Dr. Mrs. The Monarch

[megoscott]

Finally finished this variation of Dr. Girlfriend. I was pondering how to pull off the costume when I realized that the Mattell Retro Action Cheetah jumpsuit was the exact same color as the Monarch outfits. It goes against everything I believe in, but I decided to try painting the black and flesh parts of the costume (while it was on the body) and I'm surprised how good it looks. The drawback is the acrylic paint makes her a little less poseable, the costume is basically glued to her torso from the paint saturating the fabric...but that kind of works for the look you want anyway. Magic Sculpt crown and a little tape for the details. I cut the Cheetah boots off at the ankle to go the shoe-boot route.

I think she and the Monarch will be very happy together.

[SeattleEd]

That is awesome, Scott!! Bravo!

[palitoy]

Way to rock the fabric paint Mr A! I've never seen it look so sharp!

I'm also disturbed at how sexy I find this figure, I gotta go take a walk or something...

[Earth 2 Chris]

That is insanely awesome. Great job!

Chris

[pmwasson]

Looks perfect! Nice job.

[jimsmegos]

I love it man! BBP should take some serious cues from this one!

[CrimsonGhost]

Absolutely fantastic!! BBP, I know you're looking, a Dr. Mrs. Monarch needs to be in one of the next waves! I'd buy it, tell you that!

[ScottA]

Looks awesome Scot.

[EMCE Hammer]

Fabric paint is the new needle and thread! She looks great

[Timothy2251]

NICE! She looks terrific - like BBP made her themselves!

Any chance we can get a tutorial about your fabric painting skills, the brand of fabric paint you used, etc.?

[mikeoz]

The fabric paint works! You got a nice screen-printed look going on with it.

[megoscott]

Thanks a lot. I didn't use fabric paint, this is straight up Liquitex acrylic paint that I had on hand in my art box. So the fabric is essentially plasticized now, and like I said, it really limits the poseability. If I made her sit down there would be a crease--the paint would crack and you'd see the yellow underneath, and the suit is pretty much glued to her body now. But yeah, I just put down some painter's tape and went to town.

I want to try a sewn costume with a black bodysuit using Cheetah legs and arms.

I'm a huge fan of the Retro Action female body. It's not great for posing, but it sure is shapely. I'm sure BBP plans to do this variation, but I'm not sure you'd get as nice a result on a Mego/EMCE female body.

[wilbs518]

Too Cool!

[pmwasson]

Good use for the upcoming ZICA female body.

[piecemaker]

Awesome painting on the suit.She turned out great!