THE LACE!I am, and continue to be, a completionist-with-exceptions on the McFarlane Retro Batman line - the exceptions being mainly variants, repaints, and most of the stuff that doesn’t in some way tie into Batman ‘66. So I definitely got the Batgirl Cycle.
It lives in a very specific, very hilarious of late 60’s Trying To Be Feminist And Failing Badly place, where, yes, she’s punching criminals and fighting crime and not in a romantic relationship and fairly independent but also he motorcycle has lace fringe and a bow on the butt.
As with other McFarlane B66 vehicles, it’s a slightly smaller replica that hits a perfect sweet spot of slight jankiness that evokes the show and toys of the era. One of the few lines where that specifically appeals to me.
The photo uses a Batman show shot I pulled but didn’t use for my previous Grey And Blue Batgirl photo but ended up not using. Lighting match, shadows, and honestly my first successful fixing of a toy canopy. I’ll explain.
When you greens-screen shoot a windshield, the green shows through the windshield. When you remove the green screen using an automated process, you still have green showing through the windshield. Previously, I’d either removed the green color (so the windshield wasn’t opaque) or removed the pixels entirely (so the windshield didn’t look like it had any glass at all) or put the windshield over some trees (giving it a reason to look green). Now, I know way more about masking and transparency and soft-edged brushes and for me at least, very successfully keep the windshield effect while losing the grenth.
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