24 May 2003

"I need a new car."---Batman in B:TAS episode The Mechanic

This is the Batmobile that first appeared on Bruce Timm's excellent Batman: The Animated Series. Since there were no available skematics for it, I tried to make it look as much like the show's car as possible, but took the liberty to add some realism to it. For example from the interior shots of it on the show, it is a spacious two seater with ample room for Batman and a passenger (usually Robin, but sometimes even an extra large fellow like Harvey Bullock). However, from most of the exterior shots of the car, the canopy area appears very small in relation to the rest of the vehicle. On my model, I've enlarged it to allow for a more believable interior. Hopefully it doesn't make the car look too inaccurate. The episode that explains the origin of the Animated Batmobile is also the episode where I got the alias "Earl Cooper" from. It wasn't the best episode of B:TAS, but it did have a few flashback scenes, including one with Batman's old ride. Click the link above if you haven't seen the episode yet and want more information.

Batmobile A92 pictures

I still need to add the afterburner, exhausts and possibly an interior for this car. Then comes texturing. But all progress on this one is on hold while I focus on the MKC2.