Zzz Posted July 16, 2009 Posted July 16, 2009 (edited) Smokebelch, hi there! I was looking at this topic very often to look out for new pics from you, I simply love them! Just one question though - do you have Indy figs and would you also like to make the one or other shot of him? cheers EDIT: or just mix SW with Indy? I guess it would be some funny images! Edited July 16, 2009 by Zzz Quote
smokebelch Posted July 16, 2009 Author Posted July 16, 2009 (edited) Thought id take a couple of quick shots as i've not done any in a while- nothing special just a couple of At-At driver shots, and one of my Chrome Vader Smokebelch, hi there! I was looking at this topic very often to look out for new pics from you, I simply love them! Just one question though - do you have Indy figs and would you also like to make the one or other shot of him? cheersEDIT: or just mix SW with Indy? I guess it would be some funny images! HI Zzz, thanks glad you like my shots- sorry i've not had much time recently so haven't been able to do many new ones. There are some Indy shots up on my Flickr page- check out the Lego Set for them- Lego Edited July 16, 2009 by smokebelch Quote
fenris Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 (edited) @all: thx for feedback @ booger540: 1st pic: what's wrong with the head? 3rd pic: YES: it's a symbolic photo... dedicated to all who served (the imperial troops...) @ roncanator: this missprint came alon with my "skull stormies" -> see earlier in this thread. but it has kind of a "battle-used touch" @ smokebelch: 1st one with the atat driver is great! the "dark side"... i take plenty of shots too..but too often i see details when it's too late to change anything... chrome vader is nice too... tried some more shots with stormies reflecting on his helmet..har to do... so small and you often see the camera reflecting... new "pic": last weekend i came across some acryl-colors... grand moff makes a guided tour through the imperial museum of art.... this is my first painting since school.. so, obviously i'm NOT an artist but i'm quite happy with it... Edited July 17, 2009 by fenris Quote
RileyC Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 (edited) great painting fenris! Its probably better than anything I could do Edited July 17, 2009 by Roncanator Quote
smokebelch Posted July 18, 2009 Author Posted July 18, 2009 (edited) Got the new BrickForge Pauldrens in so thought id take a couple more Sandtrooper shots with them showing them off They are really nice- I hope they are going to do them in Orange and White as well, if not think i'll have to paint a couple... Edited July 18, 2009 by smokebelch Quote
Commander Flash Posted July 18, 2009 Posted July 18, 2009 Good input The pauldron is nice, and I am fond of Tatooine pictures (Especially Tusken ones ) Quote
fenris Posted July 18, 2009 Posted July 18, 2009 nice shots, great pauldrons... got to get these... absolutely! Quote
Commander_Rob Posted July 18, 2009 Posted July 18, 2009 (edited) I`m back from holidays and I must say, I am truly amazed by what has been going on here, a lot of cool pictures here. Anyway, here are some that I took: Jango vs. Mace Not a perfect shot but on that day the wind was incredibly strong, the figs kept on falling over. Special Operations Clonetrooper under the scorching sun of a desert planet (actually a beach, like all my pictures with sand backgroud). Was harder to take than it looks, I actually dug a hole into the ground to take this one, long story... Comments appreciated. Edited November 27, 2009 by Commander_Rob Quote
RileyC Posted July 18, 2009 Posted July 18, 2009 wow great sandtrooper shot smokebelch! You have such a blue sky Quote
YG-49 Posted July 18, 2009 Posted July 18, 2009 Good input The pauldron is nice, and I am fond of Tatooine pictures (Especially Tusken ones ) Actually, this was supposed to show up. Quote
Spyder Posted July 18, 2009 Posted July 18, 2009 I am fond of Tatooine pictures (Especially Tusken ones ) I second the motion! Please bring back the good 'ol Tuskens. The stormies are great, but you can't beat a shot made by Smokebelch of a nice Tusken Raider out in the dunes. Quote
Commander Flash Posted July 18, 2009 Posted July 18, 2009 His last one was my computer background for months. Maybe if he has sandman or your tusken Quote
fenris Posted July 20, 2009 Posted July 20, 2009 this is a great shot... can imagine how hard it was to get it. the angle is great and the sun makes it just amazing. lookong at the picutre makes u feel the heat... Quote
fenris Posted July 22, 2009 Posted July 22, 2009 (edited) Some shots of the Emperor.... Edited July 22, 2009 by fenris Quote
Hrodebert Posted July 26, 2009 Posted July 26, 2009 I took a break from constructing the taj mahal, so the scout troopers decided to give me some covering fire. Quote
Big Cam Posted July 29, 2009 Posted July 29, 2009 (edited) 'Its a dirty job, but someone's got to do it' Feel free to insert your own joke about them smelling bad on the outside Stunning, stunning photos. I am an amateur photographer myself. I'm curious, for your solo fig pics (like above quoted) where they are not outdoors, are you using a lightbox?? If so any chance you'd share a pic of it. Edited July 29, 2009 by Big Cam Quote
smokebelch Posted July 31, 2009 Author Posted July 31, 2009 (edited) Stunning, stunning photos. I am an amateur photographer myself.I'm curious, for your solo fig pics (like above quoted) where they are not outdoors, are you using a lightbox?? If so any chance you'd share a pic of it. Thanks Big Cam, you should post some of your shots up here- be cool to see em My indoor shots are not done with a lightbox- though i do keep meaning to make one! Here's a few posts from the beginning of the thread in regard to how i light most of my indoor shots- its pretty low-tech I used to be the same with indoor pics- could never get good results. Always used to favour outdoor shots, with some good daylight you could get some fantastic shots with little effort on your part with regards to the lighting.Could never get the results i wanted indoors. I've got a very small flat and dont have room for a specific area for photography, and dont have any special lights/ reflectors etc. Flash shots always came out looking awful as well. A few of my early attempts i used candles and a long exposure, which gave some nice moody pictures but not quite what i was after with some shots. Was getting frustrated over the winter as couldn't get outdoors cause of the weather and wanted to take some indoor pics... Then had a bit of a ureka moment!- you prob wont believe it but i actually use my I-pod touch to light pretty much all my indoor shots. Remembered there was a torch application you could download for it which just gives out a nice adjustable and clean light. Usually have the camera on a 4 second exposure and about f8 on the appature and obviously the camera either on a flat surface/tripod. Then just hold the ipod and i'll snap away- because im up really close as lego figs are so small it lights em beautifully. Takes a bit of experimenting with how close/ what direction to hold the light, but thats the beauty of digital, you can takes loads of shots and just delete the bad ones. Will change the postion of the ipod from shot to shot so you can adjust reflection/ light direction etc. 99% of the time i'll just use a plain white piece of A4 paper as a backdrop- you can get some good shadows/ colour in the plain paper with the direction of the light. If you have a look at my photostream on flickr all my recent indoor shots are lit this way (its all toys, but as non-lego i wont post em here- link in my sig), its got different colours as well so the blue/red tinted ones up are all done in camera just using the diff coulours on the torch app. Takes a bit of trial and error- but the main thing to do is just take LOADS of shots, then have a look and see what turns out best. Damn i've just given away all my photography secrets! Hope this is of some help! That made me smile- alas i have no studio, my photo's are taken in an incredibly low-tech way! Indoor ones are usually just a piece of white A4 paper taped to the wall on my desk, its a great size for lego minifigs- think id stuggle with shooting anything larger though Edited July 31, 2009 by smokebelch Quote
Big Cam Posted July 31, 2009 Posted July 31, 2009 Thanks Big Cam, you should post some of your shots up here- be cool to see em My indoor shots are not done with a lightbox- though i do keep meaning to make one! Here's a few posts from the beginning of the thread in regard to how i light most of my indoor shots- its pretty low-tech Brilliant! I have a low level portable LED that I was going to experiment with, this is great news!! Thanks for sharing! Quote
Commander_Rob Posted July 31, 2009 Posted July 31, 2009 (edited) Lighting, lightbox, LED, oh well, I don`t photograph indoors much, mostly outdoors, often on holidays and with good weather. Of course that limits my timeframe a bit. Oh well, here we go. Sandtrooper takes a short brake during exhaustive desert patrol. Edited November 27, 2009 by Commander_Rob Quote
smokebelch Posted July 31, 2009 Author Posted July 31, 2009 Lighting, lightbox, LED, oh well, I don`t photograph indoors much, mostly outdoors, often on holidays and with good weather.Of course that limits my timeframe a bit. Oh well, here we go. Sandtrooper takes a short brake during exhaustive desert patrol. Yeah, i much prefer outdoor shots as well, I enjoy shoots on the beach and in the woods the most... but yeah your right the weather really limits the timeframe- esp with the rubbish summer we are having in the UK! Nice Sandtrooper shot by the way Quote
Commander_Rob Posted August 2, 2009 Posted August 2, 2009 (edited) Thanks Smokebelch! And I know what you mean, rubbish summer in the UK, that is indeed where I was on holiday. Even though the weather was mostly good the time I was there, the one day I went to a really big, sand-only beech it was not. It was cloudy,it rained and the wind blew sand into my eyes and camera lens. And it made the figs fall over all the time. Another problem I face is that I never know what minifigs to photograph, during all of those holidays it were the same three all along. So here is the Sandtrooper again. And he is lost. Edited November 27, 2009 by Commander_Rob Quote
Skipper 24 Posted August 2, 2009 Posted August 2, 2009 Attached are some Yoda pics I took today. And of course there's plenty more in the gallery Quote
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