Burgess Meredith as Penguin

[PNGwynne]

Jessica, I think you should tackle Egghead next...

"Miss Bacon...please!" Cracks me up every time!

[PNGwynne]

No not so much... But every so often, esp. in the first season, you see something that surprises you.

Sanders' Mr. Freeze is particularly...cold-blooded.

[Meule]

No, it doesn't

[thunderbolt]

Don Knotts as the Scarecrow?

I can see the anxious scaredy-cat part of it, but isn't the Scarecrow one of the more vicious villains in the Batman mythos.

I don't think that Don Knotts could have carried off vicious. Twitchy, yes. Vicious, no.

If Roddy McDowall hadn't taken on the role of The Bookworm, I'd suggest him for it. Now HE could carry off vicious!

Does vicious really fit into the 1966 Bat-World?

[jessica]

regarding the umbrella, what about using one of those cocktail umbrellas?

All you'd need to do is sculpt over the handle and paint everything black.

That could definitely work...

Exciting things (at least for me) are happening on the Pengy front...I'm really very happy with the way his body is progressing. I just need a few more days to make it work.

[JediJaida]

Don Knotts as the Scarecrow?

I can see the anxious scaredy-cat part of it, but isn't the Scarecrow one of the more vicious villains in the Batman mythos.

I don't think that Don Knotts could have carried off vicious. Twitchy, yes. Vicious, no.

If Roddy McDowall hadn't taken on the role of The Bookworm, I'd suggest him for it. Now HE could carry off vicious!

[YANOULI]

regarding the umbrella, what about using one of those cocktail umbrellas?

All you'd need to do is sculpt over the handle and paint everything black.

[PNGwynne]

Don Knotts--that's an inspired idea: an anxious scaredy-cat, falsely confident, as the Scarecrow. Would've been brilliant!!

[Meule]

Perfect height

[jessica]

He's cooking again. I will clean the body up once I put all the pieces together and try to smooth it all out.

[thunderbolt]

Mickey Rooney? Wow, never heard that one. Would have loved to see some of the other villains cast. I still picture Don Knotts as Jonathan Crane.

[PNGwynne]

Jess, the head sculpt so far is superb, you've done a great job with the hat brim. Seeing this develop is so exciting!

Perhaps you could use a lion Rock/TT body & a bit of padding--like "Santa". Padding is exactly what Meredith used: His tail-coat featured attached shirtsleeve cuffs. He wore a t-shirt & padding under the vest, which was fake fur to mimic feathers. The collar was also attached, & then the bow tie added.

It occurs to me you might consider sculpting the collar to the neck, with the tie as a cloth accessory?

I think Buzz was 5'6". His height was a consideration in casting--Mickey Rooney was also considered...

[thunderbolt]

The covered by clothing aspect is where I cheated with my penguin, too. He's just on a Our Gang Repro body.

[JediJaida]

You did those in one day!? That's amazing?

I agree that he didn't really look all that fat in the series. A bit paunchy maybe, but not fat.

It was probably because he was a head shorter than Romero, who stood a good 6' 2 or 3" in height. Didn't the character also have a bit of a bowlegged walk? Maybe that's what led everyone to think he was heavy set.

I can't wait to see what you come up with. Keep us posted!

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

That head is awesome Jessica.