I painted these at the same time as the colonial troops but decided to make a separate post. I had a dreadful time trying to photograph them as you will see.
Natural light seemed to work best.
The flash shows the detail better but gives annoying shadows.
Heading to the Heart of Darkness.
Appropriate for colonial times.
Not to be confused for Belgians,
these are Bersaglieri.
Then I found a different camera setting on my phone.
Still not sure if this is any better...
Back to natural light.
Tried an outdoor setting to get better natural light.
Went back to trying flash.
Back to no flash.
Back to full flash.
The other flash setting.
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I know there are too many photos, but they are such cute models!
Sometimes, 'the magic just don't work. ' Careful examination suggests a good job on the figures.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I am pleased how they turned out - the wash did the trick. I should have noted that the machine gun broke and that is an improvised collar I made for it.
DeleteThese look great Mark; can't have too many photos!
ReplyDeleteIt's all about lighting. Try an overhead light and no flash. I have seen some bloggers set up a light box for photographing their miniatures. I am thinking of a similar thing as I often have trouble getting the lighting right, or with the phone's camera focussing on textured background, bases or such.
Regards, James
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