Exclusive3DPrints offers some great pin-up sculpts via their Patreon. While many are too spicy for my shelves, I can still make use of some of the heads. Such was the case with their “pin-up pilot.” Seemed like a perfect match for Zinda Blake, a.k.a. Lady Blackhawk!

Marko Ramljak is talented 3D artist. I used his articulated female files as a base point for this whole series of figures. There are several sets of files for articulated ladies out there, but I prefer Marko’s the most as the overall shape is more natural than many of the others. His joints and engineering are less distracting. The fact that the basic construction is very similar to DC Direct’s Bombshell figures doesn’t hurt either!

I did make a few digital changes to Markos’ files, using my rudimentary skills. I altered the thighs to include the stocking tops. I stole the high heeled shoes from another statue (I don’t recall which one) and fitted them for the existing joints. Zinda needed a little extra oomph in the torso department, so I purchased a file from Etsy intended for the BJD doll system. I altered it to work with Marko’s existing joints.

Marko’s files are meant to be pinless, but in the standard size Bombshells, I found there wasn’t enough “real estate” in most of the joints to hold. So I added holes and used styrene rods as pins.

The jacket was purchased on eBay via GPSLot.

Printed using Resione Anti-Impact resin. (I find it has qualities very similar to plastic used in manufactured figures.) Printed on an Elegoo Jupiter.

I’m not going to lie. It took a LOT of work to get this far. Numerous rounds of test printing and adjusting. What I have is still not perfect, but I can at least build some figures now.

A heartfelt thanks to all the folks that helped make this project possible.

Created January 2025