SS Scarecrow PF

[Sjb]

Have definitely been looking forward to more Gotham villains, but I don't like anything about this, from the cartoonish look of Scarecrow to Robin on the base. It's just bad all around.

[komodo112]

Its ok, but whats with the Undead Robin?

[Mister H]

Originally Posted by BurningRage

Finally a Robin.

LOL, that’s awesome.

[Mr. Nice Guy]

Originally Posted by komodo112

Its ok, but whats with the Undead Robin?

It’s a hallucination.

[Mr. Nice Guy]

Originally Posted by darren1228

Yes yes yes!!! I remember it was a fellow member here that brought up this concept years and years ago...Dead Robin rising from the grave.i think Igo said “that is interesting” or something similar.

It’s finally here.

That’s me sir.

[Mister H]

Originally Posted by bdlovelace

Yeah, that Dead Robin is the only thing I wish was not there. I like everything else.

I’m guessing it’s the fear toxin effect that is supposed to be going on in Batman’s head.

[darren1228]

Originally Posted by Mr. Nice Guy

That’s me sir.

You happy with how he turned out?

[Mr. Nice Guy]

Originally Posted by darren1228

You happy with how he turned out?

Yes. I would have made some elements a tad darker. The entire piece was to look like a hallucination. Dead rats, maggots, crows, and bats on the ground. The gas surrounding his feet with an undead Robin climbing from the ground gasping for air reaching out to Batman. Scarecrow, holding his scythe forward commanding the undead to attack his enemy. It was to represent Batman’s inner guilt being used against him in a hallucination.

The scarecrow himself is not an imposing character. His strength is your inner weakness so the piece had to portray this more than anything. I think SS did a good job of that. It upholds the archetype of the character thoroughly and shows him at his most menacing.

The character you see here is not how he is to the unaltered eye. He is gangly and Monsteresque. The scarecrow is the mainstream characterization of the SS nightmare line more than any other character.

[bdlovelace]

Originally Posted by Mister H

I’m guessing it’s the fear toxin effect that is supposed to be going on in Batman’s head.

Yep, it would appear so. It’s actually not bugging me anymore. I like the way this was executed. Scarecrow would look like a “nightmare version” no matter what line you put him in (or he should look that way, at least).

[bdlovelace]

Originally Posted by Mr. Nice Guy

Yes. I would have made some elements a tad darker. The entire piece was to look like a hallucination. Dead rats, maggots, crows, and bats on the ground. The gas surrounding his feet with an undead Robin climbing from the ground gasping for air reaching out to Batman. Scarecrow, holding his scythe forward commanding the undead to attack his enemy. It was to represent Batman’s inner guilt being used against him in a hallucination.

The scarecrow himself is not an imposing character. His strength is your inner weakness so the piece had to portray this more than anything. I think SS did a good job of that. It upholds the archetype of the character thoroughly and shows him at his most menacing.

The character you see here is not how he is to the unaltered eye. He is gangly and Monsteresque. The scarecrow is the mainstream characterization of the SS nightmare line more than any other character.