[WIP] - The new Batman adventures custom minifigures (25 anniversary of broadcasting stop)

[Max_Lego]

I created a new Bruce Wayne minifigure - this time with a suit. I also slightly upgraded some characters:

Scarface now has got a scar on his face and a new part for his legs; looks better than before. The policemen have black stickers covering their originally striped Ravenclaw ties. Alfred's got a new form-fitting moustache.

Edited February 24, 2024 by Max_Lego

[Max_Lego]

It's time to remember the spiritual preceedor of The new Batman adventures - Batman the animated series! Although I don't consider all of BTAS canon (Barbara's age, Penguin's fingers and Hatter's height; etc), I agree it does have some connection to TNBA (please don't tell me they are both set in the same DCAU continuity, I am aware of that and disagree with it).

Here are three villains from BTAS: the corrupt businessman Roland Daggett, Captain Clown (Joker's robot) and Jimmy 'the Jazzman' Peake:

 

[Max_Lego]

Three new characters here - Scarface's goons Mugsy and Rhino and a police officer.

 

[Max_Lego]

I made a TNBA Scarface, though I prefer the BTAS Ventriloquist, and combined the two for perfection.

Batman's chest symbol is now clear from extra non-erased bits, Black Adam uses TLBM Bruce Wayne head.

 

[Max_Lego]

I finally managed to create a decent minifigure of Gotham mayor Hamilton Hill. But I'm not sure if I will be able to make any more figures... That's all for now, I guess.

 

[Max_Lego]

I decided to add sticker hair to characters with hats. Oh, and Batgirl's got a new torso.

 

[Max_Lego]

My favourite Batman TAS episode is "Beware the Gray Ghost" because how sad and heartwarming it is at the same time. The Gray Ghost's actor, Simon Trent, was voiced by Adam West himself - the actor who played Batman in the 1966 series. Bruce Timm said that if Adam West wouldn't have accepted to voice the character, they simply wouldn't have realised that episode.

Here is a minifigure of Simon Trent:

I don't like his smile, TBH. His face should have been more sad. But it's the best I had...

[Max_Lego]

New character here - Doctor Fate!

 

[Max_Lego]

I replaced Barbara Gordon's previous hairpiece with Anna's from Frozen 2. Please let me know what you think of it: does it work better for her or worse?

Noir Batgirl is from Batman Beyond: return of the Joker flashback. 

 

[Max_Lego]

On 2/17/2024 at 9:31 AM, 21gatliffa said:

I thought the same thing but imo the hat is too small for the fedora style hat he wears

I now think you were right that time...

Harvey Bullock is now my second minifigure to have a part, painted with Mr. Hobby - his fedora hat is now the exact same colour as TLG's dark bluish grey! TLG didn't produce this fedora in that colour, so I had to! Also, Robin and Batgirl have new, more narrow capes.

 

[Max_Lego]

A character that has NOTHING to do with the DCAU - Joaquin Phoenix Joker (Arthur Fleck) from the 2019 Joker movie:

 

[Max_Lego]

Two new characters here, both from STAS: inspector Dan Turpin and Brainiac:

Two-Face and the Ridder have been slightly upgraded: Harvey's face was painted with blue gel ink pen, while Edward now looks like in the 2003 comic 'Batman adventures'.

[Max_Lego]

Finally a new character! This time again from BTAS.

Temple Fugate, the Clock King:

 

[Max_Lego]

New character here, again from STAS - Supergirl!

 

[PunchAndJewelee]

On 3/15/2024 at 8:09 PM, Max_Lego said:

New character here, again from STAS - Supergirl!

 

This is Really cool! I’m new to eurobricks, and I decided to join because of this forum. If you ever decide on making more STAS characters, I would suggest livewire, I haven’t seen many figures of her.

[Max_Lego]

Just now, PunchAndJewelee said:

This is Really cool! I’m new to eurobricks, and I decided to join because of this forum. If you ever decide on making more STAS characters, I would suggest livewire, I haven’t seen many figures of her.

Thanks for the suggestion! I am not sure if I will succeed, but I shall try at some point.

[Max_Lego]

Two new characters were created - Sinestro from STAS and the Creeper (Jack Ryder) from TNBA. 

The existing Riddler minifigure (based on his appearance in the 2003 comic 'the Batman adventures') got purple gloves and a tie of the same color for better accuracy. I also managed to recreate his question mark cane using a minifigure hook hand, inserted in a tube 

 

[Max_Lego]

Three new characters made a fine addition to my collection - Ra's al Ghul, Bruno Mannheim and Martian Manhunter.

Ra's al Ghul's hairpiece was painted with correction fluid.

[Max_Lego]

I couldn't create new minifigures, so I improved some old ones.

I reduced Mr. Freeze's height and replaced his old, ridiculously thin legs. The Flash and Supergirl were given new, more accurate torso detail. As of Dr. Fate and Zatanna, the changes are small and barely noticeable, but I decided to post them anyway.

I also upgraded another non-DCAU minifigure.

Michael Keaton's Batman from Tim Burton's films is infamous for his willingness to kill his enemies, and no one really complains about it - not because of the 'nostalgia', of course, but because it was very well executed.

In order to improve the official 1992 Batman minifigure, I gave it a dark gray headband with 'normal' minifigure eyes on it on eyehole level:

It's a nice idea, but not perfectly executed...

[Max_Lego]

I finally managed to do Nightwing's minifigure justice - it is now much more accurate to the TNBA look of the character. The silly-looking mullet gives him much more personality than the dull "BaHQ" haircut and reminds us that the show was created and set in the 90s. Unfortunately, TLG didn't yet realise the mullet in black, so I painted it with Gunze's Mr. Color (AGAIN!). The rest of the details are stickers.

Other characters got only minor updates: the 2014 "LB3:BG" cowl piece works much better for Batman despite the short ears. Supergirl got a sticker headband, Two-Face got a lighter skin tone to match his blue hand and a eyebrow, while Joker's green eyebrows were erased for the sake of accuracy 

[Max_Lego]

Having little possibilities and ideas, I had no better idea than to recreate two one-shot villains from TNBA and BTAS: Calendar girl with her stripper henchman and... Of all characters, THE SEWER KING with his alligator.

That's what I think DCAU Bat-Mite looks like (though, to be honest, he is not accurate at all). The only time the character appeared in the DCAU was the "World's funnest" comic where the two imps briefly invaded the STAS storyboards. Faithfully recreating this version of Bat-Mite would've required painting

[Max_Lego]

Created two new characters from STAS - Bizarro and Ubu:

I have this bad (or good?) habit of updating some of my old minifigures, which I did with some:

Improvements from left to right:

- Two-Face - black sticker on the left side of his torso;

- Gordon - sticker wrinkles on his face;

- Hatter - gray hair and frown stickers, new leg details;

- Joker - sticker shoes;

- Scarecrow - custom hair and new face, hand-drawn over Palpatine's with a gel ink pen, new rope on his neck;

- Batman - painted his belt with a golden permanent marker;

- Superman - replaced red underwear with a dark red one;

- Supergirl - shortened skirt, so it's now shorter than Barbara Gordon's (the hell is wrong with B. T. ?! )

- Darksied - replaced Benny's cracked helmet with a normal one 

[Max_Lego]

Just created a new character - should I call her "DCAU's evil Tinkerbell"?!

Sadly, I couldn't create a dark green Poison Ivy, so I used lime parts instead, and now she looks absolutely like Disney's Tinkerbell. Not accurate, but the only way available - dual-molded arms were a must for this minifigure. The usage of a dark orange hairpiece is justified, since her red hair looks orange on Bruce Timm's artworks. 

Upgraded Robin and Luthor - Tim now has Ezra Bridger's head with a sticker mask, while Lex's armour elements were recreated with paper

[Agent Kallus]

The sticker mask for robin works great!

[Max_Lego]

6 hours ago, Agent Kallus said:

The sticker mask for robin works great!

It also works well for Nightwing IMHO