Before the costumed criminals and gimmicks, there was the organized crime that claimed to rule the city from its roots without ever realizing the true ruler of Gotham in the Timeless universe.
The three crime lords are those I decided to include all together since they're very basic guys in suits to where they didn't really deserve their own character sheets. Falcone's was probably the hardest because I cannot draw anything other than basic character poses yet, but I'll get there!
Each Crime Boss has their own little flair; Falcone has the cape like a king, Maroni has his coat draped over him like a cape, and Thorne just wears his coat normally. I wanted to show the heirarchy of power withing the Gotham Underworld before Riddler comes in and rains on everyone's parade. If you look closely, Falcone even has the iconic cat scratches from Selina!
Roman was actually really fun to do, I've been getting more into Black Mask as of late so when I got to design him, I wanted to do something a bit different. I made his suit a brighter shade of pink with his vest being purple, a part of this was inspired off of Cesar Romero's Joker suit with its coloring, but I also took cues from the Absolute version of Black Mask with the brighter suit scheme, I was originally going to give him the white suit from Arkham Origins but I wanted to be different!
The mask I decided to leave totally blank, I was gonna add yellow or red specs in the eye sockets, but I think having it be a plain black mask just makes him more creepy an ominous, especially if used in the right lighting scenes! Overall, Roman is Roman!
Designer was one of my favorite lesser-known Batman villains even though he came from the god-awful War of Jokes & Riddles story arc, and I thought he could have been really cool, until it was uncovered that he was just another Joker scheme... Yay.
So, for Timeless, since a lot of these heroes and villains have horror routes, I made Designer a walking-talking Mannequin! So as he's walking, he has a very stiff and doll-like feel to him, and his voice would have a little muffle to signify the stuffing and more inside of his 'skin.'
Since he is a mannequin, that means his 'goons' are also mannequins! It's a little shop of horrors, especially for those who have an immense fear of mannequins. I don't have a clear story arc planned but, if I ever do something with these villains and characters, he's definitely a character I am excited to think of something for!
#TimelessDC - Gotham's Most Wanted - (10/10)
- Carmine Falcone
- Salvatore Maroni
- Rupert Thorne
- Black Mask/Roman Sionis
- The Designer
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