"Is your mind playing tricks on you... or am I?"- The Scarecrow
Produced in Spring 2012, the former Dr. Jonathan Crane, now the diabolical Scarecow, was primarily inspired by his appearance in the Arkham Asylum game and was created from a number of 1:18 scale parts... The Doctor from the first GI Joe movie line was a dead ringer for an old school straight jacket, then I added a Joe cloak, gas mask, hood, and an Indiana Jones satchel.
Scarecrow's gas pistol was kit bashed from Star Wars accessories. The glove is a modded Doctor accessory, with a bunch of pointy bits from some random Cobra Commander accessory. The staff is merely a piece of scrap from my bench.
Next to The Joker, The Scarecrow is my favorite of Batman's rogues, specifically because he uses fear and intimidation (like Batman) on his victims. Cillian Murphy's constantly-evolving take on the character in all three of Nolan's Batman films only cemented his favorite status, taking him from a crooked psychologist on the take, to a horse-riding night terror, then morphing again into a twisted drug dealer who finally becomes judge, jury, and executioner of Gotham's "courts" under Bane's jurisdiction.
Since Scarecrow is something of a clothes-horse AND has a penchant for creating horrifying hallucinations in his "patients," I've created multiple versions of the character. My favorite incarnation I haven't made yet? The escaped Arkham inmate Crane on demonic horseback...
Dr. Crane brings Strange Labs' Halloween festivities to a close for this year, but there are still MANY tricks up my lab coat sleeve... STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES
