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  • darklord1967
    Persistent Member
    • Mar 27, 2008
    • 1550

    Gotham’s New Caped Crusader is coming!

    It looks like very soon, there will be a custom female addition to the crime-fighting Caped Crusaders of Gotham City.


    With the help of my good friend Austin Hough, I’ve selected a perfect young female face to serve as Gotham City’s intrepid Librarian BARBARA GORDON




    Meanwhile, I have completed the final sculpt of the removable Bat Cowl that she will wear as BATGIRL!!







    Last edited by darklord1967; Apr 19, '19, 10:07 AM.
    I... am an action figure customizer
  • Nostalgiabuff
    Muddling through
    • Oct 4, 2008
    • 11290

    #2
    very nice, as always

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    • TrekStar
      Trek or Treat
      • Jan 20, 2011
      • 8354

      #3
      Looks like it's coming along nicely, who's baby are you Batgirl?

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      • comicmike
        Persistent Member
        • Sep 22, 2009
        • 1824

        #4
        Man, oh man, Roberto, *why* do I read your posts *before* I try to settle into bed: Pure insomnia-making excitement, every time. I should be reading your updates in the morning, when I lament that I even have to get out of bed. Sigh. I got my patterns all wrong.

        Dude, that looks *incredible*.

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        • JediJaida
          Talkative Member
          • Jun 14, 2008
          • 5671

          #5
          Ooooohhhh! I like it! I really, really like it!
          JediJaida

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          • ScottA
            Original Member
            • Jun 25, 2001
            • 12264

            #6
            Oh Snap!!
            sigpic WANTED: Boxed, Carded and Kresge Carded WGSH

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            • Gramercyplace
              Museum Super Collector
              • Jan 23, 2012
              • 173

              #7
              Holy Smokes!!!!

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              • JediJaida
                Talkative Member
                • Jun 14, 2008
                • 5671

                #8
                And to think that this is just the face! I can't wait to see the rest of it! Will she have sculpted hair or a wig? You don't necessarily need a whole wig for the look you're going for. Maybe a fall of hair attachment glued to the bottom edge of either the helmet or head would give the illusion of a full head of hair. And it wouldn't make the helmet look bulky!
                JediJaida

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                • darklord1967
                  Persistent Member
                  • Mar 27, 2008
                  • 1550

                  #9
                  Originally posted by JediJaida
                  And to think that this is just the face! I can't wait to see the rest of it! Will she have sculpted hair or a wig? You don't necessarily need a whole wig for the look you're going for. Maybe a fall of hair attachment glued to the bottom edge of either the helmet or head would give the illusion of a full head of hair. And it wouldn't make the helmet look bulky!
                  She will actually have neither sculpted hair, nor a wig.

                  I sculpted This Batgirl cowl to fit snugly over a Zica Yvonne/ Gracie hair rooted head.

                  I will be employing a technique I developed of performing a “face transplant” on the Yvonne / Gracie head .

                  So my custom Batgirl will wear a custom sculpted snugly fit cowl on a Custom Barbara Gordon head sculpt that I will kit-bash from the rear cranium /scalp of an Yvonne/ Gracie head married to the female “Barbara Gordon” face sculpt I developed with Austin’s help (re: expanding a 6inch scale Marvel Legends female head into 8 inch scale.
                  I... am an action figure customizer

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                  • JediJaida
                    Talkative Member
                    • Jun 14, 2008
                    • 5671

                    #10
                    I....have no words.

                    That is just.....freaking brilliant!
                    JediJaida

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                    • SeattleEd
                      SynthoRes Transmigrator
                      • Oct 24, 2007
                      • 4350

                      #11
                      Very beautiful work. In awe of this level of craftsmanship.

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                      • sprytel
                        Talkative Member
                        • Jun 26, 2009
                        • 6539

                        #12
                        Originally posted by darklord1967
                        She will actually have neither sculpted hair, nor a wig.

                        I sculpted This Batgirl cowl to fit snugly over a Zica Yvonne/ Gracie hair rooted head.

                        I will be employing a technique I developed of performing a “face transplant” on the Yvonne / Gracie head .

                        So my custom Batgirl will wear a custom sculpted snugly fit cowl on a Custom Barbara Gordon head sculpt that I will kit-bash from the rear cranium /scalp of an Yvonne/ Gracie head married to the female “Barbara Gordon” face sculpt I developed with Austin’s help (re: expanding a 6inch scale Marvel Legends female head into 8 inch scale.
                        Wasn't that a Nicholas Cage movie?!?

                        What you have shown looks amazing, and your "face transplant" sounds like the sort of brilliant mad scientist stuff that I love about your customs. Can't wait to see it all come together!

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                        • boss
                          Talkative Member
                          • Jun 18, 2003
                          • 7204

                          #13
                          Looks good. I can’t wait to see more.
                          Fresh, not from concentrate.

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                          • darklord1967
                            Persistent Member
                            • Mar 27, 2008
                            • 1550

                            #14
                            Put in a full day yesterday. Completed final (brass detailed) utility belts for both Batman and Batgirl.

































                            I... am an action figure customizer

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                            • Makernaut
                              Persistent Member
                              • Jul 22, 2015
                              • 1546

                              #15
                              Wow!!!

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