Love the Gordon. The toned down collar does wondrs for that coat. Big improvement. WHat glasses are those? They work perfect on Jim. Can't wait to see this finished. I think the GCPD decal will really top it off.

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Thanks Rob. What are your thoughts on Joker? I officially added him to the 2nd post now, with more pics also.

MS - even with the cut down collar it doesn't work on Comm. Gordon? I don't have either of the other coats you suggested, and to be honest, not sure how well they'd work on that torso anyway. It's pretty large.

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I must have been typing my post when you posted the fixed collar. It looks better now. I'd still like to see the plain, non-quilted collar on him but the adjustment you made works.

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Nice work on both!

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that Dick in the Robin coat is so dang close to the ThrillKiller Robin that I might have to drop everything I'm doing & start on one ...

very cool - lot's of awesome in this thread!

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Love the Gordon and I will say that is probably the best Gordon custom in this scale that I have seen!

Not 100 percent sold on the Joker, but this is your -verse so your take on him. My one suggestion would be to back off on the heaviness of the white. I typically prime most of my stuff with quick light coats of Krylon flat white where some of the flesh tone would be vaguely visible (hard to explain I'll post a sample pic) but would stay the same with the green and red.

Example:

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Thanks for the comments guys!

JM, that Robin started with a slightly different recipe for me 3 or 4 years ago, or whenever the Wolverine line was out. I mainly just updated it to match the current Dick G. look I'm going for, plus I upgraded legs to a newer sculpt.

MS - cool. Was wondering if that might have been the case. Billy had made a similar comment on facebook, and I had a free moment to fix it, so it got updated pretty quick.

Will - totally get what you're saying. I could also be convinced to go with a different head, but I wanted to avoid the traditional look a bit. I initially painted the face flesh, then dry brushed white - hoping for a look like what you posted. But the face is so heavily sculpted (Avengers Skrull head) that my attempt looked damn sloppy. So I went for a more solid white instead. I may revisit it though.

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Wow! Gordon is awesome.

I like Joker, too, but I get why your interpretation takes some getting used to. It's very original/unique. Frank Miller's DKR version is probably the one it conjures most clearly in my brain.

Can you do a close up of the Joker head? Almost looks like he is sticking out his tongue.

he's not. It's mainly the intentionally sloppy application of the red. Probably could stand to be tightened up underneath his lower lip to avoid that illusion.

the head is an Avengers Skrull. I carved it significantly, but didn't actually add any sculpting to it.

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Wow, Doc! Those are some impressive Batman Universe characters! The Bruce Wayne is spectacular, as are the Commish, Alfred, Night-Wing, Batgirl, and both Catwoman versions! I also like the Robin and the Joker, but would like to see a headsculpt that looks similar for both Robin and his alter-ego, and the Joker is a bit... thick? Maybe it's just his head looks big... Anyway, nice work all around!

-Todd

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Awesome work to all. That batman is gonna be so stolen.

note to self, add lock to customs cabinet... oh, you didn't mean literally? lol



Thanks Todd, much appreciated. I have a few different Robins going on in there, so I'm not sure which ones you mean. There is a Nightwing, an unmasked suited Dick Greyson, and an unmaksed leather coat wearing Dick from his younger days as Robin - and they all have the dame head, believe it or not. Masked is a modded Winter Soldier, and unmasked is a modded Winter Soldier, with the mask carved away.

If you mean that masked and unmasked don't match perfectly, I do agree a bit. The facial structure on the unmasked version is a little wonky from my mods.

Now, I also have a single Tim Drake Robin in there. And he too will be getting an unmasked head. and it will be the same as masked, with the mask carved down. so the end result will have him looking similar, but at the risk of some wonky features, depending on well I get the mask sanded down.

You aren't the first to comment on Joker. I think the head is a risky choice, and is the main thing making him look beefy. (It's just a 25A Duke torso under the coat). I may still re-visit him.

Thanks again for the comments!

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I like the boldness of it. It's a completely different Joker that is unique to your custom universe. It has a realness to it that fits your world without doing just another Heath Ledger Joker. Its also daring to go away from the purple jacket as well. Have you thought of perhaps giving a little shadow under or around the eyes. I could see the face having an Alex Ross look to it with a bit of a wash. In the first pic it looked like the torso was too bulky, but after seeing the full body shot it looks just fine. Great shot of him shooting Barbara BTW, I didn't catch that the first time.

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Added civvy Tim Drake figure (many more shots included in the 1st post)



And revised the Joker head (actually a new one, after donating the first to a custom for my son):


Not done with Joker yet - need to smooth it out a bit, and add some shadowy shades around the eyes. But going for the grittier face look discussed above. Good start?

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