authority (of which he has none). The assault does not go well for Iron-Man as he soon discovers for his opponent has far more advanced technology and is none other than the Legendary Silver beetle. Transported to the Marvel universe by Dominion with the hopes that the heroes in this universe will take out the heroes from his universe saving him the effort. Stark's armor is impressive by any standards but is hardly a match for 44th century technology.
The deflection is a custom transparency map applied to a dome that I rotated 90 degrees. I also have a custom texture to go with it. I add an ambient color and match everything with the repulsor blast and tada. in post I added some air brushed green to the deflection as well just to drive home the fact that the effect is NOT from Iron-Man's weapon but Silver Beetles defenses. Thanks for asking
For those interested in whether or not you can do this, I actually put the iron-Man armor on a genesis model as clothing. it works just like and of the M3 legacy fits and is pretty cool although you have to make the genesis model invisible as the Iron-Man head is too Small...I could try to make a newer version of my own using this as a template.....Hmmmmmm
Strong FX, shiny metals and a hazy city make for a powerful impression. Awesome battle scene! BTW, you flipped the texture on the water tower between them.