i don\'t know how you guys do it

[Itchy]

i\'ve tryed and tryed, but just can\'t snap the 7 mark... i\'ve plateaued at 6.9. What am i doing wrong?

lol
PS. i know my pictures are blurry... i\'m working on it

 

[Ritual]

Maybe you need a slightly smaller brush for details? :] lol

 

[vincegamer]

I think I see your problem.
Popeye does not have a mohawk.

 

[Dragonsreach]

Originally posted by Ritual
Maybe you need a slightly smaller brush for details? :] lol

Wow you use a brush? lollollol

 

[Itchy]

But the guy at Wal*Mart said Testors brushes were very nice?!lol

 

[vincegamer]

Oh, sorry. First time around the top pic didn\'t load so I thought those were his forarms.

A guy recently joined our local paint group and when we started painting he said with honest surprise: \"you mean brushes come smaller than 1?\"

 

[Ritual]

Those brushes look like something you would use to apply eye shadow with or something. lol

 

[Infidel Castro]

Saucy. I\'ve got a blusher brush.

 

[fat zombie]

From what I can see (squinting) the miniature looks okay. But, as many others have said to me, the camera work is Killing your ratings.

Try to put it a bit more in focus.

good work though.

 

[FredrickvonCarstein]

Nice, same brand of mp3 player as me.

iRiver works a charm.

 

[Equus]

I use a brush just like that for applying glue to 1/6 scale figure bases! Or is it the one I use to brush cat hair off of my minis? ???

 

[airhead]

but seriously...

It looks like you need some color correction. The yellow light is killing you.

I have a hard time voting on greens. I am so conditioned to voting on paint jobs that greens throw me.

Try not putting so many pics in. Less is more. Only one wide so you can maximize the details. Two or 3 deep if you really think the other angle helps the score.

I went back and looked at your gallery. I had given a couple of 8\'s out. So you are just almost there.

 

[Itchy]

i actually started this just to for a laugh because i had a testors brush laying around... but now i\'m started to think i should repost some of my minis. And these pics are yellow because the walls in my room are orange and i just snapped these real quick for the joke. Are my submission minis yellow too???

 

[MClimbin]

The sad thing is that I can\'t get my minis over 7 either...

After seeing this I decided to stop using my wife\'s mascara applicator to paint my minis though. Thanks for the tip! lollol

 

[Naukhel]

Maybe I shouldn\'t have read that \'How to score a solid 2 rating\' article....

 

[Brandlin]

Hi Itchy

I suffered from not so great photo\'s so i can empathise with you - But i spent some time learning how to fix them. I dont use photshop - i use photimpact but the theory is the same.

Yes - i think your pics are too yellow, but alos a little dark and out of focus.

See below...

What i\'ve done here is :

1) sharpened the focus a little (although thats much more effective to do with the camera than afterwards)

2) brightened the pic quite a bit.

3) changed the colour balance towards cyan and away from the warm yellow

4) replaced the background with the blue gradient

hope that shows the difference between the two pics.

be warned though when i ddi this on my own pics, my score went down!!! I think sometimes better pics show the \'problem areas\' better...:-(

 

[Mosch]

Itchy, think positive. My scores actually decreased with my latest minis

 

[Itchy]

Wowzas Brandlin! Your photos look MUCH more professional than mine. i never knew my minis could look that good.

i use Gimp2.0 for my \"PhotoShop\" tool. i could brightened, and do color balance. Does anybody know how to use the gradient tool is in Gimp? Next mini i photograph i\'m going to try this on. Thanks

Nevermind... figured it out

 

[Brandlin]

No problem Itchy - glad to be of help!

It was like a revelation to me when i sorted out my own photo\'s... now just watch as your scores plummet because now everyone can see your imperfections!!

 

[airhead]

Wow. Look at all those flaws

Off to snipe Itchy\'s minis.... lol

(not really)