Extensively re-sculpted body parts from Jakk's Pacific Wrestling characters… combined with re-sculpted 8-inch scale MEGO… combined with 6-inch scale Marvel Legends and 6-inch scale MEZCO… combined with scratch sculpted Dick Grayson head, together form a super-articulated "Athletic Boy" body for a brand I call 9ART CUSTOM COLLECTIBLES (as in 1:9 scale art).

This one was FAR more difficult to pull off than expected. This was due largely to the very delicate nature of the materials that were utilized to craft THE BOY Wonder’s costume… a uniform that required an impeccably neat and sharp tailoring.

Since STRETCH PLEATHER is notorious for its deterioration tendency when used for the fabrication of action figure garments, I made the decision to instead use GENUINE COWHIDE LEATHER where applicable. In the case of this particular custom figure, the leather was sourced from an unusual place (a pair of ladies opera gloves). Despite being very thin and soft, I was still required to SKIVE the leather (remove layers of suede off the backside of the skin to make it thin enough for this scale. Once properly prepared, the leather was used to fabricate ROBIN’s crimson vest.

Possibly even MORE challenging was my use of fine, imported silk charmeuse during the fabrication of THE BOY WONDER’s flowing gold yellow cape. When draped around his shoulders, I could not deny the luxurious richness that this fabric gave to my custom figure. But the fragility of the fabric required lots of very arduous and time-consuming prep when cutting my pattern and fabricating the garment.