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Post by Aaron on May 15, 2005 20:17:57 GMT 12
Ok so here is my first attempt at taking pictures of my models. This is my Tomb Kings Army in all its questionable glory. Sorry for the overly bright photos but I couldn't do it till tonight + still moving house = floor lamp + flash. Mostly the work is pretty poor quality, the only piece I really like is the Scorpion (still not based tho). This is one of my most recently "completed" pieces. I plan to revisit this army (would only take a few purchases to finish it off from a gaming point of view) & quite a lot of repair work to be done on some models I got form TM to get all the models I need. album.co.nz/a?755 |
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Post by c0d3monk33 on May 16, 2005 8:39:14 GMT 12
That there scorpian beastie is a nice paint job. Suitably creepy for a giant, re-animated bone/flesh artifact  Tomb Kings! Nice army, and at least they're more painted than my motley collection of bare metal and plastic 2000pts Vampire Counts force |
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Post by c0d3monk33 on May 16, 2005 8:41:17 GMT 12
And taking photos of figures is an art for in itself. Imho forget about using a flash...it always washes out the figure too much. Some people reckon you can 'soften' the flash with a bit of tissue paper tapped over it...I've had more luck with lighting with multiple daylight bulbs against a flat white background...but I'm still not happy with my efforts either  ... Pityak seems to be able to take nice photos though! |
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Post by Aaron on May 16, 2005 9:31:06 GMT 12
Yeah I should have really snapped off a couple without the flash for comparison but Top Gear was coming on and I was in a hurry. ;D
One thing the pictures have shown me is the base colour is no good. Its far to similar to the bone... Might have to come up with something different. Maybe scorched earth edging then sand base...
Anyone got any good ideas for desert bases?
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Post by PitYak Studios on May 16, 2005 9:51:00 GMT 12
How about something like this   |
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Post by PitYak Studios on May 16, 2005 10:28:19 GMT 12
Pityak seems to be able to take nice photos though! Not really. But for anyone that's interested, here's my step-by-step guide to better miniature photography. 1. Borrow a shit-hot camera. That's about it really. Most of the run of the mill photos on my site are taken with our camera, the good ones are from when I've been able to borrow someone's posh camera, like this, which is of some 20mm figures, very dificult to get photos of:  That's about the level of my expertise, get a good camera and hope for the best. That said, here's what I do do; Take the shots indoors with as much light as I can get, usually the room light, my two daylight lamps and halogen desk lamp shining at the subject. I have the camera set on macro if possible, and don't try and get to close to the miniature, but rather rely on taking a good high res shot from a bit further away, that you can zoom in on and crop on your computer later. I haven't got a tripod but was pleased to note the tripod thread on the bottom of the camera is a standard thread, so it's pretty easy to bolt your camera to anything. I've used blocks of wood, a step ladder, allorts. So that's about it, plenty of light, keep the camera still, and don't zoom in too close, but crop on the pc instead. |
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Post by LordsWarrior on May 19, 2005 7:05:36 GMT 12
2 more ways
1) Mini tripod (essential). I have a small one that just sits on the desk/ground etc.
2) sunlight. You just cant bet a nice sunny day, it gives alsorts of nice specular highlights to your model.
-LW
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