How does Thanos have such a big army?

Thanos used the Chitauri as both scientific experiments and practice dummies. Using his knowledge of science, he genetically modified the Chitauri warriors to become stronger. Thanos made millions of Outriders to help his military efforts, as seen during the Battle of Wakanda from Avengers: Infinity War.

How did Thanos get the Chitauri army?

Chitauri Invasion He has an army called the Chitauri. They’re not of Asgard or any world known. Chitauri in space In 2012, the Chitauri were granted as personal army to Loki by Thanos in order to conquer Earth and gain the Tesseract.

What was Thanos army made of?

Thanos then summoned the full might of his army, composed of the Black Order, Chitauri, Chitauri Gorillas, Sakaarans, Outriders, and Leviathans, to the surface.

How did Thanos find the Tesseract?

Following the Battle of New York, the Tesseract was acquired by Thor, who brought the Tesseract and Loki back with him to Asgard. Thanos later acquired the Tesseract and crushed it to unveil the Space Stone within and then inserted the stone into his Infinity Gauntlet.

How did Thanos bring his ship to the future?

The Russos also explained how Thanos brought his ship to the future, and it’s exactly what we thought it’d be, he and his children recreated the Pym particles needed to travel through the Quantum Realm: Q: How did Thanos bring his army to the future? A: There is a guy called Maw in his army; he was a great wizard.

How did Thanos create the outriders?

Using samples of DNA from the Chitauri, his own DNA, and various samples of worlds he’d killed, Thanos created a new creature he called The Outriders. He planned on using this to replace the Chitauri as he felt they were limited by their hive mind. The Outriders could also be programmed to be simple grunts for combat and nothing else.

How did Thanos get the Pym Particles?

A: There is a guy called Maw in his army; he was a great wizard. Thanos himself was a brilliant genius as well. Those two easily reverse engineered, and mass-produced Pym Particles. But a couple points to note here:

Why didn’t Thanos bring the Chitauri army in the first movie?

The chitauri army was not totally extinguished in the first avenger movie but simply stopped from entering earth by closing the portal. We know that in that moment of end game or in the scenes before that, thanos did not have access to space stone. Hence, he couldn’t have used it to bring the army.