That's the stuff. Dude I just love your '89 Batman figs. Joker's pants are perfect
. Where did you get them?
Well, well...That would be the question wouldn't it?
I may be about to open Hellsgate for someone here, but what the heck...he deserves his kudos...I've been silent about them long enough.
I have known our fellow craftsman and customizer Spencer, or Steven, for a long time now, and he made me two pairs of the Joker pants a couple of years ago. I contacted him way back when, and emailed him a pattern directly from a photo of the Nicholson Joker pants, then he reproduced them in his computer, printed it onto fabric, both cotton, which I kept, and silk, which I wanted to keep, but eventually sold with the only Joker I have ever made and sold complete...to my regret...
He did his best to get the colors right, and they printed great, even with the micro lines in there and everything. He had them made into pants for me, his cohort in crime that is
, and they arrived ready for a figure. Pleated, and amazing! What you see.
Almost. Only thing I did to them was I had to match each blue square to the blue fabric I used for my vest, the aqua one, and his pants printed a slightly greener hue than that, he couldn't have known exactly what shade I was using when he laid them out...so the only involvement I had in them was that, hand tinting each greenish square the right shade of aqua. TIRING, but you see the results.
So, that's where the pants came from. Why Steven's not made a Joker is beyond me. He could nail this guy! Anyway, thanks again Steven. Those pants make the figure in my opinion!
Oh, and another Steven bit, I have a wonderful head for my Keaton Bruce Wayne that he sculpted ages ago, and I was lucky and got one. I plan to replace the extra head Henry sent me with the BR Batman (that you see there) with Steven's, as I think his looks a little better. More Keatonesque. I'll replace it as soon as I can. Probably when I get my Two Face and Riddler and Penguin and Catwoman reworked! Catwoman's in progress. So's Two Face.