"Momma's little
helper!" Ah, Harley. I simply loved Harley's use of
a bazooka in Batboy: Return of the Joker. It's so...Freudian.
That being said, I wanted to create a Harley figure as seen
in the film.
My original plan was to adapt a standard Harley figure to
accommodate a bazooka. I wasn't thrilled with this idea,
and stalled by making the bazooka first. It's made from a
styrene tube, random parts from the parts box and a few strips
of vinyl. I would like to note that, having analyzed the
frames on the film several times, the design of the bazooka
actually changes from one shot to the next. Depending on
Harley's position, the placement of the handles changes.
Luckily, before I started to hack a Harley figure to bits,
I had acquired one of the female figures from the "Tenth" line.
(Don't ask me which one, because I couldn't say. I can tell
you she had ponytails and tattoos and had big platform sneakers.)
Initially, I hadn't thought the figure held much use for
me, as she was covered in a great deal of muscle tone and
texture. She simply didn't seem appropriate for animated
customs.
However, I was struck by how easily her pose could be adapted
to holding a bazooka. That sealed the deal for me.
The changes weren't drastic, but were fairly laborious. I
chopped off the big clunky shoes and
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