Well, I've got enough Indians now, 12 foot plus another 3 on horseback, to where I can throw together a little game hopefully over the coming weekend. Granted, most are Woodland Indians, but they will do until I get the Comanche War Party bundle from Warlord Games completed.
These two are the foot versions of Crazy Horse and Gall that came with the mounted versions in the last post, so they are my only two true Plains Indians of the group.
The following figures are from Warlord, and have some really neat poses as well as outfits.
I really like how you've got the Indians wearing coats that more than likely would have been taken off of enemies :)
It had been forever since I based a figure in the "traditional" way, and I have to say I didn't miss it at all lol!
I think I did a pretty awful job on the bases and realize now looking at them that I totally forgot to put a wash on them - that should be an easy fix and will dull down the "dirt" significantly. I had even thought about going clear, but seeing as they more than likely wouldn't be seeing the insides of buildings or be on stone/brick roads, I went old school with basing them.
I've got a real honest to goodness light box on it's way courtesy of an Amazon gift card from the holidays so hopefully that'll improve the 'ol white piece of paper bent slightly behind the figure images I've been posting for the last year or so :) Stay tuned for that.
Until next time, thanks for looking!
Ivor
Ooooo la la!!! Very nice Mr. Ivor!! You are killing it this year already! FYI ... pro tip on photos. Most cameras will come out dark on a white background ... get light on the front of the models ... if you only have one light source, do it on the front and cast the shadows back. If two, side/front or whatever minimizes the shadows. Then --- you can stick the picture in PowerPoint. Select the picture and drop down the "Corrections" button. I usually select one "step" to the right on the Sharpen track ... and 1 or 2 steps directly to the right (from the default middle) on the brightness/contrast track. Then you can right click the picture and select "Save as Picture" to keep your changes. Also, you can (on the same format tab) use the "Remove Background" feature to git rid of the shadows. Try it out :-)
ReplyDeleteGood tips, much appreciated :) Hopefully this new toy that's coming will make it just point and shoot - it's 2x2x2.5, has 4 lights and a tri-pod. I think I can even get buildings in there for photos :)
Deletelol. It might. I have to post-process even when I use my SLR with my lighting kit just because I'm not a photographer and haven't learned how to white balance pictures ... perhaps one day ... in the mean time I'll just be getto with PowerPoint ;-) lol
DeleteAtta boy! lol
DeleteI love those models Ivor they just seem so right, I would agree about the light coming from the front of the models & would add that for me I always like pictures of models taken on terrain as against a white back round, but for trying to show the model at its best a light box or white back round is the way to go.
ReplyDeleteThanks Frank! I really use natural light as my one and only source and today was not the best day for photos as it was gray and snowing. I think the really low ceiling (six feet), only two small windows, and couple that with the can lighting makes it extremely difficult to get a good photo - and why my AAR photos really lack too :(
DeleteI've a similar problem Ivor & Ireland is not know for its sunshine mate :), so to get a round that I hang a light a about 3 feet above my gaming table, bty I wasn't been critical of your photo's mate just pointing out how I see others doing it on their blogs :)
DeleteI've seen many of your AAR's & never found the photo's a problem tbh I just thought you were maybe looking for a better way to show up the detail on the models, a problem I don't have as my painting is not that good so I don't want you to see to much LOL
Geez, for some reason I thought you were up in eastern Canada not Ireland?!? We bought both of our horses from Ireland actually :) You guys produce the best jumpers.
DeleteOh I didn't think anything came off as critical at all! I'm extremely lucky and thankful to have an entire room dedicated to my hobby, but it is frustrating having only a 6 foot high ceiling - and that is only at its widest point. The room is in the attic so the ceilings are pitched at the side and marked extensively with hits from my head lol! I've been thinking about moving down to the basement, square walls, higher ceiling, everything a man-boy could want in a hobby room :)
Yeah, like you, I'm not too sure I really want to show too much detail - I have a terrible habit of not thinning my paints enough and it definitely shows on the final product.
These guys look excellent Ivor, and the fact you're soon to be putting them into action on the table is great news :-)
ReplyDeleteBeing a cack-handed painter and a crap photographer, I can't contribute to the technical conversation, but a "photo of your photo set-up" once you've got your light box would be appreciated (so I can see if I can bodge one together) ;-)
Much appreciated! Actually the light box showed up this afternoon and I'm completely blown away by the quality! Definitely super excited to give it its first test run. I'll probably put up a quick post tomorrow to show it off a bit :)
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