photographing old minis

[generulpoleaxe]

these are some of the origionals i did for my site early last year.
no photoshop level correction this time and they look better :smt005

god i was crap at taking pictures back then.

 

[AinuLainour]

Can\'t get enough of the black cloak on the second guy.

 

[No Such Agency]

I\'m glad I never gave away the Assassin of the Blue Orchid. What a great mini, I\'ll have to paint him some time

 

[generulpoleaxe]

thanks guys

here are some more

the hobbits pic is four times the size of the actual model (it\'s after this model that i realized i needed an optivisor as my vision couldn\'t handle those tiny eyes)

and lastly

 

[Dragonsreach]

Much better and a damn site closer to the real things.

 

[Thunderhawker]

Had an affinity for black did ya?

 

[DaN]

Black! BLACK!
The moon is weeping in a secret cupboard under the stairs!

What\'s for dinner mother... Pin steeeewwww??

 

[Roger Bunting]

Cheesy peas!

 

[Thunderhawker]

Hmmmm... must be a British thing. I don\'t get it...

 

[Roger Bunting]

Check out The Fast Show on youtube.

 

[AinuLainour]

Hmm.. though the second set of new ones are all at least 8.0+ minimum, it\'s amazing to see how much you\'ve gotten better!

 

[generulpoleaxe]

Originally posted by AinuLainour
Hmm.. though the second set of new ones are all at least 8.0+ minimum, it\'s amazing to see how much you\'ve gotten better!

that\'s mainly down to my bad photography in the first place lol
i didn\'t realize how bad it was and because of that i was putting in so much practice trying to improve.

it was only recently when i did a quick wip pic i remembered dragons reach once saying \"chris, that wip pic was much better than your useual ones, do what you did with that with all your other pics!\"

so i did, and i found i\'m much better off leaving photoshop out of the equation.
works for me, as it means less time faffing around.

just have to improve my painting enough to stand a chance when competing with the likes of the french and spanish (it would be easier trying to survive spilling a scottsmans pint!)

 

[Amazon warrior]

Those are lovely. I was thinking of re-photographing some of my older stuff, but I think my main problem is still at the application of paint point. The camera action just doesn\'t help!

 

[generulpoleaxe]

if your getting down to gd this year i\'d be more than happy to have a chat and pass on some tips.

(i\'ll be pestering the guys better than me for tips )

 

[Avelorn]

Nice photos! And minis as well..

But is it that you used to do \"auto level\"? The better exposure, the less you need tweek, and the better and truer your image will look. These will definately work as they are... excellent for straight out of camera pictures!



[size=-2]some could use a little tweaking though.. just a little.. little bit. say hey to the PS junkie! [/size]

 

[generulpoleaxe]

lol
i used to manualy try and do every single step, then i went to just auto levels, now none of it.

i\'m glad i gave up on photoshop, as every time i thought i had got the hang of it, i just butchered another pic.

and if i can get pics like these then gw should be able to do the same with the gd pics.
you would only need a couple of backgrounds to try and ensure you could suit most colour schemes.

 

[Amazon warrior]

Originally posted by generulpoleaxe
if your getting down to gd this year i\'d be more than happy to have a chat and pass on some tips.

(i\'ll be pestering the guys better than me for tips )

That\'s a fantastic offer, and very kind. Unfortunately, I have to decline as I\'m moving to Germany on Wednesday. A shame, as I\'ve never been to a GD, but I am curious about what goes on at one. I shall just keep persevering for the moment. Actually doing some sustained painting might help! Thanks to that Rackham sale at SMG, I have a silly amount of figures winging their way to me. Joy! :flip:

Best of luck to you if you\'ve got stuff to enter, tho.