An article in a 1938 edition of Popsy – ‘A simply made dummy for the amateur ventriloquist’…
When looking for articles on creating dummies, I found the website ‘LUDstuff’ who has a range of different skills. I particularly like his dummy head as it has a lot of character. This has inspired me to not just do a stereotypical V doll, but make it look a bit more interesting.
Source imagery:
Sketches,
Mket:
Body…
Head…
Now, I’m not a no.1 fan of Batman, so I needed to do some research into the characters.
Ones I found an interest in are highlighted in bold.
Main Characters/Support Characters:
Batman/Bruce Wayne
Batgirl / Barbara Gordon
Clay face/ Detective Ethan Bennett
Commissioner James Gordon
Robin / Dick Grayson
Chief Angel Rojas
Alfred Pennyworth
Detective Ellen Yin
Antagonists:
Bane, Black Mask, Blaze, Catwoman, Clayface (Ethan Bennett), Clay Face (Basil Karlo), Cluemaster, Count Vertigo, D.A.V.E., Dracula, Everywhere Man, Firefly, Gearhead, Mercy Graves, Francis Grey, Harley Quinn, The Joining, Joker, Joker 2.0, Kabuki Twins, Hideto Katsu, Killer Croc, Killer moth, Lex Luthor, Man-Bat, Marty, Metallo, The Mirror Master, Mister Freeze, Penguin, Poison Ivy, Prank, Punch & Judy, Ragdoll, Rhino and Mugsy, Riddlemen, Riddler, Rumor, Scorn, Shadow Thief, Sinestro, Solomon Grundy, Spellbinder, Hugo Strange,Temblor, The Terrible Trio, Rupert Thorne, Toymaker, Toyman, Ventriloquist, Wrath, Maxie Zeus, Tony Zuccos, Poison Ivy
After researching the antagonists and other characters, these are some of the ones that stood out to me…
Ventriloquist:
I think choosing the ventriloquist to work on would be interesting as I could make the actual dummy (3d sculpture), do art work (drawing, paint, etc), photography with the the 3d work and it could be used for the batcave.
Try making a small head and hands out of sculpy, the rest of the body can be made out of material.
Poison Ivy:
Drawings/ideas for sculptures, using the leaves as intricate design.
Harley Quinn:
Twins:
The Dee Dee twins are the granddaughters of Harley Quinn. They joined the jokers
Ragdoll:
Two-face:
Look up makeup tutorials,
Alter half a mask to create an easily transferable burned half,
Rowan Borthwick 