elder_basilisk
Sergeant
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 | | 01/30/2006 5:54 PM |
| I've started taking a few pictures of my repaints and conversions and though the photography needs a lot of work, I thought I'd share some of them here:
My take on the loyal earth elemental:
Front http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=4363723&a=32067049&p=73656854
Side http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=4363723&a=32067049&p=73656855
Back http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=4363723&a=32067049&p=73656856
These are from my latest set of photos using two unshaded lamps about three feet from the mini (later I tried shading them by taking 1 ply of kleenex across the front of the near light but it didn't seem to make a difference), a sheet of white paper for backdrop, and my HP 620 on a tripod. I had to use the gamma correction feature of paintshop and I don't think the raw umber/soft gray contrast came out quite right in the pictures.
My conversion of a hobgoblin impaler:
Front: http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=4363723&a=32067049&p=73656857
Side: http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=4363723&a=32067049&p=73656858
These are my previous attempts at photos. The first was freehand against some terrain I built a few years ago and probably using the flash; the second was not using flash but was too heavily illuminated with a single lamp about one foot from the mini.
The conversion itself was fairly easy. I cut the mini from the base, removed its head, and ground the neck down with my dremmel. I then glued styrofoam onto the base, covered it with white glue to protect it from the eventual spray coat I would give it, and glued a Games Workshop Mordheim Middenheimer mercenary head on top in place of the hobgoblin head and repainted.
Reaper marilith:
Front
http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=4363723&a=32067049&p=73656859&f=0
Back
http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=4363723&a=32067049&p=73656860&f=0
The first is from the latest shoot and the second from the previous shoot. The colors seemed to come out much better in the first shoot. I didn't think the lightbulbs were so different (GD soft white vs. GE Techbright tube light). It may be that using the white background with yellow light was what did changed the colors.
Sting of Lolth repaint as surface elf
front
http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=4363723&a=32067049&p=73656863&f=0
back
http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=4363723&a=32067049&p=73656900&f=0
I thought this would work a lot better than it did, but it turns out that there isn't nearly as much detail on the mini as I thought there was and what there is seems to be mixed up with the mold lines on her calves. Still, she makes a decent surface elf.
Chainmail Centaur
front
http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=4363723&a=32067049&p=73656901&f=0
back
http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=4363723&a=32067049&p=73656902&f=0
DDM weretiger--an experiment in basing
front
http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=4363723&a=32067049&p=73656861&f=0
Side
http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=4363723&a=32067049&p=73656862&f=0
other side
This isn't a full repaint. Instead, it was intended to see how much I could improve the mini's look with a little touch up and a base. So, I based the mini, repainted the eyes and teeth, added paint on the claws, and tried a little bit of a drybrushing and glazing to add highlights and shadows. The latter didn't come out in the picture and probably didn't really save me a lot of time vis a vis just repainting the whole thing. However, I'm still happy with the result and the weretiger gains a lot from the process so I'll give it another try when I get another weretiger. | |
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Caustic_Mouse
Sergeant
464 Posts
Tooele, Ut
| | 01/30/2006 6:56 PM |
| | Very nice. Your bases are a nice touch. | |
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Can of the Cave Beer
Commander
2838 Posts
| | 01/30/2006 11:23 PM |
| I dig the addition of moss to the Earth Elemental--It really gives it that "fresh from the ground" feeling.
Good work all around. | |
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glumag
Warlord
5968 Posts
| | 01/31/2006 12:05 AM |
| Nice basing and nice hobgoblin convertion [:D]
May I suggest reading this taking photos 101?...it helped me a lot and improved the quality of my miniature pictures.
http://minipainting-guild.net/tips/camera%20settings.html
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Newtoncain
Commander
2984 Posts
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| | 01/31/2006 7:12 AM |
| | not bad at tall. | |
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Runelord151
Underboss
1203 Posts
| | 01/31/2006 9:24 AM |
| Those are pretty good. That's a nice idea, using static grass on the LEE. Nice base on the Weretiger!
I have to echo Glumag in that the pictures could be better, although that comes with practice. | | | |
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WakeXX
Warlord
10143 Posts
Edinboro PA
| | 01/31/2006 9:26 AM |
| | Nice work | | | |
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Marjorie
Underboss
1141 Posts
| | 01/31/2006 10:35 AM |
| Glyn,
I had no idea you were on this forum! Guys, these pictures do Glyn's work no justice. His work is Phenonmenal in person. | |
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Luisjoey
Underboss
1704 Posts
Caracas Venezuela
| | 01/31/2006 2:50 PM |
| | Excellent conversions i like them! The loyal earth elemental have his touch with vegetation over it, and the hobgoblin impaler have something familiar with GW warhammer [:D] | |
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orcmonk220
Underboss
1608 Posts
| | 02/01/2006 11:27 AM |
| | Very nice... the LoEE is especially good. However, the light catches a lot of them, so hard to make some out. [:)] | |
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