Keatons Batman is best, next to Bales

Solid Job! Love the Paint Work!

Excellent repaint/modification of the NECA Batman! He truly looks screen accurate! I have to agree with you, NECA is 'KING' when it comes to top-of-the-line figures. Welcome to the Realm!

Not that I have much money at moment but how much would you charge to get a NES Batman, paint it up like this and then ship to the UK (could you break down the prices too so I know how much for the figure itself and how much the shipping?). I'd just like a rough idea of how much I would need to save up if I were to order one.

Since when did Hot Toys start making 6inch figures? WOW!!!!! That's how freaking cool this figure is, perfection!

GREAT WORK! Did you remove the cowl first before painting? If so can you please please tell us how..

Thanks. and yes, I did remove the cowl, its friggin awesome. Its a very soft plastic & it emulates the real cowl so much, I dig it. Anyway what I did was first boil the upper body/head, almost the entire figure is made from a softer plastic so the parts are easily removed once warmed. Then on the back of the cowl where the seam is on his neck, take a sharp exacto knife and puncture the cowl starting at the top of the seem, straight down to the tail of the cowl. Neca did a fabulous job in sculpting that screen accurate seam on the 89 cowl and you can use it to your benefit. Then while the cowl is still soft pull upward from the back, away from the Keaton head, and the cowl should easily slide off.

Paint it, and the do whatever you wish to the Keaton head, and when you go to replace the cowl, do the same thing but in reverse. I recommend when placing the cowl back on the head, it be attached to the body so you have a little room for your hands. You don't want to accidently mess up your paint job on the Keaton head! After ward I just gently glued the seam back together, since it is the softer plastic the glue bonded fantastically. It went to gather as if there was never a cut. Remember to not paint the area where you glue. I was bonding the cape to the cowl either way, so it worked out great.

If you don't want to damage the cowl, you could try just boiling the head of the for longer and really yank at the cowl, to get it off without cutting it, you may need some pliers to hold the ball joint of the head, because it sure as heck isn't gonna stay on the body when heated. but I wanted to make sure I had a process that wouldn't damage my painted Keaton face once I need to put the cowl back on.

Incredible paintwork T....


you have the magic touch with 1989 batman for sure...you brought this figure to live big time.
man I wish I could get one off ya.

Holy smokes Batman.....my jaw is to the floor with this one.. This looks like a hot toys paint job.

Yo you gotta let me know the secret to the beard shading.how is it done? I've looked and looked with no luck.

Thanks for the kind words! Oh yea, Theres no real secret. When I paint skin tone I never use just one color, I always mix my flesh tones to give it a realistic skin look. often from scratch from different colors. I use red, yellow, white, browns, black and just go from there. Same with the lips. For the subtle 5 o clock shadow (which can barely even be seen in the pictures, but does appear in person) I just kept using the same method, constantly mixing my flesh tones and painting extremely light layers in certain areas with a small fine makeup sponge or a VERY small detail brush, but adding in the smallest dab of black and brown into the mix as to have a nice fade. gradually adding slightly more black where it would naturally be thicker bearded areas lower in the face/cheeks.

If your not into mixing then you should have your own kind of measurement system when adding black/brown to your pre made flesh tone paint to have a nice gradual/realistic fade. Add the tiniest drop of black or brown to your flesh tone and work from the bottom up, at least thats how I would do it, as to not make the shadow too dark. Start with your darkest tone and then add small amounts of the flesh tone as you work up. It can be done with a bit of water, or just dabbing the tiny brush or sponge. you have to be very quick as small amounts of paint dry very fast, and you just have to be able to feel it out as you go really.

Yes well I will try that. I do mix my own paints for flesh. Thank you very much for the tip.

Batariffic Paints!

This is awesome! Wish mine was painted like this.

Thanks! If you, or anyone would like their NES batman painted like this, I would be glad to do it for my fellow collectors!

DAAAANG! Neca take notes! Amazing job here, really awesome all around

Thanks!! Neca is awesome, They nailed the paint job on their 18 inch figure, but 7 inch is understandably harder so I don't expect much from them in terms of intense detail, But thats what makes repainting and customizing their work so much fun!