A change of direction

After my Alpha stage presentation o the character, it was made clear to me that the diorama/environment element of my model was as important as the character model itself. It is with this in mind I have chosen to repurpose the model to be a Batman, from the comic book series ‘Dark knight returns’.

In this comic series Bruce Wayne has been in retirement from the cape crusader role for ten years, and now in his early 50’s he is forced back into the fray after a new gang threaten al of Gotham city, as well as the return of old foes Two face and The Joker.

The body of Batman, similarly to Ax man is vastly bulky with a combination of the body builder’s regime the character maintains and middle aged spread. The main reason I have chosen to shift direction is for the purpose of creating a batcave lair for the character to engage with in the required cinematic. 

Above images scanned from comic book graphic novel- The Dark knight returns (Miller, 1986)