For the last few days I’ve been playing Batman: Arkham Asylum on the PC. I’ve had it for ages but wanted to wait until I got the new PC so I could crank up the graphics and play it properly. It’s a brilliant game. I’m not going to review it right now, but maybe I will later. There’s really very little to pick and ‘perfect’ doesn’t take up much space.
Anyway, as I was wandering through the asylum and beating up the scum of Gotham, I was paying attention to anything I might be able to reproduce as a paper prop, because that’s my current passion. I found quite a few things but a couple seemed like they’d be a good start.
Name tags struck me early on, and there are three types I spotted while I was wandering around. The most obvious one is pinned to the boob of the Joker’s main squeeze, Harley Quinn. She’s stolen the Warden’s ID card, and that’s the first I recreated. Second belongs to Commissioner Gordon, who is escorting the Joker on his way back to the Asylum. It’s a Visitor card. Finally there is the Doctor ID which is most common and found on all of the medical staff who work at the facility. Oddly I didn’t see any cards for security, which is a bit disappointing.
I also re-created a mug label as well. I took a bit of creative license with this one because the 3d model they’ve stuck it to is very low resolution and blocky, which distorts the label a bit. If you want your own Arkham mug you can use the PNG file at online printing places like http://www.print-mugs.com and http://www.yourdesign.co.uk/ to name just two.
Finally I printed a picture of the Penguin, who isn’t featured much in the game. Hopefully he’s going to be in the sequel which was recently announced.
There’s more things I could take from the game and turn into paper props, which I might look at doing. Stay tuned.
 Harley Quinn |
 Warden ID |
 Gordon |
 Visitor ID |
 Doctor |
 Doctor ID |
 Cup |
 Cup Label |
 Penguin Poster In-Game |
 Penguin Poster |
