As with the other
characters, the Bat-producers tweaked with the design of
Batgirl in Batboy: Return of the Joker. The previously bold
blue of her costume is now a muted grey-blue. Seemed like
as good an excuse as any to make another Batgirl figure.
In addition to the new color scheme, I wanted this new Batgirl
to stand out from the others. The character is animated with
such life and energy in the film. I wanted to try and capture
that. There's a moment in the film (just before the jack-in-the-box
goes off) where she pulls her cape around her to protect
herself. Obviously, this cape subscribes to the Salvador
Dali school of physics, but it appeared visually striking
all the same. I used that image as my basis for this project.
Construction-wise, Batgirl uses Harley as a base. I removed
her left leg and reattached it at an angle using Kneadatite.
(Sadly, it's no longer articulated.) This also necessitated
the repositioning of her left foot. The belt and gauntlet
spikes are cut from vinyl.
After removing Harley's head, I used paper to try various
patters of the cape. I wanted it to hang short in the back,
wrap around her neck, and of course stretch out impossibly
along the right arm. Once I felt I had a pattern, I cut a
cape from vinyl. I glued it to the body at the neck and along
the arm.
The head is that of Chun-Li from the Marvel/ Street
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