Batman - 1989 costume

 This was a comission by a client who wanted a Batman with the uniform from the 1989 movie. I used one of the figures from the chess collection, so I also had to change the base to make it into one more figure from the Classic DC Comics Super Hero Collection. The image below is of the original figure before I got to work on it.

Repainting a resin figure comes with its own challenges. Like I mentioned in a previous post, when you do a full repaint you will probably want to try and dismantle some parts of the figure so you can get to those hard to reach places. But since resin figures are monolithic you don't have that option, so it's best not to try to change to a very different color (going from black to white for example). This one had the basic hue of the final result I wanted, plus I really like the pose.

It's trickier than it looks, getting a resin figure out of its base without breaking it is hard and messy work (sponsored by dremel). Also the cape was made to cling and hang from the original base (which is taller) so I had to do some remodelling on the bottom part of the cape to make it conform to a base from the regular collection.

The chest area where the logo goes had to be sanded and epoxied to remove the logo that this figure comes with, which is engraved on. Once I made it flat I affixed one of the laser printed batman logos I had made for the 1970s Batman figure. It has several layers of varnish so it should be very resistant.

Once the sanding and prepping is done, everyone's favorite part begins and you get to spray it with black paint goodness to your heart's content. The belt should be covered in masking tape so later you can prime it in white, before the final layer of yellow paint (making it white first is the trick to really make the final color pop).