Bane:  Once I finished Mr Zsasz and Killer Moth, I realized that I needed more Batman Villains on my shelf.  I started going through figures that I filed under “not viable fodder material” and realized that I actually had a use for this one.  The base you see is a modified Captain America (either electro spark or the two pack one with Bucky… I can’t remember which one for sure).  I figured I didn’t have any use for this figure since I had decided to stay in the 5” scale and this one was just too big and angry which makes it too distinctive... or so I thought.  I cut the wings and ears off and sanded his head smooth.  Next I added the belt buckle which was donated from an Animated Mr Freeze.  It’s basically stuck on with a glob of Magic Sculp.  I dremelled down the tops of his boots and blended them with his lower legs by using Magic Sculp.  The shirt is also Magic Sculp.  Red wire was used for his venom tube and any other sculpting was done with Magic Sculp.  The spikes on his collar and wrist band are the tips of golf tees cut to size and glued on.

Deadshot:  Ever since his appearance on the Justice League animated show I wanted to do a Deadshot.  I toyed with the idea of doing him in the animated scale, but decided I wanted to do him a little differently.  I figured I’d do the animated appearance in the five inch scale.  That way he’d fit in with the rest of my customs.  The base is a heavily sanded War Machine figure picked for the eye piece.  The guns were made from the flamethrowers from the Pyro figure.  I inserted some kneadatite into Pyro’s flamethrowers and drilled it out so that it’d look more like guns.  I kept the extended barrels because I didn’t think that any self-respecting merc would want to leave any chance of shooting off his own hands.  Besides… the longer barrels allow for greater accuracy.  The usual elastic was used for his belt and other details and his stripes are hand painted.

Joker:  Here’s one that I was surprised not to have seen before (not saying somebody hasn’t done it, but if they had, I haven’t seen it).  Halloween Jack head as a Joker seemed like an obvious choice.  The vest, buttons, jacket and collar were sculpted from magic sculpt with vinyl tails blended in.  The bow tie is thick string and glued in place.  The body was donated by a 6-pack Sunfire.  I decided to go with a more comic book appearance for this one just because the animated appearance is a little bland in comparison.  His sleeves, cuffs, and shoulder pads were also made with Magic-Sculpt.

Killer Moth:  Purple, Green, and two shades of Orange all together in one figure.  Somebody must have been thinking of vomit when they came up with this character design.  I could have went the purple route like Casimir did in his excellent custom, but I figured the uglier the better as I wanted something that really stood out.  The body is an Ice Man.  The head came from an Animated Avengers Wasp.  I created a peg for it from magic sculp and retained the articulation at neck.  The schnoz was sculpted from magic sculpt.  The wings came from two Animated Avengers Wasp figures.  I toyed with the idea of trying to put another pair of wings on him, but I found some reference pictures of him with four wings, and given the limited size of the figure… I decided that four wings were plenty.  Oh yeah… remind me never to paint stripes again.

Mr Freeze:  This is the type of custom you get when you start looking at figures you have already popped the heads off of and think you’ll never have any use for.  The base is an Animated Avengers Antman with a cast of a Space Riders Xavier head.  Magic sculp was used for the goggles and to enhance the “helmet” that came from an Animated Mr Freeze.  Other than that… this is a basic repaint with some liberties taken between the comic book and TV appearances and what was already there in the original figure.

Riddler:  I really struggled trying to come up with a decent head for this figure.  I wanted a receding hairline look but I also wanted a narrow face.  I kept toying with using a Punisher head for the hair, but the rest of the proportions were too far out of whack.  I finally settled on a Dr Smith head from the Lost in Space line.  Sanding mustaches and beards turned out to be a little more challenging than I thought it would, but I managed.  The rest of the figure is a modified MMW X-Man.  The belt is elastic with a styrene belt buckle.

Scarecrow:  I wasn’t sure if I could pull this figure off or not.  I needed a hat which I didn’t think was made in the correct scale.  I knew I’d have to sculpt some details that I didn’t have too much confidence that I could and have them come out looking decent, but the hardest part about this figure was trying to find some fabric that closely matched the color of the shirt that I had painted.  Even then I had to do some after market dying but I got it as close as I could.  The base is a gift pack Sunfire with lots and lots of Magic Sculpt.  I switched out heads with a Lost in Space Dr. Smith.  The hat, hair, and burlap mask were all original sculpts.  The scythe is an original sculpt epoxied to a chopstick. 

Two Face:  Good ole Harv started out here with a mistake.  You see… A while back, Alumilite gave me some of there black product free… kind of a sample thing.  After sitting on my shelf for a year and a half… I decided to use it so that I could identify some of my rubber molds.  I couldn’t tell if the black alumilite was properly mixed when I poured it into the cast and when I demolded the Bruce Wayne head… the product hadn’t cured properly.  My fault… but I was left with a head that was mostly deformed on the left side… after some tinkering with Magic Sculpt, I decided to make the Harv.  Little did I realize that the only viable torso (5” suit) turned out to be a Professor X.  This appealed to me since I hadn’t seen too many of these figures used as a base.  I epoxied the torso to some Kane legs and sculpted some slacks.  I decided not to make waist articulation on this one because it seemed like too much work with very little reward.  I extended the bottom of the jacket with some vinyl and painted him in his animated appearance.  After painting stripes on so many other figures this year… no way did I want to paint his comic appearance… painting too many stripes in one year is bad for your eye sight.  Well… that’s what I’ve heard any way.