My WIP 1/1 scale Bob Causey Joker bust

[lforigno]

Hey everyone well as many of you may know I have sold off my entire collection to fund what will become my grail of collectables. I have been working on the outfit with help from reference photos as well as some board members from SHH and magnoli clothiers. I have everything except for the blazer which should be here within the next couple of weeks. I am also replacing the first 2 buttons on the vest with the ones he had used after the interrogation. Here is some reference photos I used:

here is my buttons I purchased, I still need to finish weathering the coin button and I need to paint the flower button a glossy white.

and here is my outfit thus far, I plan on weathering the coat this weekend with some white and brown fabric paint as well as some india ink from the advice of someone who has done the same to their own and turned out great.

All of the clothes were bought from magnoli clothiers except for the tie which is the same tie produced for the film by turnbull and asser, which I dyed to give it the look it had in the film. Let me know what you guys think thus far.

 

[KingGrayskull]

AWESOME!

Dude this will turn out great. Were did you get the buttons from... I have lost one of my jacket and thought this might be a nice replacement...

Good to see TDK is still alive!

 

[lforigno]

thanks buddy yeah their clothes are very well made. The mercury dime button I got from here:
https://www.firemountaingems.com/details.asp?PN=H202918FD
and the flower button I got from https://www.ascuteasabutton.com/Mer..._Code=JHB-23195&Product_Count=&Category_Code= and I would not have been able to find these without the help from the board members at SHH

 

[KingGrayskull]

ok, Ill take both... The mercury was the one I wanted but having the flower Joker button on my Jeans is cool too.

Thanks!

When will you put the clothes on your bust? Any chance we see you wearing them before?

Edit, just saw you already altered the coat.

 

[lforigno]

I actually got a discount from magnoli for the clothes for the bust since he would not have to use all of the material so everything altered is by him. The bust will not be done for a couple months but I am still waiting on the blazer with the same liner and will be posting some more pics this weekend after they are weathered.

 

[Cap'n Cook]

Easily going to be one of, if not the best TDK Joker collectible around.

Def going to upgrade my costume to the magnolia gear soon too.

 

[lforigno]

Thanks alot buddy I sure hope so. Plus Bob Causey is working on a new meaner looking head which I will be using and is gonna be sick.

 

[blakus939]

Looking great thus far man, can't wait to see more progress

 

[lforigno]

I weathered the outfit some today with some india ink and some white and brown fabric paint. I am also getting new buttons for the coat because the ones on the coat are not accurate. I weathered it based on these photos:

and here is what I have done so far. It turned out great, I still need to iron it so that the weathering sets in and then add the buttons to the purple overcoat and vest as well as get the blazer.

 

[madmaninsane]

lforigno look's real cool. How you do the weathering?

 

[eczamurai]

mááán that ^^^^ looks SICK! Almost a shame you're not doing him in full!

 

[lforigno]

mááán that ^^^^ looks SICK! Almost a shame you're not doing him in full!

Thanks man. I seriously considered it but with the accurate 6'1 mannequin and full clothing and shoes along with space and a acrylic cylander I was looking at another 2 grand. I figured I could do the most authentic looking bust out there with help from bobbyC and a custom made table/display and would be better for display purposes.

 

[blakus939]

WEathering came out very nicely!

 

[azurepred]

looking great so far, so is Bob just doing a head for you, and then your putting it on a mannequin? I can imagine how much this project will prolly cost you

 

[lforigno]

looking great so far, so is Bob just doing a head for you, and then your putting it on a mannequin? I can imagine how much this project will prolly cost you

thanks guys.... Bob is making the bust with head for me, I cannot afford a full 1/1 heath ledger joker.

 

[lforigno]

I did a little more today. I think the coat may be done. I might add a little more india ink to the coat to give it a stain effect in some parts but I am not adding any more fabric paint. Also I got these buttons to put on the coat:

you can see the buttons from the pic:

here is a pic of what I did today:

 

[drjedisith]

that looks great man! cant wait to see this thing all put together

 

[batfan08]

This is gonna be off the hook when it's finished,great job on the weathering,too.

 

[lforigno]

thanks alot guys. Here is something I got in the mail today and it turned out great. It is a metal plaque mounted on a acrylic display stand. I thought it would be a cool museum style touch.

excuse my fingerprints on it as I have not cleaned it off yet.

 

[blakus939]

Coooool, i wanted something similar for my main joker display, think i might make one