Holy Heroclix Batman! Part 2

I'm practically giddy about my first foray into the world of eBay. My first bid, I bid on and won the full set of Classic TV Batman figures to go along with the way too cool Heroclix Batmobile my sweet wife gifted me with. 

It is a counter top display that contains all 16 figures in the set with eight random duplicates. The iconic Dynamic duo vs some of the best of their TV foes, including some lesser known villains such as King Tut and the Bookworm (Portrayed on screen by the great Roddy McDowall.

 

Here the Caped Crusaders do what they do best, complete with campy sound effects graphics, just like in the show.  

POW! 

That's going to leave a mark.

 

 

 

 

But you also get sculpts of the Dynamic Duo doing their famous wall-scaling routine via Batarang and Bat-Rope. How cool is that? All that's missing is one of the 14 celebrities of the '60s who poked their heads out a window to make with a cheesy quip or two. Holy Rat Pack, Batman! That's Sammy Davis Jr.

And Here we have Bruce Wayne taking an urgent call from Commissioner Gordon while his young ward, Dick Grayson, flips back Shakespeare's head to open the secret bookcase which conceals the Bat Poles. This is quite possibly my favorite pair of figures.  

Quick Robin! To the Bat-Poles!

 

 

I'm going to have to make room in the Bat Cube to fit all these new figures and the Batmobile inside. But, I think when it is all said and done, I need to build a replica of the Bat Cave to display them properly. Holy foam-core and poster board, Batman--This sounds like a job for the Supa Cat Daddy!

 

Bat Cube Build Slideshow

Behold the completed Bat Cube! 

For a look at the entire build process check out the slideshow below. 

More Batcube WIP

 Gee, the Batcube is pretty... cubic. My wife thinks the legs are too much, but I say the legs are the only thing keeping it from being Herman Munster's lunchbox.

This is the Batcube with its black undercoat. Next I'll dry-brush metallic silver all over it to give it a weathered metal look. If I do it right the thing will look pretty imposing. I want it to look like something they would call the bomb squad in for if someone found it on the street corner. (It is perfectly harmless of course.)

This is an internal component. I decided to go with a bronze finish for it.

Tomorrow I'll tell you what the thing is.

Cubism

Batcube, left side

Work continues on the Batcube. This is some of the aztecing and surface detail on the left side. The entire cube will have roughened texture applied to it. I still have quite a bit of surface detail to add. Legs are partly constructed. I still have two inside trays to build. I can't wait to finish construction and get it to paint.

Da Da Da da da Da da da Da Da BATCUBE!

Batcube Front

Work continues on the mysterious "Batcube." Don't worry about the rough texture. It will have a lot more texture than that when I'm finished with it. Now to add the surface detail to the sides and back, build it's legs and the outer shell is ready for texture and paint.

The Batcube Part 2

Work continues on the mysterious Batcube.

The Bat Cube

Anybody want to hazard a guess as to what this mysterious collection of parts will eventually become?