![[Court of Owls V2] I decided to revisit my Court of Owls members using a DCUC Question figure and a Wesley figure from the Angel series:
I replaced the Question's head with one from fodder and painted the blue coat gray with a black wash.
I used Sculpey to for the masks, hardened them under hot water and painted them with a combination of white, pearl white, and grey paint.
They look better in person than in the pics. I like them better than my previous effort.](userimages/customs/50000/49621-1.jpg) Court of Owls V2 Batmanby latinladI decided to revisit my Court of Owls members using a DCUC Question figure and a Wesley figure from the Angel series:
I replaced the Question's head w...1 comments | ![[New 52 Catwoman] I know that DC is coming out with a N52 Catwoman later in the year but since she's part of a boxed set I probably will not be able to afford her so I decided to try my hand at making one. Adapting the basic recipe others here have posted I used the ML Mystique. I sculpted the gloves and boots. The straps on the boots are rubber bands. The buckles are painted on. Her choker is also a piece of rubber band with a small piece of plastic glued on and painted silver for a pendant. I used the head from the Hush Catwoman. Her whip is the same one you usually get with her figure, just coiled up and tied with a black twisty. The necklace she has just stolen is from an old Black Adam figure.
4/30/13:Can't say I was really happy with my N52 Catwoman from a few days back. Her head fell off a few times, the gauntlets, made of Sculpey, looked cheap, and there was something off about here. So back to square one:
- drilled a hole into the Mystique neck and stuck part of a paper clip in in. Slightly b](userimages/customs/49500/49300-1.jpg) New 52 Catwoman Batmanby latinladI know that DC is coming out with a N52 Catwoman later in the year but since she's part of a boxed set I probably will not be able to afford her so I ...5 comments |
![[Ubu] I've wanted to make a figure of Ubu, Ra's al Ghul's faithful servant for a very long time. I even had a wrestler figure I got some years ago for that purpose but that I've never been able to customize. Tonight I was looking at some of the stuff in the fodder box that was leftover after my Bane figure and I got an idea:
head, biceps, lower arms: wrestler figure (dunno his name)
torso and shoulders: Expendables 2 Gunner Jensen
legs: NECO Duke Nuke 'Em
gun: Expendables Gunner Jensen
wristband: first aid tape
I boiled and popped the Gunner Jensen head and replace it with the wrestler's bald head. However, this made the figure's arms out of proportion to the head so I boiled and popped then off at the biceps and replaced them with the wrestler's arms. The peg on the groin of the Duke Nuke Em figure was a little large for the hole on the Jensen figure so I used an exacto blade to widen the latter and in it popped.
I wanted a distinctive looking figure and debated on how to make him stand](userimages/customs/49000/48896-1.jpg) Ubu Batmanby latinladI've wanted to make a figure of Ubu, Ra's al Ghul's faithful servant for a very long time. I even had a wrestler figure I got some years ago for that ...4 comments | ![[Doctor Simon Hurt] I've wanted to revisit my original Dr Hurt figure for awhile especially cause I was never satisfied with the original, glued-on head. So I got another Wesley Waiting in the Wings figure (the perfect guy-in-a-tux figure!) and:
- painted the hands black for gloves
- the cape comes from a Public Enemies Mattel Batman
- the cape tie is a piece of string tied and super-glued on (the super glue also hardens the string so it retains its shape)
- the mask is sculpted and painted metallic black to make it shiny (THAT took forever!)
- painted the hair brown and added sculpted hair
- the celebratory goblet is from fodder
Below he is pictured by himself and about to get whacked in the head by the Mattel Batman of Zur-En-Arrh (Planet X) figure that just arrived today (as well as the comics reference)!](userimages/customs/49000/48843-1.jpg) Doctor Simon Hurt Batmanby latinladI've wanted to revisit my original Dr Hurt figure for awhile especially cause I was never satisfied with the original, glued-on head. So I got another...1 comments |
![[Bane 2.0] My previous Bane used the Duke Nuke 'Em body with the MM Bane head but I was not really satisfied with it. For one, this figure had regular pants instead of combat books and though it was now " it still did not tower over my DCC N52 Batman. So when I saw AvengerKiller's Bane I knew I had to try his recipe for myself, esp when I found the Diamond Select Gunner Jensen Expendables 2 at my local TRU.
Head and belt: MM DKR Bane
Upper body: NECA Duke Nuke 'Em
Lower body: Diamond Select Gunner Jensen Expendables 2
Chest straps: First aid tape
It was a really easy custom! Once you do the boil and pop method to separate the torsos from the legs on the respective figures they fit perfectly, especially once you cut out the DKR Bane Belt and attach it (the belt is not long enough but the missing space is in the back so it does not worry me for diaplay purposes. Some of you may have creative ideas on how to fill that space).
I cut strips of first aid tape, painted them brown and penciled in](userimages/customs/49000/48651-1.jpg) Bane 2.0 Batmanby latinladMy previous Bane used the Duke Nuke 'Em body with the MM Bane head but I was not really satisfied with it. For one, this figure had regular pants inst...5 comments | ![[Two-Face] repaint of Two-Face's head. Hated the monochrome purple and tried to use various shades of red/magenta/pink and white in order to bring out the details in his flesh and even some bone](userimages/customs/49000/48611-1.jpg) Two-Face Batman: Arkham Cityby latinladrepaint of Two-Face's head. Hated the monochrome purple and tried to use various shades of red/magenta/pink and white in order to bring out the detail...3 comments |
![[Hawkman] An older figure I've had on my shelf for awhile that i finally decided to post. I wanted to bring the DCUC Hawkman up to date with his JSA incarnation from a few years back.
- painted the pants dark green
- painted the harness
- the armband is sculpted
- the spikes on the armband and glove come from a Spawn figure
- belt pouches from a Batman figure
- weapons belt from a LOTR figure
- weapons are from a DCD Hawkman, Buffy, LOTR](userimages/customs/49000/48610-1.jpg) Hawkman DC Universeby latinladAn older figure I've had on my shelf for awhile that i finally decided to post. I wanted to bring the DCUC Hawkman up to date with his JSA incarnation...3 comments | ![[La Llorona] A first for the Figure Realm and maybe a first ever! Straight from the pages of Batwoman it's La Llorona. La Llorona (the Weeping Woman) is an age-old Mexican legend of a woman who, jilted by her husband/lover, drowns her kids and is fated to wander the land wailing for her dead children. First appearing in Batwoman#1 she abducts children from her parents and is used by Medusa to raise the Mother of Monsters.
La Llorona is a LOTR Enchanted Galadriel I picked up on eBay. The moment I saw her I knew I could adopt her for this character.
- the first challenge was how to make Galdriel's breastplate into a white gown. I didn't want to just paint over it and putting Sculpy all over it would have just weighed down the figure and looked sloppy. So I decided to wrap her in plumber's tape and paint over that. I felt it would give her gown a textured, cloth-like quality. As a side effect it also made the gown look like mummy wrappings. Pretty good for a ghost woman!
- I used washes of white and](userimages/customs/48000/47862-1.jpg) La Llorona Batmanby latinladA first for the Figure Realm and maybe a first ever! Straight from the pages of Batwoman it's La Llorona. La Llorona (the Weeping Woman) is an age-old...13 comments |
![[Batwoman 2.0] This is pretty much a complete overhaul of my previous Batwoman figure. I just kept wanting to tweak and improve it to make her look more like her comics counterpart. She's really one of my favorite characters and favorite customs!
- the base figure and the cape relain the same: DCD Justice Batgirl (who has a perfect woman's figure) and the cape from the Batman and Son DCD line
- the boots and gauntlets seemed too thick for her so I removed the Sculpty from them to streamline then more
- I used only a bit of Sculpy to fill in the spaces on the original Batgirl boots instead of sculpting the entire boot to the foot
- I used a tiny piece of twisty-wire at the bottom of both gloves to give the impression that she is wearing a separate piece. Used small strips of rubber band around the original spikes to create the other part of the gauntlet
- I reformed the hair using Sculpty for a more windblown look and separate the locks
- Painted a light layer of white over her skin color to make her](userimages/customs/48000/47579-1.jpg) Batwoman 2.0 Batmanby latinladThis is pretty much a complete overhaul of my previous Batwoman figure. I just kept wanting to tweak and improve it to make her look more like her com...3 comments | ![[Deathstroke] with so many characters going the Nolan route or becoming more dark and gritty, classic Deathstroke, with his bright orange, blue, and pirate boots, looked out of place. He was also short compared with some of the tougher figures. This was probably the most complicated custom I have done to date. For the first time I cracked open the Mattel torsos to combine parts of two figures. It got pretty time consuming trying to put all the pieces back together again!
- upper torso and shoulders: DCUC Deathstroke
- legs and arms: Mattel Arkham Asylum Batman
- belt: Deathstroke UC
- head: DCUC Deathstroke
- weapons; DCUC Deathstroke and some fodder
the main body of the figure is black
the bracers on the arms and legs are silver
the chain mail part of the chest is dark metallic blue
upper chest is a silver mixed with dark grey](userimages/customs/47500/47396-1.jpg) Deathstroke Batmanby latinladwith so many characters going the Nolan route or becoming more dark and gritty, classic Deathstroke, with his bright orange, blue, and pirate boots, l...6 comments |
![[Talia] I got the Arkham City Talia that was released just yesterday. But while it is accurate to the video game and has a great sculpt, I felt there was something incomplete about her. She was a pretty girl with a sword--lacking in the general badassery that the Daughter of the demon should possess--a fighter and expert in all kinds of weapons. Plus she looked like she and the Ac Harley Quinn shopped at the same store. So to the fodder bin!
- I gave her a new belt--cribbed out of a couple of utility belts I found laying about
- I cut the police baton holder from the DCD Batgirl (Stephanie Brown) and attached it to her back, allowing her to carry a second samurai sword (taken from the DCD Robin (Damian Wayne)
- the gun comes from the DCUC Deathstroke figure.
As any gay man (like myself) will tell you, accessories can make the woman. And in this case I like how she turned out.](userimages/customs/47500/47361-1.jpg) Talia Batmanby latinladI got the Arkham City Talia that was released just yesterday. But while it is accurate to the video game and has a great sculpt, I felt there was some...6 comments | ![[Dr Simon Hurt] Dr Simon Hurt was the premier villain from Morrison's run on Batman a few years back--a bad guy so incredibly evil that many people thought he might have been the devil himself! The figure was made using:
- Wesley "waiting in the wings" figure from the Angel line--perfect for all your men in tuxes. I painted the hands to make them look like gloves
- the head is a DCD E2 Robin from the Crisis on Infinite Earths line. I painted the hair and sculpted a few extra strands
- the mask was cut out of magnetic printer paper and painted (it was thicker than regular paper and could be shaped into a mask easier than Sculpey
- the cape is from a DCD Batgirl (Cassandra Cain)](userimages/customs/47500/47360-1.jpg) Dr Simon Hurt Batmanby latinladDr Simon Hurt was the premier villain from Morrison's run on Batman a few years back--a bad guy so incredibly evil that many people thought he might h...1 comments |
![[Red Robin V3] So maybe my constant griping about Tim Drake's overly done, 1990s style costume is paying off cause it seems that the new artist on Teen Titans is trying his hand at simplifying Red Robin and I think it's a big improvement. It looks like a cross between the Red Robin costume Tim has been using and the Young Justice design for the Robin (Drake) figure. So naturally I had to try and make him for my Batman Family collection:
- dug up my Young Justice Red Arrow figure. His body is leaner than the Dark Knight figure I used for the last RR I tried and looks more like a teenager.
- used metallic red, metallic black, and gold for the respective areas - for the harness and arm belts I used some cut strips from those Christmas Town Brick Paths. I got the idea of cutting thin strips of this and painting them gold. Lo and behold, they worked perfectly!
- the wings come from a Radaki Harrier figure painted a brighter shade of red. For now I attached the wings to the back with poster putty.
- the](userimages/customs/47000/46750-1.jpg) Red Robin V3 Batmanby latinladSo maybe my constant griping about Tim Drake's overly done, 1990s style costume is paying off cause it seems that the new artist on Teen Titans is try...7 comments | ![[Batcomputer] So what's a Batman display without a Batcomputer? I've been working on this on and off (mainly off) for years and once I redesigned my mancave thought it was time to bring it out again and finish it up.
- the base is the bridge from the Star Trek Enterprise based off the Enterprise tv series. Instead of connecting the pieces outright I fiddled around with it to give the console some height.
- the computer monitor is a digital frame I found on sale for $20. Set it to slideshow and you've got a slew of Batman-related images to enjoy
- the back brick wall is made up of foam red bricks I picked up at a craft store
- the desk to the right came from a Space Ghost figure. I painted it metallic grey and bronze to match the rest of the console. The tea set I got on eBay, the laptop is fodder, and the newspaper is from a Perry White figure. Everything else is sculpted
- the Joker card was printed on 8 x 11 label paper, pasted on illustration board and hung with little c](userimages/customs/45500/45387-1.jpg) Batcomputer Batmanby latinladSo what's a Batman display without a Batcomputer? I've been working on this on and off (mainly off) for years and once I redesigned my mancave thought...7 comments |
![[Gotham City Police Officer] Some years ago my new puppy got a hold of my Dark Victory Jim Gordon figure and used him as a chew toy. Alas, even after saving Gordon he wound up losing a hand. One of his feet was pretty mashed up as well. But I never threw the figure away for whatever reason. I came across it today and thought I'd see if I could salvage it. I puttied and repainted the damaged foot, gave him a new right hand from a Young Justice Speedy and a new head from a Wesley (Angel series). Add one gun from fodder and we have a bona fide GCPD officer!
Now if I can only find the right base and head for a Leslie Thompkins...](userimages/customs/45500/45138-1.jpg) Gotham City Police Officer Batmanby latinladSome years ago my new puppy got a hold of my Dark Victory Jim Gordon figure and used him as a chew toy. Alas, even after saving Gordon he wound up los...2 comments | ![[Lucius Fox] what to do? what to do with all the fodder one accumulates over time? In this case I had an extra Wesley (from Angel)figure and a DCUC Mr Terrific head. So lo and behold we now have Bruce Wayne's #1 CEO. It's a simple custom, aside from all the painting that needs to be done--from the jacket to the face. I used a couple of colored pencils to draw in the lines on Lucius' tweed jacket. The suitcase is from another Wesley figure.](userimages/customs/45500/45137-1.jpg) Lucius Fox Batmanby latinladwhat to do? what to do with all the fodder one accumulates over time? In this case I had an extra Wesley (from Angel)figure and a DCUC Mr Terrific hea...0 comments |
![[Maxie Zeus] Maxie Zeus is a figure I've wanted to do for a very long time. I've seen other customizers do the animated series version where he is a big muscular guy but I always liked the comics rendition of Maxie as a scrawnier guy with delusions of godhood. This afternoon i came across the base I had started to use years ago unsuccessfully and thought I'd give it another try.
- chest: DCD Dr Mid-Night
- legs and arms: Hush Ra's al Ghul (?)
- head: Hush Ra's al Ghul with resculpted hair (I decided to give him a few curls as you might see in ancient Greek art instead of the usual spitcurl), beard and drawn on eyebrows (the original doesn't have eyebrows. it's true! Go check it out. I'll wait here)
- tunic: Sculpey. I painted the gold trim with a toothpick
- belt and wristbands: plastic strips I had laying about
Let me know what you think!](userimages/customs/45000/44759-1.jpg) Maxie Zeus Batmanby latinladMaxie Zeus is a figure I've wanted to do for a very long time. I've seen other customizers do the animated series version where he is a big muscular g...5 comments | ![[Red Robin V2] Another customizer whose figure I really liked was ACCustomFigure and their Red Robin. I had tried to use the DK figure as a base some time ago with limited results. Tonight I thought I'd try again:
- used metallic red and gold for the respective areas
- the wings come from a Radaki Harrier figure painted a brighter shade of red. For now I attached the wings to the back with poster putty. I might try magnets later this week.
- I tried using the harness I had made from old utility belts for my previous RR figure but they were too big. I spotted a roll of decorative brick pattern that I found not long ago among Xmas decorations at a dept store. It's used to create brick walkways for those little Xmas towns but I had bought a few rolls with which to make brick walls and backdrops. I got the idea of cutting a thin strip of this and painting it gold for Tim's harness and lo and behold, it worked perfectly!
- the head is from a DCUC Tim Drake Robin figure
- the emblem is glued on from a DCU](userimages/customs/44500/44204-1.jpg) Red Robin V2 Batmanby latinladAnother customizer whose figure I really liked was ACCustomFigure and their Red Robin. I had tried to use the DK figure as a base some time ago with l...2 comments |
![[Red Hood V2] I loved EmeraldArcher's take on an Arkham City style Red Hood so I decided to adapt his base figure for my own ends.
- base figure is AC Robin
--painted the pants,arms, and chest, removed the hood and head
--painted the bracers silver
--painted the red hood emblem a different shade of red to make it pop
- head is a modified Red Robin DCUC head
- jacket comes from Mr Terrific
- extra belt is from the Marvel Select Steve Rogers
- guns are fodder
gotta say, i think it's an improvement over my first Red Hood!](userimages/customs/44500/44203-1.jpg) Red Hood V2 Batmanby latinladI loved EmeraldArcher's take on an Arkham City style Red Hood so I decided to adapt his base figure for my own ends.
- base figure is AC Robin
--p...2 comments | ![[Court of Owls] "Beware The Court of Owls, that watches all the time,
ruling Gotham from a shadow perch, behind granite and lime.
They watch you at your hearth, they watch you in your bed,
speak not a whispered word of them
or they'll send The Talon for your head."
This is probably my favorite story of the New 52 and one of the best Batman stories I've read in awhile. Naturally I needed some members of the Court of Owls for my villains collection. So I took a couple of generic street clothed figures I had lying about (in this case a Fox Mulder and Drusilla figure from Buffy) and sculpted the Owls masks using Sculpy and a toothpick. I used pearl white paint (The Court is rich. I imagine the masks would be ceramic not plastic)for the masks, added some jewelry to the female figure and there we go!](userimages/customs/44000/43943-1.jpg) Court of Owls Batmanby latinlad"Beware The Court of Owls, that watches all the time,
ruling Gotham from a shadow perch, behind granite and lime.
They watch you at your hearth...3 comments |
![[Professor Pyg] Took a cue from someone else's recipe on here, and i decided to go with the DCD perry White figure after finding it on clearance at a local shop.
- I sculpted the mask out of Sculpey using the front part of a Hawkgirl helmet as a base; hardened and painted it. i kind of like the crude feel of the mask. As is the good, psychotic professor put it together himself rather than heading to Party City.
- painted the vest white as well as his hands (I decided not to replace the hand with the pointing finger cause in the right pose he looks like he's monologing and issuing an ultimatum.
- made an apron out of white duct tape. I think it worked out all right
- I was going to use a piece of the long animal sculpting balloons for the gloves but I decided to try white plumbers tape and it worked well! Just a couple of wraps around the arms and some super glue to keep it in place!
- I used watered down pink and red paint for the blood splatter
- the drill is an accessory from a DCD Black mask figur](userimages/customs/44000/43811-1.jpg) Professor Pyg Batmanby latinladTook a cue from someone else's recipe on here, and i decided to go with the DCD perry White figure after finding it on clearance at a local shop.
- I...6 comments | ![[Nocturna] For those born after 1985, Nocturna is one of those villains created in the 1980s before the whole Frank Miller dark n gritty era. She has a somewhat cheesy origin--an astronomer whose pigment was drained out of her in an accident which leaves her sensitive to light. She has a distinctive look though--emo before it was ever popular. Though a thief she became a love interest for Batman and a surrogate mother to Jason Todd in the pre-Crisis era. Though not seen for many many years she was still a part of my earlier Batman years and that era still holds a certain fondness for me. Plus she's an easy custom.
I took the DCUC Raven and removed the head and cape.
Painted her skin a pearly white
Used a DCUC Wonder Girl head (seriously that head is so versatile. You can use her for almost any female figure!), painted her skin and lips
Sculpted some extra hair
the bracelet is a silver twisty
the necklace is the chain from a Movie Masters Joker cut to size
I need to touch her up a bit but she](userimages/customs/43500/43388-1.jpg) Nocturna Batmanby latinladFor those born after 1985, Nocturna is one of those villains created in the 1980s before the whole Frank Miller dark n gritty era. She has a somewhat ...3 comments |
![[Bane] It was time for Gotham's reckoning!
I realized this summer that I much prefer the Dark Knight Rises headgear to the Lucha Libre mask. It's just more animalistic and primal. I used the Duke Nukem figure like so many others have done and gave his shirt a simple paint job and added some pouches to his belt from an Alex Ross Batman figure. But I wanted a combination of the movie and the comic book character so I added the hose and Venom controller that came with the DCD Bane (the wrist part is actually what attached to the back of the DCD head). The armband is a painted rubber band and the brown wrist guard is Sculpey.](userimages/customs/43500/43104-1.jpg) Bane Batmanby latinladIt was time for Gotham's reckoning!
I realized this summer that I much prefer the Dark Knight Rises headgear to the Lucha Libre mask. It's just more a...7 comments | ![[Firefly] I wanted to enlarge my Batman villain collection but neither DCD nor Mattel have ever come out with a 6-7" Firefly. In addition, i never cared much for the comic style for this guy so I decided to make one of my own. I used:
- War Machine (upper body)
- Marvel Selects Black costume Spider-Man (legs)
- fodder (head)
- DCD Golden Age Sandman (mask)
- Iron Man Divebomb Mission: wings
- removed the legs and replaced them with the Spider-Man legs so that the figure would not look 100% robotic
- I repainted parts of the upper body black, grey and yellow (for the abdomen--I got that idea from The Batman animated series version of the character.
- took the "nose" off the sandman gas mask and painted it grey with red for the eyes
- attached the head from fodder onto the body and the mask onto the head
- I removed the holster from the wings of the Iron Man Divebomb figure as these were too small to fit over my figure; painted the tips yellow to echo the abdomen and super-glued](userimages/customs/43500/43061-1.jpg) Firefly Batmanby latinladI wanted to enlarge my Batman villain collection but neither DCD nor Mattel have ever come out with a 6-7" Firefly. In addition, i never cared mu...3 comments |
![[Tweedledee & Tweedledum] If you want to expand your Batman villains collection with a minimum of fuss look no further than these easiest customs in the world. I saw one of these thug figures from the line based off the disastrous Spirit movie at a local comics shop and decided that it would make a great Tweedledee/Tweedledum (especially in the gangsta style they appeared as in some issues of Detective Comics a few years back or in the Nolanverse style). I finally bought a 2nd figure from Amazon and:
- I painted over the logo they had on their shorts
- printed out DEE and DUM on labels; cut them out
- Pasted said labels on the front and back of their shirts and VOILA! Tweedledee & Tweedledum!](userimages/customs/43500/43034-1.jpg) Tweedledee & Tweedledum Batmanby latinladIf you want to expand your Batman villains collection with a minimum of fuss look no further than these easiest customs in the world. I saw one of the...7 comments | ![[Red Hood New 52] same recipe that many others have used (hey if it works, why change it?)
- DCUC Mr Terrific
- painted jacket and sleeves brown with black dry brushed on for texture
- head is from DCUC Red Robin, painted metallic red
- hands and guns are fodder
- belt from Marvel Legends Steve Rogers, Agent of SHIELD
- emblem is label paper painted red with a Sharpie (wish i could sculpt like so many others out here)
- sealed, of course
so there it is, the Red Hood. Until Dc Collectibles can decide to give us figures that most of us can afford instead of making statues 90% of us can't afford, I'm quite happy with him.](userimages/customs/43500/43004-1.jpg) Red Hood New 52 Batmanby latinladsame recipe that many others have used (hey if it works, why change it?)
- DCUC Mr Terrific
- painted jacket and sleeves brown with black dry brushed ...6 comments |
![[Cain] I saw this figure at Target and decided that he'd make a perfect David Cain (assassin, father for Cassandra Cain, and the guy who framed Bruce Wayne for murder). - I painted over the white and red parts of the costume
- painted the hair white with a dry brush of grey
- removed the belt (I wanted it for Red Hood) and replaced it with one from fodder
- the comic book version wears white books but white doesn't seem to blend into the dark if you're an assassin so i painted the leg protectors a shade of grey
- the gun harness is a rubber band painted grey
- the holster on the harness and the arm were originally leg holsters on the figure but I cut them off and used them here
- rifle is from fodder](userimages/customs/43000/42973-1.jpg) Cain Batmanby latinladI saw this figure at Target and decided that he'd make a perfect David Cain (assassin, father for Cassandra Cain, and the guy who framed Bruce Wayne f...4 comments | ![[Red Robin (New 52)] Ok, first off, I love Tim Drake. He was probably my favorite Robin. Cool headed, resourceful, loyal. What a fantastic character with which to update the Robin identity. Having said that, I hate, hate, HATE his costume in the N52. It is overly busy and looks like a Sao Paolo Carnival dancer. Seriously, it looks like the 90s came over and threw up all over him. But given my devotion to the World of Gotham, I couldn't ignore him. So deciding not to wait for a DCD or DCUC figure I decided to do my own version of Mr. Drake, greatly simplifying his costume and getting rid of some of the things I hated about it. I started off with the DCUC Red Robin. He is not too tall for a teenager, considering that DCD and Mattel's New 52 figures all use the 7" scale nowadays. The body they used for his figure is not as muscular as that used by say, Superman or Catman. It's leaner and it works.
- removed the head
- removed the belt and skirt (they were all one piece)
- removed the harness and painte](userimages/customs/43000/42769-1.jpg) Red Robin (New 52) Batmanby latinladOk, first off, I love Tim Drake. He was probably my favorite Robin. Cool headed, resourceful, loyal. What a fantastic character with which to update t...3 comments |
![[New 52 Poison Ivy] The DCUC Wonder Girl makes for a great base figure. She was my original Talia until I decided to go a different route for that character (see my other posting). So what to do with the WG figure? Well, my Hush Poison Ivy had a bad habit of being unsteady on her feet, taking occasional nosedives off the shelf--not to mention that he has been updated in light of the New 52. So this is basically a repaint of the DCUC Wonder Girl using metallic black, a lime green for the base of her leafy parts, followed by a darker green and a metallic green. I think the bits of metallic green for some of the leaves make her stand out a bit more. There was the hair and then the hardest part, blacking out the eyes. This has been pretty hard and I have to say that I'm not 100% pleased with her eyes. She needs white pupils to complete her but I need me some practice at keeping a steady hand. Nonetheless, I'm kind of pleased with the figure overall.
UPDATE: I've always liked Ivy with long hair and the Jim Le](userimages/customs/43000/42563-1.jpg) New 52 Poison Ivy Batmanby latinladThe DCUC Wonder Girl makes for a great base figure. She was my original Talia until I decided to go a different route for that character (see my other...3 comments | ![[Talia Al Ghul] It's basically a repaint of the Hope Summers figure. I liked this one for Talia not only because of the armored legs and arms but also cause of the face. It's different and I thought she'd make a good Talia. I used two different types of black on her--a metallic shade for parts of the limbs. I dry brushed the gauntlets with some black to give them a weathered look. I used raw umber on her hair and then dry brushed it with a burnt sienna mix. You'll notice that I painted her arm and leg bands green in order to connect her visually with her dad and his color of choice. The belt comes from a Stephanie Brown Batgirl and the weapons are from the fodder drawer, including a knife from a Legolas figure. Finally sealed and allowed to dry.](userimages/customs/43000/42562-1.jpg) Talia Al Ghul Batmanby latinladIt's basically a repaint of the Hope Summers figure. I liked this one for Talia not only because of the armored legs and arms but also cause of the fa...1 comments |
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