The
first of the Young Justice girl's came about for two reasons: 1) our
friend Brandon constantly asking when we were going to make a Wonder Girl
to go with the YJ guys; and 2) Jamie Bramble telling me (while I was
working on my TJ Ray) that X-Man's jacket came
off. When Chip saw that the jacket looked like a vest off of the
figure, he immediately realized that we had an easy start for Wonder Girl
(he's got a good eye for base parts, that boy). In fact, the very
same X-Man also had kneepads, so it was made even easier.
After looking at Charlie Jackam's original Wonder Girl at the Teen Titans group project, I added some sculpey to her hips to give her more of a figure, even though it gets covered by the vest. I also added sculpey to make tennis shoes. Wonder Girl's costume is strange in that she mostly wears everyday clothes. In fact, I don't think she's ever worn this particular combination, but she's worn each piece at one time or another. I think it's kinda cool that when she started hero-ing, she used to wear mix-and-match regular clothes as her costume.
I
originally sculpted hair myself, but I was never happy with it -- hair is
something I have trouble with. Fortunately, I remembered that Robot
Wars Jubilee had a haircut similar to WG (hey, maybe I've got the
base-figure eye, too). I think she looks much better with a hair
swap. To maintain the same level of quality, I've decided to do
similar hair swaps for the rest of the YJ ladies, which will be made
shortly.
Parts Used:
| Base figure: | Crime Fighter Robin |
| Vest and kneepads: | X-Man |
| Hair: | Robot Wars Jubilee |
| Shoes & goggles: | Sculpey |
| Glove cuffs and socks: | Rubber bands |
See Also: Young Justice