It’s another day and in turn, another Iron Man 3 character poster for fans to oogle and base speculation upon.

Today brings a close up look at Sir Ben Kingsley as The Mandarin, and finally being able to take in his costuming in full here, you realize just how odd his costume is. It’s like he’s some sort of old, hippie burnout nightmare, with a solid Asian infusion and just a touch of modern-day terrorist.  And no, I don’t get his sunglasses.

Thanks to Empire for the poster.

Iron Man 3 hits theaters on May 3rd, 2013.