BTAS BATGIRL

Other than the Extra Powers line,

I often experimented with other styles of figures.

Some as commissions, some just for me.

Many of these were done around 1993-4 (though I'm now starting to create again.)


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	My second line of action figures was made to fill out the sorely lacking (at the time) Batman Animated series. I started with Batgirl naturally (well before they did one) I used the SPWW as a base just because I was sick of the posed nature of the BTAS Catwoman. I still like this card design, based on the older Kenner one and I think I will make this house a redone Batgirl with a repaint of the Windblitz one.
	I got asked so many times for this one - I can't even tell you. Working with the hated BTAS Catwoman base figure - I did the harlequin diamond shapes out of wet-slide decal stock which worked pretty well. Sculpted her jester horns and wrist cuffs. Added the gun and dynamite and a nice card. This one was a full year before the actual arrival of a real Harley. I still have this first one that I did!
	This was my first attempt at the regular, business-suited Bruce Wayne. I threw in a security briefcase, clipboard and batman cowl as accessories. Too much in his waist area, the later version done off the slimmer 2-Face ended up much better.
BTAS GORDON
	This was an inevitable custom set for me. Adam is a SP Flash that's been smoothed out a little. (spark from Tim Meyer) A customer had requested these facsimile autographs from the actors. I don't know why - but they sort of grew on me.
	Burt is a straight up SP Robin with very little done to him besides a satin gold cape, accessories and some hair and other paint mods.
	I never liked this Yvonne for this set. Whether I used an SP WW base or this BTAS Catwoman base - she was never right. I have a plan for redo that I think will be great. Hopefully it will replace this one soon.
	This is the first in my "Vertigo" series. Still in the SP scale and height, I made this set for a customer and liked it so much that I made cards for them. I am a big Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean fan so that's how these came out. I think I used a Green Lantern body with a Will Scarlet head, sculpted hair and gas mask.
	You can't have Dream without his sister Death. I still love this run of books. It was like the "Millennium" of comics. Looking back - you can't believe it even existed. Death is using the SP WW base body, unfortunately.
	The sad truth is that I am not a Green Hornet fan at all. I know, as a Batman fan somehow I have some sort of obligation...but I just can't do it. I don't know why. I met Van Williams and he was a great guy (see props section) but I just never got into the show. However, just about every Batman customer begged me to do this set and I have to say - I love the design of the card and figure layout. Van is a Jurassic Park base figure with a handmade coat. Bruce is a Kenner soccer figure with removable cap.
	This one dates back to WELL before the recent figure release, thank you very much - I did this one and the card waaaay back in 1993. The base figure is a BTAS Batman and is kind of an obvious must do.

	Sometimes you just do what the customer asks for. I do not like the Army of Darkness movies. That being said - sure I'll make you an Ash action figure! I did this one for a client way back in 1995. It utilizes a Cadillacs & Dinosaurs Jack figure and tons of sculpting and paint mods. Sort of like an *"Army of Darkness: The Animated Series"* version.
	One of my favorite characters and artists - Grendel by Matt Wagner. I was really happy with this one. Made from an early TB Spiderman - he came out really well. Again YEARS before the Graffiti versions. Which are way too big for any scale collection anyway.
	I had a customer who always asked me for Marvel characters. I liked doing them as a break from my usual stuff. Here's a Ghost Rider that I enjoyed doing. I thought the bike fit him well as it came complete with skull decals! Sculpted the biker jacket and scull features, the flames are molded colored plastic which was really fun to blend the reds, oranges and yellows to get the fire effect.
	A full decade before McFarlane did his. I was asked by a magazine in Germany to do a set of the boys in their Destroyer costumes for an article they were doing. I used the ill-fated but prolific C.O.P.S figures. They turned out pretty well, although very stylized. Like some sort of Manga Anime version of KISS. I wish I had better shots of them.
	Just a closeup of the loose figures of Bruce and Gordon. Here is the better-waisted Bruce Wayne using a 2-Face base. I still owe Charlee Flatt one of these Gordons. Yikes!
	A loose look at the first BTAS Batgirl. She really had no elements that made her seem like the drawing at all other than the costume differences.
	This was a response to the Legends of the Dark Knight figures (the original ones that didn't weigh 3 pounds) and the stuff Toy Biz was doing. At the time, there were Batman and a Robin that were very on-model and I thought I'd do a Batgirl from every style back then - so here she is. She is made on a TB Spiderwoman base with a Grey Gargoyle cape. The best thing about her was my own designed Batarang that had a handle in the middle which made her look like she was really gripping it when it was in her hand.