Custom Tim Drake Robin McFarlane Figure

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This video covers the production of a Tim Drake Robin figure not commercially produced. I wanted this character so made it and now I will be sharing the custom process. It starts with a left over Nightwing figure. Removing the red emblem was the first step. Once removed, lots of sanding and then priming the figure for true colors.

Using the primer made bright colors true and to provide shading, black paint went back in only on the contours, then covered with the primary color red. This provided the look of several tones of red used, but only one color was used over the black.

The belt was crafted from sculpty , fired and resculpted adding layers of detail. I baked it in the oven for 10min and let it cool in the oven 30min.

The cape took several attempts to get the correct pattern. The final pattern is a half moon shape. The black has a seam sewn in one side, providing a pocket to the wire. The yellow is cut to exact size to cover the inside seam. Its all glued down with double iron on fabric tape.


The head is a custom 3D printed resin head purchased on eBay . I painted it using 3 tones of flesh tones to get a correct look. The details on the portrait are hand painted using a set of magnifying glasses.

00:00 intro to video
10:00 painting the figure
24:22 painting the head sculpt
26:33 cutting the cape
31:07 final photos


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Sharing techniques to customize current action figures by painting or sculpting what is needed. Producing a figure the is either improved or just creating one from parts of other figures.

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