New Camera, New Stuff (Sort of)

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New Camera, New Stuff (Sort of)

Post by Zupponn » Tue Sep 05, 2017 10:22 pm

So, yeah, it's been a while since I've posted anything, but now that I have my Lego with me, spare time, and a fancy-dancy camera, I plan to start doing more things.

Anyways, here's some oldish stuff that I spent a little time updating:

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These guys used to be my Manly Men, but I guess that they could be M-Throne troops as well nowdays.

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The dual heroes for the faction. On the left we have the one-armed OTC chainsaw guy. On the right we have a dude with an OT hammer. I'm not sure if I like how the OT came out in these pics.

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Here are the dual chainsaw "lieutenants".

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The pistoleros.

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The Axemen. Crazy sons of a bitches that will charge straight at any enemy. They know no fear.

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And the normal riflemen. Nothing too special here, except that these guys love firing their guns, even if it's just straight up in the air.

And now, BATTLE TIME, er DIORAMA TIME!

I decided that I wanted to see how my camera took pictures of battle scenes, so I threw the M Dudes up against the ZMC. Sadly I couldn't field the whole ZMC, but just a sizable portion of it.

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Overview from one side.

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The M Dudes are overtaking this hill.

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Overview from the other side.

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The other hill has less troops on it, but it looks to be in the ZMC's hands at the moment.

There are some things that I should change for next time I take pics, but this was a good experiment to see how my camera works with capturing Lego pictures.
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Re: New Camera, New Stuff (Sort of)

Post by sahasrahla » Tue Sep 05, 2017 10:47 pm

the photos are good but I think the lighting seems a little stark. love the enthusiasm of those m guys

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Re: New Camera, New Stuff (Sort of)

Post by Arkbrik » Wed Sep 06, 2017 6:29 am

Great army! And lovely battle scene.

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Re: New Camera, New Stuff (Sort of)

Post by Kaplan » Wed Sep 06, 2017 9:00 am

Happy to see m-throne guys on the battlefield :)

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Re: New Camera, New Stuff (Sort of)

Post by Zupponn » Wed Sep 06, 2017 4:40 pm

sahasrahla wrote:the photos are good but I think the lighting seems a little stark. love the enthusiasm of those m guys
Yeah, the lighting available to me wasn't the greatest, but I also purposely left the pictures a little darker after running them through photoshop because lightening them up too much was taking out some of the detail, especially on transparent Legos. In the battle scene I was able to lighten things up some more because nothing was as close up as the minifigs in the army pics.
Arkbrik wrote:Great army! And lovely battle scene.
Thanks!
Kaplan wrote:Happy to see m-throne guys on the battlefield :)
If you feel that they are close enough to be M-Throne guys, then they'll probably be used for that in the future. They were originally Manly Men, but I think that M-Throne is a lot more relevant nowdays. Glad you liked them though!
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Re: New Camera, New Stuff (Sort of)

Post by sahasrahla » Wed Sep 06, 2017 7:50 pm

manliness is always relevant

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Re: New Camera, New Stuff (Sort of)

Post by james+burgundy » Wed Sep 06, 2017 8:25 pm

Pro tip if you want your pictures to look slick, invest in a white backdrop large thin poster board works well. Get rid of the yellow light and replace with white light and then some very quick after effects and your shit will look like a million bucks.
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Re: New Camera, New Stuff (Sort of)

Post by Zupponn » Wed Sep 06, 2017 8:51 pm

james+burgundy wrote:Pro tip if you want your pictures to look slick, invest in a white backdrop large thin poster board works well. Get rid of the yellow light and replace with white light and then some very quick after effects and your shit will look like a million bucks.
Maybe, but that sounds like a lot of work.
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Re: New Camera, New Stuff (Sort of)

Post by Hiremas Alkerith » Thu Sep 07, 2017 5:49 pm

Zupponn wrote:
james+burgundy wrote:Pro tip if you want your pictures to look slick, invest in a white backdrop large thin poster board works well. Get rid of the yellow light and replace with white light and then some very quick after effects and your shit will look like a million bucks.
Maybe, but that sounds like a lot of work.
I used old white box lids and torches to make my light box, no thing's even stuck together, but it works and I can dismantle it whenever I need to...
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